The war on marijuana is disproportionately waged against Black America, the ACLU finds in a new report based on federal statistics. And it costs a whole lot of money and isn't achieving much.
Is the sun about to rise on California hemp? (votehemp.org)
The California Senate has approved an industrial hemp bill. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the last one in 2011, but this one is written to address the concerns he raised last time around.
For the fourth time in recent years, the New York Assembly has approved a medical marijuana bill. Each time before, it died in the state Senate. Now, the pressure is on for a different outcome this time around.
Texas Democrats managed to kill a welfare drug testing bill, but were unable to stop an unemployment benefits drug testing bill. It now awaits the signature of Gov. Rick Perry (R).