State Appeals Court Upholds Halt to Drug Testing
A California appeals court has upheld a temporary ban on the Shasta County school district’s policy of drug testing students in extracurricular activities as it may violate the state Constitution.
LA Medical Marijuana Distributors Want More Outlets
The operators asked the LA's City Council on yesterday to allow more dispensaries, saying many medical marijuana distributors will simply operate illegally.
Clinton Says Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations Looking Like Insurgency
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that the violent, drug prohibition-created Mexican drug trafficking organizations were starting to look like an insurgency. Prohibition violence -- including beheadings, hangings and shootings -- has expanded from the border area to more of the country, including several car bombs for the first time this year. Mexican drug gangs have been blamed for the significant uptick in violence, increasingly against government officials and institutions.
Maine Police Chief Wants Cocaine Misdemeanors to Be Felonies
Possessing up to four grams of crack or 14 grams of powder cocaine is just a misdemeanor in Maine, and the Portland police chief wants to change that.
Washington Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Would Be Legal Under New Proposed Bill
Just months after a proposed initiative legalizing marijuana failed to qualify for the fall ballot, marijuana is back again on the political agenda. With a new session beginning in January, several legislators are poised to introduce bills that would liberalize marijuana laws, whether by legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries or by legalizing marijuana altogether.
Drug Gang Gunmen Storm Honduras Factory, Kill 18
Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula and opened fire, killing at least 18 workers and wounding five. The city has been a hotbed of gun battles between drug traffickers and among the country's Mara street gangs.
Despite Decrim, California Marijuana Possession Busts Abound [FEATURE]
If anyone needs a reason to consider voting "yes" on California's Proposition 19, we've got 550,000 of them right here.
Medical Marijuana Growers Worry About Threat From Superstores
Oakland is about to become the first city to authorize large scale marijuana cultivation. The move could generate millions of dollars in taxes and create hundreds of new jobs. While the measure has yet to pass, current medical marijuana growers fear the move will drive many of them out of business.
Colorado Medical Marijuana Patient Tracking Has MMJ Advocates Crying Foul
Medical marijuana advocates are concerned that proposed new regulations for the industry will result in patient tracking, scaring patients away from wanting to be a part of the system. The Cannabis Therapy Institute is asking advocates to oppose the draft rules by the Colorado Department of Revenue because they say it will lead to fear.
