Feature: South Dakota Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Attorney General Over Bad Ballot Summary Language
South Dakota's medical marijuana campaign has sued the state attorney general over ballot explanation they charge is illegally misleading.
Feature: Signature Drive for Portland "Lowest Priority" Marijuana Initiative Falls Short
A Portland effort to place a "lowest law enforcement priority" marijuana law reform initiative on the November ballot came up short this week.
Methamphetamine: Tennessee Judge Throws Out Manufacture Precursor Cases
Tennessee prosecutors may have to go back to the drawing board after a circuit court judge ruled they were misinterpreting the state's new law restricting the sale of pseudoephedrine.
Medical Marijuana: AFSCME Endorses Medical Marijuana
The nation's largest public service employees union has joined the ranks of organizations backing the medicinal use of marijuana.
Feature: Bipartisan Group of US Senators Introduce Bill to Reduce Cocaine Sentencing Disparities
A new bill sponsored by four former state attorneys general would significantly reduce the number of crack cocaine offenders (and slightly increase the number of powder cocaine offenders) who face draconian mandatory minimum sentences for low-level offenses.
Myanmar Drug Trade May Be Fueling Sri Lankan Civil War and Terrorism
A conflict that doesn't make the US radar screen as often as it merits is the civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers. The Tigers are a nasty group that among other abuses uses children as soldiers. I don't know enough about Sri Lanka's government to venture an opinion on its own human rights record, though a quick web search did not turn up anything quite so obvious or outrageous. I'm not too familiar with the causes of the conflict or issues that are driving it. Regardless of that, the Tigers are bad. Naturally, press living closer to the conflict cover it much more prominently.
Medical Marijuana Patients Get Say in Counties' Legal Challenge to California Medical Marijuana Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access Step In to
Represent Medical Marijuana Patients in Lawsuit
SAN DIEGO A San Diego Superior Court ruled today that lawyers from