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Illinois House of Representatives Passes Medical Marijuana Bill

[image:1 align:right caption:true]Word just came out that the Illinois House has passed medical marijuana legislation, after several tries. Now it has to go to the Senate.

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Kansas Governor Signs Public Benefits Drug Test Bill

A "reasonable suspicion" public benefits drug testing bill has been signed into law in Kansas.

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Medical Marijuana Update

More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner's medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures.

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Researcher's Bid to Grow Medical Marijuana

A federal appeals court has upheld the DEA's decision to not allow UMass-Amherst Professor Lyle Craker to grow marijuana for medicinal research purposes, capping a 12-year odyssey.

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Are We Really "Going Dark"? -- The DEA and Apple's iMessage [FEATURE]

A recently leadked DEA memo suggested that the feds couldn't crack the encryption on Apples's iMessage communications system. There's both more and less to it than meets the eye.

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Vermont House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization

The Vermont House has approved marijuana decriminalization. It still has to get through the state Senate.

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CA Lt. Gov. Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana

In what could be the opening shot in the 2014 California gubernatorial race, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom came out strong for marijuana legalization and against the war on drugs Saturday.

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House Members File Bipartisan "Respect States' Marijuana Laws Act" [FEATURE]

A bipartisan group of House members have introduced a bill that would exempt states that have passed medical marijuana or marijuana legalization law from federal marijuana law enforcement.