Ballot Measures

Oregon's medical marijuana program is 10 years old and rolling along, but it looks like it will be contested terrain next year, with one initiative already filed to repeal it and others to expand it.

A lowest law enforcement priority initiative for adult marijuana use is headed for the ballot in Denver, and local officials who oppose it are taking a beating from its proponents.

With a medical marijuana initiative effort well underway in Michigan, some drug reformers are turning their attention to a similar effort next door in Ohio.

Eleven years ago, no Americans had the protection of a state medical marijuana law. Now, some 50 million do, but that means some 250 million don't. While progress has been made, it has been slow, and there is plenty more to do.

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has sent a letter to lawmakers urging the legalization of marijuana. It was a belated response to a ballot measure passed by local voters six years ago.

Signature-gathering is set to begin in force for a medical marijuana initiative campaign getting underway in Michigan.

In a Tuesday election, voters in Flint, Michigan, approved the medical use of marijuana by a very comfortable margin.

In his new state budget, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has under-funded for the popular and successful treatment-not-jail program Proposition 36. He's in for a fight.

As 2006 comes to a close, we look back at the year's biggest drug reform defeats, disappointments, and downers.

As 2006 comes to an end, we look back to find the most significant victories and advances for drug reform this year.