State & Local Executive Branches

The Chicago suburb of Evanston has decriminalized the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana in a bid to cut costs and save youth from criminal records.

San Francisco distributes the opioid antagonist naloxone as a harm reduction measure to reduce overdose deaths. It's saved 600 lives in eight years.

An California appeals court decision saying localities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is only adding to the industry's woes.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is no friend of medical marijuana, and he proved it again last week with an opinion telling police they can seize patients' medicine.

Fewer drug arrests mean more violent crime, right? Wrong, at least in San Francisco.

That federal offensive against medical marijuana distribution in California is rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, including a growing number of elected officials.

A Florida federal district court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Florida's welfare drug testing program.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a hemp bill, calling the federal ban on hemp production "absurd" as he did so. But that didn't mollify industry groups.