DEA

The feds continue their war on medical marijuana distribution in California, with two new DEA raids Monday and the use of asset forfeiture threats to shut down eight dispensaries in Orange County.

The feds are backing up last week's medical marijuana threats with actions -- sometimes by themselves, sometimes with the DEA working in tandem with local officials.

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.

If you thought the Obama administration was friendly to medical marijuana, think again. Federal prosecutors in California have just declared war, with the okay from Washington.

A bill to allow a four-county, eight-year pilot project for industrial hemp production has passed the California legislature and awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.

The DEA has responded to the latest synthetic drug panic in the only way it knows how -- by enacting bans. This time it's the "bath salts" drugs under attack.

Americans for Safe Access is appealing in the federal courts the DEA's decision to keep marijuana Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.

In a through-the-looking-glass move, the DEA has denied a petition to reschedule marijuana, arguing it has no accepted medical use.

The federal government has been sitting on a marijuana rescheduling petition for almost nine years. Now, advocates are seeking to force the DEA to act on it.

The DEA medical marijuana dispensary raiders showed up again in Spokane Wednesday.