Personal Marijuana Use

The Postal Service has warned newspapers in the Pacific Northwest that carrying pot business ads could violate federal law, a New Mexico medical marijuana patient is suing the Border Patrol over access to his medicine, Minnesota has approved medical marijuana for chronic pain patients, and more.

The problems with the DEA's confidential informant program never seem to end, the Eastern Cherokee are fighting over marijuana policy, Dutch cities want licensed growers -- not crooks -- providing marijuana, an Indian state becomes the first to allow hemp cultivation, and more.

Alaska is set to become the first state to allow social on-premises marijuana consumption, sentencing reform advances in Congress, China bans new synthetics, and more.

Eight states are well-positioned to legalize marijuana next year. Here they are.

Pot legalization was on the agenda in New Jersey, and decriminalization was on the table in Pittsburgh yesterday, West Virginia lawmakers ponder a food stamp drug testing bill, and more.

Nick Scutari tries to get the marijuana legalization ball rolling in New Jersey, a petition calling for the DEA head to be fired is going strong, Democratic candidates talk drug and crime policy at the debate, Canada moves toward pot legalization, Irish cops support heroin decrim, and more.

There are now more than 27,000 signatures on a petition asking President Obama to fire DEA head Chuck Rosenberg over his medical marijuana comments, Denver thinks a thousand pot shops is enough, Colombia will allow medical marijuana, and more.

It's one of the wackiest weed laws on the books.

Bernie Sanders makes Senate history with the first bill in that chamber to end pot prohibition, the DEA head badmouths medical marijuana, the Mexican Supreme Court issues a historic ruling on the human right to use and grow marijuana, and more.

The Vermont senate and Democratic presidential contender has unveiled a bill to federally deschedule -- not reschedule -- marijuana.