The (PA) The Christie administration seems determined to sabotage New Jersey’s new medical marijuana law by saddling it with even more restrictive rules. The law is known as the “Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.” But the proposed rules to implement it are anything but compassionate, and would make it very […]

Proposition 19, which would partially legalize marijuana in California, would do little to curtail the violent Mexican organizations that smuggle it across the border, according to a new study by drug policy researchers that takes aim at one of the main arguments proponents have made for the initiative.
The report released Tuesday by Rand Corp., the […]

Mexico’s drug traffickers are likely to lose customers in America’s largest pot consuming state if California legalizes marijuana, but they won’t lose much money overall because California’s residents already prefer to grow their own, according to a study released Tuesday.
That means the proposal on the state’s November ballot to legalize marijuana also will do little […]

Like most of the 80-odd marijuana dispensaries that have taken root in San Jose in the past year, the New Age Healing Collective advertises a lengthy menu of high-grade pot, pot concentrates and pot-infused treats for its ill patients.
But narcotics agents say the cannabis club on South Bascom Avenue was an illegal pot-slinging operation masquerading […]

The state Capitol is pathetically dysfunctional. One in eight workers statewide is out of a job. UC Berkeley is arrogantly eliminating baseball. Things are not going well in California. What can we do?
Well, if Proposition 19 passes on the Nov. 2 ballot, we can all go get stoned. Legally. Buy […]

Oregon voters, with the best of intentions, legalized marijuana for medical use in 1998. The system now in place allows Oregonians suffering from various medical conditions to use marijuana to relieve their symptoms if they obtain a medical marijuana card from the state.
The system is not perfect. It allows […]

The Drive to Demonize Pot Started With a Power Play in One Act
Reading about history can be boring, but the history of marijuana prohibition is anything but. When Congress outlawed marijuana in 1937, it was the climax of a story surrounded by mystery, intrigue and a cast of characters that would rival […]

If California Proposition 19 and Oregon Measure 74 pass, what then?
Speculation runs the gamut: The price of marijuana will drop. Oregonians will flock to California to get high. Growers will ship product to the East Coast to get a better price. Police will have a more difficult time determining who’s legally allowed […]

Law Enforcement Officials Point Out Proposition 19’s Implications for Problems With Statewide and Campus Regulation
Increased marijuana usage rates triggered by Proposition 19 will also spark more marijuana-related crimes, especially on roadways, according to police officers and prosecutors around the state.
“It’s not going to free up a lot of our resources,” said Ethan Shear, a […]