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LOS ANGELES — The poet Javier Sicilia, whose son's murder inspired him to lead protest caravans against the drug war in Mexico, says he wants to resume the protest "from the other side of the problem."

Sicilia said he w…

A few weeks ago several letters were collected for Patricia Spotted Crow (a first time offender from Oklahoma who was given 10 years behind bars for selling $30 worth of marijuana), and sent by Jil Staszewki of the NORML Women’s Alliance to the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Oklahoma.

The city of Philadelphia saved an estimated $2 million last year by ceasing criminal prosecutions for minor marijuana offenses, according to comments made last week by District Attorney Seth Williams to the Philadelphia Daily News.
In April 2010, Williams publicly announced a citywide policy change whereby law enforcement officials would issue a summons rather than arrest [...]

With most crops, farmers take risks with unpredictable weather and fickle markets. If they grow marijuana, they take risks with the law even if their state has decriminalized it. In Washington state, pro-marijuana activists are promoting two ballot ini…

Democrat Gov. Dan Malloy signed legislation into law on Thursday, June 30 ‘decriminalizing’ the possession of small, personal use amounts of marijuana by adults. The new law, Senate Bill 1014, took effect on Friday, July 1.
Senate Bill 1014 reduces the penalties for the adult possession of up to one-half ounce of marijuana from a criminal [...]

The debate on whether marijuana should be legalized, or at least decriminalized, has been simmering for years. Decriminalization involves merely removing an offence from the Criminal Code, while allowing the activity to be prohibited by other means suc…

Marijuana advocates are targeting Connecticut as one of the states most likely to approve use of the drug for medical reasons, moving to build on momentum from the legislature’s recent decriminalization of small amounts of it. While advocates pre…

For years, there have been regular pushes in the Legislature and at the ballot box to legalize or decriminalize marijuana consumption, possession and cultivation. This year was no exception: Earlier this month, legislation aimed at allowing local autho…

Last week in Hartford, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed Bill 1014, An act concerning the penalty for certain non-violent drug offenses. Assuming Governor Dan Malloy signs off, Connecticut will become the 14th American state to decriminal…

Don’t expect marijuana use to increase now that possession of small amounts will be treated as an infraction. States that have decriminalized marijuana have among the lowest use rates, statistics show. As of July 1, Connecticut will become the 14…