Marijuana entrepreneurs and advocates are closing their checkbooks to the president’s re-election bid.

Paul Armentano is the deputy director of NORML and authored this piece that has been published in US News & World Report

Though Santa Ana initiated its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries almost five years ago, only recently have code enforcement officers decided to crack down on these operations

Oregon growers and grower cooperatives can now buy insurance policies to protect their crops and marijuana inventories against losses.rn

Former U.S. Attorney John McKay debates Pat Slack, commander of the Snohomish County Regional Drug Task Forcernrnrn

The National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws is fighting the good fight

Washington State dispensaries are fighting the initiative, known as I-502, that would license and regulate marijuana production, remove criminal and civil penalties and tax cannabis salesrnrn

Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Chino, has introduced contentious legislation that could conceivably mean DUI convictions for unimpaired drivers, according to opponents of the bill.

After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 ballot. Instead, four camps vie for funding.rnrnLike growers, dispensary operators know that broader legalization of marijuana could lower prices and bring more competitors into their business.

Huffington Post article by Univeristy of Florida PhD Kevin Sabet that examines the NORML critique of an Annals of Epideiology submission of how medical marijuana effects increse the use of other drugs.