Oaksterdam University Will Carry On, But Without Richard Lee [FEATURE]
At an Oakland press conference Wednesday, Oaksterdam University announced that it would attempt to stay open in the wake of the April 2 federal raid on its campus and associated businesses, but that...
View ArticleObama Releases 2012 National Drug Control Strategy
The Obama administration released its 2012 National Drug Control Strategy and accompanying 2013 drug budget Tuesday, but while the administration touted it as a "drug policy for the 21st Century," it...
View ArticleOakland 4/20: "Obama, You're Alienating Your Base" [FEATURE]
4/20 is supposed to be a day of cannabis celebration, but in Oakland last Friday it was a day of protest and demonstration. Angered by the ongoing federal crackdown on medical marijuana distribution...
View ArticleWest Virginia Governor Orders Job Trainee Drug Testing
It's not just Republicans hopping on the drug testing bandwagon. On Tuesday, West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, issued an executive order requiring people who seek state-funding job...
View ArticleJudge Rejects Florida State Employee Drug Testing
A federal district court judge in Miami has thrown out Florida Gov. Rick Scott's (R) executive order requiring state employees to submit to suspicionless drug tests. The order violates the Fourth...
View ArticleHouse of Representatives Votes Down Defunding Medical Marijuana Raids [FEATURE]
Four US representatives introduced an amendment to the Justice Department appropriations bill, House Resolution 5326, which would bar the agency from spending funds to attack medical marijuana...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Rejects Job Corps Worker Drug Tests
A federal appeals court ruled last Friday that a random, suspicionless drug testing program for workers at Job Corps centers is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 decision, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for...
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Florida Must Pay Attorney Fees in Employee Drug Test Lawsuit
A federal judge has ordered the state of Florida to pay more than $190,000 in attorneys' fees in a case challenging an executive order ordering suspicionless drug testing of state employees issued last...
View ArticleKansas Governor Signs Public Benefits Drug Test Bill
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) Tuesday signed into law a bill that requires applicants for welfare and unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing if there is "reasonable suspicion" they are using...
View ArticleColorado Appeals Court Rules Employers Can Fire Marijuana Users
Colorado employers can legally fire marijuana users from their jobs, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a 2-1 decision. Although the case was brought by a medical marijuana user, the ruling...
View ArticleUnemployment Drug Test Bill Moving in Michigan
A bill that would deny unemployment benefits to people who refuse to take drug tests required by employers passed the Republican-dominated Michigan Senate last week and also advanced in the House,...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- November 29, 2013
Uruguay's marijuana legalization bill passes another hurdle, a Berlin borough wants cannabis cafes, Chicago proposes tough medical marijuana regulations, Kentucky officials hound the DEA about hemp,...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Update
The Colorado Supreme Court will take up an important medical marijuana employment rights case, Connecticut selects marijuana producers, Massachusetts gets ready to announce who gets dispensaries,...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- February 6, 2014
A slight majority in Rhode Island say legalize it, CBD medical marijuana bills are popping up in several states, Uruguay's marijuana-legalizing president gets a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and more....
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Rejects Florida Drug Testing Appeal
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to review a lower court ruling that found Florida Gov. Rick Scott's (R) plan to randomly drug test state employees unconstitutional.[image:1 align:left...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- May 21, 2014
Marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. Sometimes it seems like it's sucking all of the air out of the room in drug policy. But there are a lot of other things going on, too. Plus, Michele Leonhart finds a...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 5, 2014
An Arkansas marijuana legalization initiative can start signature-gathering, DC's medical marijuana program now includes more eligible conditions, Tennessee's governor unveils his prescription drug...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- August 6, 2014
DC will vote on legalizing marijuana possession and cultivation, two more Michigan towns vote to decriminalize, Maine's governor unveils a plan to force people with drug felonies to undergo drug tests...
View ArticleAR Initiative Rejected, MN Court Cases, SWAT Lobby Gears Up, "Drug Crazed...
It's back to the drawing board for an Arkansas legalization initiative, we have a pair of Minnesota court cases, the Michael Brown killing starts bleeding into drug-policy related areas, Israel bans...
View ArticleChronicle AM: CA Decrim Report, Afroman's Back, Pill ODs Drop, Colombia...
A report on decriminalization in California has good news, state-level marijuana legalization could be an impetus for the US to modify international drug treaties, pain pill deaths are down (but heroin...
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