Law & Crime

Flag of the Menominee Nation. Image: Xasartha via Wikimedia Commons

DEA Raid on Tribe's Cannabis Crop Infuriates and Confuses Reformers

Steven Nelson ~ U.S. News & World Report ~

Authorities claim the plants were marijuana, not hemp – but evidence is lacking.

Law & Crime 27 October 2015

Mike Whiter receives the first citation for rolling up a joint at City Hall. Image: Mike Whiter via Philly.com

Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down

Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~

In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.

Law & Crime 26 October 2015

Washington Square Park in New York City. Image: Matthew Jesuele via Wikimedia Commons

New Yorkers are smoking pot in public like it is no big deal

Amber Jamieson ~ New York Post ~

The city is getting higher by the day — and we’re not talking about Manhattan skyscrapers.

Law & Crime 19 October 2015

A "stack" of bills. Image: Psychonaught via Wikimedia Commons

Marijuana companies struggle to find a place to put their green

Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch.com ~

Federal regulations force businesses into cash-only operations.

Law & Crime 08 October 2015

Robert Grandt works in the grow room at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver on March 11, 2015. (RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file)

Colorado proposes stricter rules on pesticides for growing pot

David Migoya and Ricardo Baca ~ The Denver Post ~

New rule would limit industry's choice of pesticides to only those already allowed for use on food for human consumption.

Law & Crime 06 October 2015

Marijuana clones are monitored at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. Cuttings are taken to this room where they take root and get light 24 hours a day. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Illinois begins harvest of its first legal medical marijuana crop

Associated Press ~

The state's restrictive law doesn't allow people to grow their own, so only state-approved cultivation centers with rigid security systems will sell to dispensaries.

Law & Crime 05 October 2015

Cannabis plant at a Denver grow facility. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Poll: Legalizing Marijuana Much More Popular Than Uber Or Airbnb

Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~

Relaxing laws against marijuana is much more popular among the American public than even services like Uber and Airbnb, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey reveals.

Law & Crime 30 September 2015

Image: U.S. Justice Dept. via Wikimedia Commons

U.S. marijuana arrests up despite changing views: pro-pot group

Keith Coffman ~ Reuters ~

Despite an increasing number of Americans who do not view marijuana use as a crime, pot arrests across the United States increased last year for the first time since 2009, proponents of the drug's legalization said on Monday.

Law & Crime 29 September 2015

A medical marijuana dispensary displays a sign Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Portland, Ore. Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)

Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries gear up for rec sales

Gosia Wozniacka ~ Associated Press ~

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops.

Law & Crime 29 September 2015

Scales of justice. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Effort underway to expunge marijuana convictions for Ohioans

Laura A. Bischoff ~ Dayton Daily News ~

COLUMBUS — While campaigning for legal pot through Issue 3, ResponsibleOhio took steps Tuesday to pass a law that would allow Ohioans with marijuana convictions to go to court to get their records expunged.

Law & Crime 24 September 2015