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JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Cooper discusses Proposition 62...No righteous, freedom-loving Californian believes human beings should be executed for possessing or selling pot. Indeed, we rightly cringe at the megalomaniac entreaties (such as, kill drug dealers and "I'll give you a...

The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final challenge to a voter initiated act to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The challenge came from a group called the Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy [advocacy...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the federal ban against selling guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate Second Amendment rights. The court rejected the...

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) denied requests Thursday to remove marijuana's classification as a dangerous drug. The DEA denied two separate requests by former state governors to re-classify marijuana as a Schedule II drug or...

JURIST Guest Columnists Donnie W. Bethel and Stephen A. Cooper discuss how recent Supreme Court's decision related to the Hobbs Act only serves to further take up space and resources in the federal prisons... People of all persuasions, political parties...

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Monday in Taylor v. United States that the Hobbs Act applies to a drug robbery. The Hobbs Act makes it a crime for a person to...

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto sent a proposal to his nation's Senate on Thursday to reform the General Health Law and the Federal Penal Code to relax laws against marijuana, including medical use. The move comes...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill on Sunday legalizing medical marijuana. The bill establishes a statewide program, which will take 18 to 24 months to implement and will allow patients with serious medical...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed summary judgment issued by a Hawaii federal district court denying an exemption to Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. from federal...

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Monday in two cases regarding Wal-Mart Stores . The petition raised the issue of whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause prohibits a state...