Marijuana Use

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some of the first big changes to Michigan's medical-marijuana law since it was approved by voters in 2008 are set to begin. Democratic Rep. Phil Cavanagh of Redford Township in Wayne County says the changes that go into...

The votes in Washington and Colorado last month legalizing marijuana were just the latest developments in the debate over marijuana use in the United States. Lawmakers and activists in some other states are contemplating their next moves in regards to...

Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House on Thursday passed a package of bills aimed at clarifying the state's voter-approved law allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The House passed four bills — including the first...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Experts tell Indiana lawmakers that the prohibition against marijuana use in the United States has failed. The legislature's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee heard testimony Thursday as it began studying...

EL CENTRO — A handgun was initially reported stolen out of a car while its owner was at the American Legion, according to El Centro Police Department logs. The report was taken early Saturday morning. The reporting party called back and said he...

Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...

— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...

While marijuana use is still illegal under federal law, the general direction of state laws regarding marijuana is clearly moving in the direction of leniency. Two states in November, Colorado and Washington, legalized it for recreational purposes....

A man jumped to his death after police responded to a complaint of a person smoking marijuana in his 7th floor Uptown apartment, authorities said. The man was dead on the scene this morning in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue, according to the...

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An Allentown woman was charged Wednesday with beating her 15-month-old son so badly last month he later died. Essence James, 34, of 718 N. 15th St., took her baby, Cordero James, into the bathroom of her home March 8, beat him and placed him in bed...