Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois that supporters say is the strictest in the nation.
Illinois is poised to become the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical use. Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign legislation as early as Thursday that will launch a four-year pilot program allowing people with certain illnesses to use cannabis grown and distributed in a tightly regulated system. State Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, saidRead More
A bill that would require public benefits recipients to take a drug test upon suspicion they are using drugs passed won final approval in the North Carolina legislature late last week and now heads for the governor's desk.
"It is incredibly exciting to finally open our doors after a couple years of hard work," Scott Morgan, the communications director for Capitol City Care, told U.S. News Tuesday afternoon.
Gunmen ambushed and killed one of Mexico's highest ranking navy officials and the officer escorting him Sunday in the rough western state of Michoacan, authorities said.