President Obama pledged during his 2008 campaign to take a hands-off approach to medical marijuana, but four years later raids and other tactics have forced as many as 200 medical-marijuana growers and distributors to cease operations, resulting in sharp criticism from likely voters and fellow Democrats.
A Dutch judge in The Hague Friday upheld a law banning foreigners from entering the country's famous marijuana coffee houses. That means that as of next week, foreigners will be unable to purchase marijuana at coffee houses in three southern border provinces.
Gunmen burst into a neighborhood bar in the capital city of the northern border state of Chihuahua and opened fire, killing at least 15 people before fleeing, authorities said Saturday.