Real-estate boom: The legalization of marijuana has led to a dramatic rise in Denver's house prices as thousands have moved to the city since the 2012 reform.
During their trial at the federal courthouse in Spokane last March, Rhonda Firestack-Harvey and her two fellow defendants—her son, Rolland Gregg, and his wife, Michelle Gregg—were not allowed to explain why they were openly growing marijuana on a plot in rural northeastern Washington marked by a big green cross that was visible from the air.
A spending bill amendment that will continue to prohibit the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws passed the House on Wednesday.