On March 2, the Pew Center on the States, a Washington, D.C.–based think tank, released a report on the staggering growth of the American correctional system.
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and New York legislative leaders have reached an agreement to dismantle much of what remains of the state’s strict 1970s-era drug laws, once among the toughest in the nation.
One week after President Barack Obama's top law enforcement official seemed to indicate the feds would no longer raid pot clubs, DEA agents busted a medical marijuana facility in San Francisco Wednesday night.
The lawyer for a number of alleged 'compassion club' marijuana dealers says the RCMP has made a false claim against the alleged ringleader and police are essentially wasting the public's time by spending 18 months investigating sales of marijuana.
Attorney-General Wally Oppal spent the weekend focused on gangs -- meeting first with his western provincial counterparts and then with Mexican officials to share intelligence.
A federal judge in Los Angeles wants more information on the new U.S. attorney general's comment that there are no plans to prosecute dispensary owners operating within their state's laws.