Hemp

This critical analysis of the California state senate bill SB 676, The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, raises several red flags and concludes that the bill could lead to a hemp monopoly by "established agricultural institutions" like Monsanto.

For the second time in a year, Lawrence County Children and Youth Services has been accused in a federal lawsuit of removing a child from a mother's custody after a positive test for opiates allegedly triggered by poppy seeds.

In a demand for fast - if not furious - action, Congressional investigators have given the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration just one week to produce documents to aid their investigation of a controversial gun-purchasing operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Medical

The City Council voted on Monday to establish a municipal licensing and regulation system for medical marijuana distribution in Seattle under a new Washington state law that takes effect later this week.