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The Supreme Court of Ohio has definitively quashed a marijuana initiative that proponents were seeking to place on November's ballot in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Norwood. Political action committee Sensible Norwood sought a writ of mandamus that would force the Hamilton County Board of...

Costa Mesa — Attorneys for the Costa Mesa Police Department filed a motion Monday seeking to move from state to federal court a lawsuit alleging officers exceeded their legal authority when they raided a former medical marijuana dispensary. Lawyers Dennis M. Cota and Daniel S. Roberts, who...

After a string of setbacks in state courts - including a refusal to hear their case by the Michigan Supreme Court earlier this week - marijuana activists turned to federal court as they continue battling to put a legalization question before Michigan voters this fall. On Friday, lawyers with...

A U.S. Supreme Court filing is in the works by MI Legalize, the group attempting to bring a vote on recreational marijuana use in Michigan, according to an attorney representing the group. Jeffrey Hank said the group plans to file a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case either...

The end of summer is quickly approaching, and since it's an even year, that means autumn will be overshadowed by Election Season! Harvests and Halloween take on a whole new meaning amongst sound bites, advertising, electioneering, campaigning, editorializing, and pontificating. No matter the...

The end of summer is quickly approaching, and since it's an even year, that means autumn will be overshadowed by Election Season! Harvests and Halloween take on a whole new meaning amongst sound bites, advertising, electioneering, campaigning, editorializing, and pontificating. No matter the...

Little Rock, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won't hold oral arguments in an attempt to get one of two medical marijuana measures disqualified from the November ballot. Justices on Wednesday denied a request for oral arguments in the challenge brought by a coalition of groups...

Little Rock, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won't hold oral arguments in an attempt to get one of two medical marijuana measures disqualified from the November ballot. Justices on Wednesday denied a request for oral arguments in the challenge brought by a coalition of groups...

Marijuana supporters are pushing for a quick answer from the state's highest court in hopes of allowing Michigan voters decide if recreational pot should be made legal. MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the...

Little Rock, Ark. - A pair of lawsuits against a so-called tort reform proposal and others against the effort to legalize medical marijuana means Arkansas' ballot initiative campaigns will begin in a familiar place: the courtroom. But, if history is any guide, it'll be an uphill fight for...

Little Rock, Ark. - A pair of lawsuits against a so-called tort reform proposal and others against the effort to legalize medical marijuana means Arkansas' ballot initiative campaigns will begin in a familiar place: the courtroom. But, if history is any guide, it'll be an uphill fight for...

In 1908 the first law prohibiting the sale of marijuana also known as weed, pot or dagga in South Africa was passed. Fast forward a century later to the present day, a networked group of "green" people have come together in the country to fight for the legalisation of dagga in the High Courts of...

Springfield, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court says it has created new rules to deal with a new state law that decriminalizes possessing small amounts of marijuana. The high court said Thursday that it has adopted six new rules to establish procedures for the court system to follow when...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a ban on gun sales to patients holding a medical marijuana card is legal, ABC News reports Wednesday. S. Rowan Wilson, of Nevada, who is a medical marijuana cardholder, had attempted to buy a gun in 2011 but was denied the sale due to a federal...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a ban on gun sales to patients holding a medical marijuana card is legal, ABC News reports Wednesday. S. Rowan Wilson, of Nevada, who is a medical marijuana cardholder, had attempted to buy a gun in 2011 but was denied the sale due to a federal...

On August 30, 2016, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District affirmed a preliminary injunction in a nuisance abatement action brought on behalf of the People of the State of California against a Los Angeles-based medical marijuana collective doing business as "Weedland" and its...

On August 30, 2016, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District affirmed a preliminary injunction in a nuisance abatement action brought on behalf of the People of the State of California against a Los Angeles-based medical marijuana collective doing business as "Weedland" and its...

Residents of three states were waiting to find out if they would be voting on some form of marijuana legalization or repeal of existing law this November - Michigan, Oklahoma and Montana. The Michigan recreational legalization effort got some bad news Wednesday. A judge on the Michigan Court...

Motorists from states where marijuana is legal can breathe a bit easier on their next cross-country road trip thanks to a federal appeals court ruling yesterday. In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled that it's unconstitutional for police to stop vehicles just...

A campaign to put a marijuana-legalization question on Michigan ballots suffered a setback today that could keep the measure off November ballots. The petition campaign called MI Legalize failed to submit enough valid petition signatures, according to a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims...