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Since 2012 federal prosecutors have been trying to imprison three medical marijuana users in Washington, arguing that they grew cannabis for profit rather than relief of their symptoms. In a startling shift this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane finally conceded what the...

An Oakland County Circuit judge will hear arguments during a pretrial on Tuesday involving a group of defendants who owned and worked at a Ferndale medical marijuana clinic. Drug charges remain for Ryan Richmond, Barbara Johnson, Anthony Agro, Barbara Agro and Nicholas Agro six years after the...

A recent federal appeals court ruling could make an important difference in the Kettle Falls Five case, which involves Washington residents who grew marijuana for their own medical use. Last October, seven months after they were convicted of growing marijuana, the three remaining defendants...

Washington, DC: Eight percent of defendants sentenced to federal prison in 2015 were convicted of violating marijuana laws, according to a June 2016 federal report issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. According to the report, the US government prosecuted 71,184 cases in 2015 in...

For years now, the city has said it will dial back arrests and prosecution of low-level marijuana cases: in 2014, Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bratton said the city would start handing out more tickets and summonses in place of arrests, and the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said...