Without ever being charged with a crime, a West Philadelphia grandmother had her home and her car confiscated because her son sold less than $200 worth of marijuana. Elizabeth Young, now 72, is just one of thousands of victims of civil forfeiture, which allows police and prosecutors to...
Eighteen months ago, three junior senators attempted something their chamber had never considered, much less accomplished - starting to roll back the long-entrenched federal ban on marijuana.
Though all first-termers, the senators - Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey...