WASHINGTON -- For the first time in Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday will move toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances. It's ...

Saturday, August 2nd, marks the 88th anniversary of the signing of the Marihuana Tax Act, the first federal marijuana prohibition law. Since its inception, the criminalization of the marijuana plant ...

A Democratic congresswoman is pushing the federal government to consider “relaxing” strict drug testing rules for ...

Historical records illuminate the motivations and judgments of lawmakers who promoted the criminal prohibition of marijuana in the United States, and the story does not reflect well on our current ...

In 2005, in Gonzales v. Raich, the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the federal prohibition of the cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana, even where legal under ...

(CNN) — Turn on a television show or open a magazine in the United States today and you’re bound to see someone with a drink in hand — something unthinkable nearly a century ago. Advocates of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before the notion of decriminalizing or even legalizing marijuana became politically popular, advocates like Bill Downing ...

Bans on marijuana may follow alcohol prohibition into the dustbin of American history. In November election, four states and Washington, DC have now approved recreational use. California and other ...

Take a deep breath. Can you smell the weed smoke billowing in from Colorado and California? Have you read about the citizens of Maine and Massachusetts who turned into zombies from puffing blunts all ...