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Arrests for simple marijuana possession in the United States fell to nearly a two-decade low last year, according to new statistics released Monday by the FBI. The number of arrests for marijuana possession in 2015 - 574,641 - is the lowest number since 1996. It represents a 7 percent...

In 2012, Colorado became the first state approving the recreational use of marijuana. Amendment 64 was the result of some group efforts that promoted the positive impact it would have on society. It's been almost four years since the 55.32 percent of voters approved the retail sale and...

Nebraska spent about $10 million on enforcement of marijuana laws in 2014, according to a new report. The study from the Nebraska Center for Justice Research found counties along the Colorado border, in the panhandle, and along Interstate 80 had the highest rates of marijuana arrests in 2014...

Marijuana arrests in the City of Buffalo and statewide have fallen sharply since 2013, while racial disparities long linked to such arrests have stayed even, according to data provided by the state's Division for Criminal Justice Services. Buffalo saw 769, 682, and 460 arrests in 2013, 2014...

California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana, but police have arrested almost half a million people for marijuana-related offenses over the last 10 years, a recent study finds. The majority of those being arrested are minorities, despite usage rates among white and black...

California residents will decide whether to fully legalize the recreational use of marijuana this November in a vote that's likely to have a major influence on marijuana policy in other states regardless of which way it goes. One of the more nuanced arguments against legalization in...

The NYPD (New York Police Department) had to abandon its "stop and frisk" practice after it was found unconstitutional. The policy was meant to set people up for charges like possession of illegal substances, rather than tackle crimes that were actually happening. More specifically, it was used...

Mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on a pledge to tone down the NYPD's practice of turning possession of small amounts of marijuana into a crime, when officially it is supposed to be treated like a traffic ticket. So it may come as a surprise that marijuana arrests are up nearly a third so far this...

Drug felony arrests plummeted in California in response to 2014's voter-enacted Proposition 47 - which changed various state drug laws from felonies to misdemeanors, according to new data from the California Attorney General. Felony arrests for drugs dropped by between 68.2 percent and 73.6...

Since residents cast their vote for retail marijuana in 2012, Colorado leaders are attempting to measure how the state's financials, law enforcement and health have been affected. As one of the provisions of Amendment 64, a new study was released by the Colorado Department of Public Safety in an...

Recreational marijuana use is legal in four states, but Georgia isn't one of them. And it won't be joining the list anytime soon, a new ranking released Tuesday suggests. The Peach State ranked third after Alabama and Arkansas among 11 states least likely to legalize marijuana use, according to...

Marijuana prohibition is entering its 78th year. Colorado's marijuana law went into effect at the beginning of last year in the wake of changing attitudes. Compared to 1969, when only 12% supported legalizing pot, today a majority of Americans support legalizing recreational use of the drug...

Illegal in the United States for nearly 80 years, marijuana accounted for 8.2 million arrests nationwide between 2001 and 2010. Despite the decades old federal ban, the country's attitude toward marijuana has been changing. While only 12% of Americans supported legalizing pot in 1969, 58% of...

As public acceptance of marijuana use grows in the United States, nationwide arrests for simple possession of pot have dropped in recent years. New Jersey is going in the opposite direction. Marijuana arrests in the state jumped 10 percent in 2012 and 2013, according to the latest New Jersey...

While the trend in much of the United States is moving toward decriminalization or legalization of marijuana, Virginia is heading in the opposite direction: With sharply rising arrest totals for the possession of pot and a disproportionate number of black people arrested in the Commonwealth...

As public acceptance of marijuana use grows in the United States, nationwide arrests for simple possession of pot have dropped in recent years. New Jersey is going in the opposite direction. Marijuana arrests in the state jumped 10 percent in 2012 and 2013, according to the latest New Jersey...

US HI: POT PINCHED AT HYDROPONICS STORE A duo with medical marijuana permits allegedly surpass the pakalolo weight limit By Gordon Y.K. Pang Two men charged with possessing marijuana with a street value of more than $100,000 at a Kalihi hydroponics supply store are scheduled to appear in...

this should make the news but i am not allowed to post it on the news here: we live in maui county and my hubby was able to buy his medical mj from the only dispensary here, which was in pa'ia on maui. this was shut down by the powers that be a few months ago and the people who worked there all...