Criminal justice issues showing up in 2016 presidential race
By ERIC TUCKER On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a…
Recreational drug laws and regulations
Colorado court: Workers can be fired for using pot off-duty
By KRISTEN WYATT Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. In addition to Mountain Annie’s Cannabis, medical marijuana is the most common.…
DEA chief set to resign from agency soon
By ERIC TUCKER and ALICIA A. CALDWELL The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Michele Leonhart, is expected to resign soon, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. Leonhart is a…
Legal marijuana states have lessons to share
By KRISTEN WYATT Don’t worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry about tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado and Washington have to share from the front…
LEGAL RECREATIONAL POT INDUSTRY OPENS IN COLORADO
By KRISTEN WYATT Partygoers smoke marijuana, left, and cigarettes during a Prohibition-era themed New Year’s Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver, late…
COCAINE BUST DERAILS FLEDGLING GOP CONGRESSMAN
Congressman Trey Radel addresses the media at his office in Cape Coral on Wednesday night Nov. 20, 2013. Earlier on Wednesday, Radel plead guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession, receiving a…
Fla’s Rep Radel pleads guilty to cocaine charge
By JESSICA GRESKO This photo taken with a cellphone shows Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, R-Fla. leaving court in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, leaving court after pleading guilty to a…
AP Photos: Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot
By GENE JOHNSON This combination of November 2013 photos in Washington state shows, top row from left, pastry chef Marla Molly Poiset, security guard Steve Smith and businesswoman Angel Swanson.…