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Massachusetts voters don't seem inclined to repeal marijuana legalization next week
A decade ago, 54 percent of Massachusetts voters said yes to Question 4, a ballot initiative that legalized possession, home cultivation, and commercial distribution of recreational marijuana. Judging from recent surveys, voters are not inclined to…
Undo Legal Weed? Massachusetts Is Thinking About It.
Steve Kronberg voted 10 years ago to legalize recreational marijuana in his home state of Massachusetts, hoping that it would lead to a boost in tax revenue and a “cleaner product” compared with black-market weed. “I thought it…
A Look Back, Oct. 30
Northampton District Court Judge Luke F. Ryan yesterday imposed the maximum sentence on a man arrested on Oct. 13 across from Northampton High School on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The man was sentenced to two…
R.C. Horsch gave feds information on child prostitution, drug trafficking
Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, the man whose former Philadelphia home is now at the center of several missing persons investigations, provided the federal government with information about crimes against children, including child…
Rep. Steve Cohen thinks the DEA shouldn't be practicing medicine
For more than half a century, federal officials have classified drugs into legal categories that determine who can manufacture, prescribe, or study them, and who goes to prison for possessing or selling them. Those classifications carry enormous…
People's Court' Mom Murder Update: Michelle Parker's Ex-Fiancé Allegedly Offered Her $2K for Intimacy Before Her Disappearance
Dale Smith Jr., who appeared on People's Court with his ex Michelle Parker in 2011, allegedly offered her $2,000 for s-x before she went missing, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Smith was arrested and charged with Parker's murder 15 years after she…
Patrick Stewart: Before accepting Star Trek fame, his first love was Shakespeare
Sir Patrick Stewart's first love was the stage and the plays of William Shakespeare but it was to be a science fiction series and a series of superhero films that brought him worldwide fame. Through his more than 60-year career in movies, TV and…
WGAL COMPLETE COVERAGE | Candidate profiles, Ad Watches and the final days of the campaign
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3. The governor's office, every state House seat and half of the state Senate are on the ballot, along with several closely watched congressional races in the Susquehanna…
Supporters And Opponents Of Massachusetts Anti-Marijuana Ballot Question Have Spent Nearly $6.5 Million As Election Approaches
More than $3.7 million, almost all of the money in support of the repeal effort so far, came from a single source: SAM Action Inc. An early-October burst of spending by opponents of an attempt to eliminate the recreational marijuana industry has…
DEA Says Trump's Marijuana Rescheduling Move Isn't Weakened By Federal Watchdog Report That Found 'Gaps' In Process
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says the Trump administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana is not weakened by a recently published federal watchdog agency report that found “gaps” in the government's process for…
R.C. Horsch's family pleaded for leniency decades before Philly 'House of Horrors
Nearly 50 years before Raymond “R.C.” Horsch's former Philadelphia home became the focus of an investigation into seven missing women, his family pleaded with a federal judge for leniency, calling him “truly repentant”…
Trump's Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Move Makes It Easier To Legalize Medical Access In Kansas, Democratic Governor Candidate Says
The Democratic candidate running for governor of Kansas says the Trump administration's move to federally reclassify marijuana eases the path toward legalizing medical cannabis for patients in the state. “I think there's some things that…
New Bill In Congress Would Dramatically Overhaul How The Federal Government Classifies Drugs While Legalizing Marijuana
A Democratic lawmaker has filed a lengthy new bill in Congress that would completely overhaul the federal system for classifying drugs. The Public Health and Research Reforms In Controlled Substances Act, introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) on…
East Idaho voters to decide numerous ballot issues Tuesday, from water bonds and emergency services funding to school levies
Proposition 1 and a handful of other statewide questions have drawn most of the attention heading into Tuesday's election. But East Idaho voters will also decide a long list of measures closer to home, from water system upgrades to school levies.
Patrick Stewart: Before accepting Star Trek fame, his first love was Shakespeare
Through his more than 60-year career in movies, TV and the theatre including 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), he was never shy of speaking his mind, often giving his backing to political campaigns and providing talk shows with an…
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