The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an alien’s state-law conviction for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute constitutes an “aggravated felony” justifying deportation, even though the record of conviction does not show that the underlying conduct would constitute a ...

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HELENA, Mont. — A judge has ruled that Montana’s medical marijuana law doesn’t shield providers of the drug from federal prosecution, delivering a new blow to an industry reeling from a state and federal crackdown. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A medical marijuana work group created in the spring by the General Assembly will recommend by Friday two models for new legislation. One would assign medical marijuana distribution solely to academic institutions, while the other would permit physicians ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A Sharpsburg man is going to prison for growing marijuana in a strip-mall store that was leased as a computer business. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that 33-year-old Chad Frobouck was sentenced Thursday in Hagerstown to a five-year ...

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OCEAN CITY — Officials in the beach resort town of Ocean City have banned synthetic marijuana. Mayor Rick Meehan signed an emergency ordinance Tuesday banning the sale, possession and manufacturing of K2 and other substances that contain marijuana imitations or ...

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BOSTON — A prior state conviction for possession of marijuana did not trigger the enhancement of a drug trafficking sentence under federal guidelines, the en banc 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment. Under the federal ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland workgroup on medical marijuana will be working on an application process for academic centers that could one day make marijuana available for sick patients. The workgroup met Wednesday in Annapolis to discuss three different groups within ...

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WASHINGTON — Authorities say 17 people have been indicted in a drug trafficking probe. Fifteen have been arrested. The 17 were indicted on Aug. 4 on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy has expelled another midshipman in an ongoing investigation into the use or possession of synthetic marijuana. Cmdr. Joe Carpenter said Wednesday that a male student was expelled last week. The expulsion brings to 13 ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland residents who can prove they have a doctor’s approval to use marijuana for medical reasons would have a new defense to avoid a $100 fine and a misdemeanor conviction under a measure approved 41-6 by the Maryland ...

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