The latest in Barack Obama

Ore. ballot measure seeks pot dispensaries

2010-04-16T07:42:53Z

Medical marijuana proponents seek expansion of Oregon's program, creation of pot dispensaries

The Obama administration's decision not to interfere in states' medical marijuana laws has emboldened a citizens' initiative to get the state of Oregon involved in providing the drug for residents who have permission to use it.

Medical marijuana advocates are seeking ...

First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland

2010-04-16T09:10:11Z

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first...

US to ease prosecutions for 'medical marijuana' use

2010-06-25T20:13:47Z

The US Justice Department said it would ease federal prosecutions for the use of "medical marijuana" in states where the substance is permitted by law for the treatment of illness.

Marijuana use is a federal crime in the United States, but 14 US states, including California, allow use of the...

U.S. to end war on medical marijuana in legal states

2010-06-25T20:14:07Z

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sharp policy shift, the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized.

A J...

Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy

2010-04-16T09:46:17Z

Federal government won't prosecute medical marijuana users if they comply with state law

Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.

Two Justice Department officials ...

Sentencing delayed for med pot dispensary owner

2010-06-26T02:00:57Z

Sentencing postponed for Calif. medical marijuana dispensary owner, pending Justice position

A federal judge has postponed sentencing the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary until he gets clarification on the Obama administration's newly revised position on such cases.

Last week, U.S. Attorney Gener...

Whiff of change in US medical marijuana policy

2010-04-16T17:14:46Z

Obama may end raids on California medical marijuana dispensaries as policy undergoes review

The White House won't say it explicitly. Neither will the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that

Obama

2011-01-04T13:33:01Z

President Barack Obama talks with media aboard Air Force One soon after leaving at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, en route to Washington after a family vacation. (AP Photo/Caro...

Congress Health Care

2011-01-03T12:31:31Z

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during a town hall meeting in Wheaton, Md. Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark he...

Obama Africa

2011-01-03T01:30:25Z

FILE - In this July 11, 2009, file photo, a Ghanaian police officer mans a security barrier ahead of the arrival of President Barack Obama, at the Presidential Castle in Accra, Ghana. Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Afr...

Specters Legacy

2011-01-02T10:01:04Z

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama embraces Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a fundraising event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. As Specter leaves the Senate after 30 years of roll calls,...

Obama Congress

2011-01-02T02:30:22Z

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington about his meeting with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. In the president's taped his weekly address from