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Credit: cpapracticeadvisor.com This week, the Supreme Court of California is tasked with making a decision regarding the functionality of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. The court will hear the case of City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient's Health and Wellness Center, which should prove a major catalyst in formulating marijuana regulations. A new bill, AB 473, introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), aims to formulate concrete legislation to which all

McCarthy's PhotoWorks / Shutterstock.com After voters legalized marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington state, 2012 was considered, by many, to be a good year for supporters of comprehensive drug reform. As the debate over marijuana legalization continues, however, it is important to identify who benefits most from the war on drugs. As the number of Americans who favor marijuana legalization continues to grow, why are current efforts to reform the status quo so contested? One

(Credit: Gage Skidmore) With a spate of shootings in recent months, there are calls for tighter gun control and President Obama has political capital to spend. Getting much of what he wanted with the fiscal cliff, the president has proposed twenty-three executive orders, a practice he criticized while a U.S. Senator, to address gun policy in the event Congress does not pass adequate legislation. On the other side, Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul declared on TV that the president does not have

A scandal broke out shortly after Senator Barack Obama was elected President in 2008.  It involved the then-governor of his home state and the Senate seat that the President-Elect was vacating.  Then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was caught trying to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat.  He even tried to enlist the assistance of the incoming administration, which evidence pointed out that it quickly declined to do.  Blagojevich wanted something for that seat.  However, he was caught by the FBI,

Visual.ly and SurveyMonkey team up to bring us this interesting infographic about Americans and firearms. Recent national tragedies like the Aurora, Colorado theatre shooting and the Sandy Hook shooting have reinitiated national debate about gun control, the true meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and mental health in America. by anibalinfographics. Learn about data visualization tools.

Another year has passed and a handful of notable media misreports along with it. One of the most prestigious journalists was caught plagiarizing another journalist’s work this year as well as one reporter's serious lack of fact-checking regarding the Aurora shooting. Perhaps the most heinous of media misreports this year was not a single event at all but the consistently uncritical examination of the 2012 election process. This list of 5 media fails of 2012 reviews the more memorable media miss

2012 was a big year for IVN. It was a year of significant expansion and accomplishments. IVN reached out to an audience of over seven million people with content written by independent contributors for independent-minded voters. Below is a list of the top ten most popular articles from the last year: 10. What Happens if There is an Electoral Vote Tie The 2012 presidential election was so close this year that there were many people asking the question, what happens if there is a tie in the Ele

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently released a report, "Managing California's Water: From Crisis to Conflict." The report overviews the major issues facing California water supply, safety, environmental impacts, as well as regulatory and management issues. With continued water demands from residents and business interests, water in California continues to be an issue. In fact, the PPIC report labels the last 40 years of water management in the state as the "era of conflict

For the past several days, across our country, we have been glued to the news at the horrible events in Newtown, Connecticut.  The word "tragic" just doesn't seem to do any good to describe this awful event.  But it finally has this nation talking about several subjects that have been off limits for the past several years.  I'm not here to discuss gun control or not.  I did that in an article last August when no one else seemed to be talking about it after the shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin

Credit: www.ed.gov Illinois, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, and Wisconsin will get a share of the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, a $133 million grant fund to enhance superiority and expand access to education programs throughout those states. The five finalists join the nine existing state grantees who secured first-round funding last year. Arne Duncan, the US Secretary of Education, said that every child is worthy of the lasting benefits of a high-class learning program: "Than