MARK KIESLING: Don't bogart that joint, my lawmakers

Hostess Foods might want to reconsider closing its stores in the wake of news that Indiana's top cop would like to see marijuana decriminalized and taxed.

DOUG ROSS: Poll shows social conservatism doesn't resonate in Indiana

For all the talk about Indiana being a conservative state, the latest Howey/DePauw Battleground Poll results add some nuance. Hoosiers are fiscally conservative, yes, but socially conservative, not so much.

Chicago mayor supports reducing pot penalty

CHICAGO | With the murder rate in Chicago climbing at an alarming rate, police may soon get some help keeping a lid on violent crime from an unlikely source: marijuana.

State senator plots marijuana law reforms

INDIANAPOLIS | State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, knows sometimes the best way to win support for a change in the law is to give people time to get used to the idea.

Region state senator leads charge for reform of Ind. marijuana laws

Business leaders asking government to stop interfering in their work is a common occurrence at the Statehouse, and the Republican-controlled General Assembly is usually eager to remove obstacles impeding entrepreneurship. But when that business is marijuana, the support disappears.

Local senator leads reform of marijuana laws

Business leaders asking government to stop interfering is a common occurrence. But when that business is marijuana, the lawmakers who normally would do just about anything to help-and claim credit for new jobs and tax revenue-disappear.

Indiana's marijuana laws going to rehab?

This is the latest in artist Mitch Markovitz's series of Short Shore Line illustrations done exclusively for The Times.

Indiana's marijuana laws going to rehab?

This is the latest in artist Mitch Markovitz's series of Short Shore Line illustrations done exclusively for The Times.

Indiana's marijuana laws going to rehab?

If state lawmakers wind up legalizing marijuana as a result of recently introduced legislation, it is unlikely the move would result in more people using the illegal drug or becoming addicted, said Jake Messing, who has spent 30 years working in the field of substance abuse.