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Medical Marijuana Lawyers Challenge Feds to Bust All Pot Dispensaries or Bust None
It’s rarer these days, but you can still find some medical marijuana purveyors fond of saying how much they welcome the federal government throwing them in prison for decades.blogs.sfweekly.com
Would You Rather Marijuana Be Sold By Cartels or Regulated Businesses?
For decades, the United States has been embroiled in a debate over whether marijuana should be legalized. The battle has been waged on the state level, where 16 states and the District of Columbia have authorized the use of medical marijuana by qualify…
7 Marvelous Medical Marijuana Miracles
Cannabis has long been touted as a cure for those who suffer from the medical inability to perceive Pink Floyd music. But in the past few decades, lots of anecdotes have been cropping up which suggest that marijuana might have much more beneficial, ac…
Police Magazine Runs Pro-Marijuana-Legalization Op-Ed by Cop
Posted by admin in Political News on August 9, 2010
We like to remind people that our critique of the drug war is not about the freedom to get high. It is about improving public safety by implementing policies that will start to reverse decades of prohibition’s legacy – our nation awash in drugs and…
NPR: “Do Looser Laws Make Pot More Popular? Not So Far”
Posted by admin in Political News on June 14, 2010
For decades, proponents of marijuana prohibition have argued that the enactment of cannabis decriminalization or legalization — or in some cases, just the mere act of talking about legalization — will adversely impact the public’s use of marijuan…
Sheriff Wants Station To Stop Broadcasting Pot Raid Warnings
Posted by admin in Political News on June 11, 2010
Marijuana growers in Northern California’s Emerald Triangle have for decades received reports of pending police raids from a local radio station. Now the police, citing a boom in pot production and “armed illegal drug traffickers”, want the broadcasts to stop.
Cannabis vs Alcohol
The age old argument of Cannabis vs Alcohol has been been going on for decades but has been much more prevalent in recent times with Marijuana legalisation becoming a real possibility.
CA Pot Legalization Initiative to Put on Ballor in November
Posted by admin in Political News on March 24, 2010
Today, an initiative that would legalize personal marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana to adults will qualify for California’s November general election ballot. A win at the ballot would be a first of its kind in U.S. history. This is a remarkable moment in the struggle to change our decades-old marijuana policies.
Why Isn’t There More Medical Marijuana Research?
Posted by admin in Political News on January 28, 2010
It’s the Catch-22 that has plagued medical marijuana advocates and patients for decades. Lawmakers and health regulators demand clinical studies on the
Some like it pot? Home movie shows Marilyn Monroe smoking
Posted by admin in World News on December 2, 2009
A home movie purporting to show Marilyn Monroe smoking a marijuana joint has surfaced some five decades after being shot at a gathering with friends in New Jersey.
US Man Smokes Record 115,000 Marijuana Cigarette; All Legal
Posted by admin in Political News on November 22, 2009
On November 20, 2009 Irvin Rosenfeld, a Florida stockbroker, set the world record for the consumption of cannabis cigarettes. The U.S. federal government has supplied Rosenfeld and three other US citizens for decades with a smokable cannabis medicine. Irv Rosenfeld has received his medicine for 27 years and is the longest known cannabis patient.
Doctors Light Up
After decades of burying their head in the sand, the country’s largest physician group, the American Medical Association (AMA), has reversed its long-held position that marijuana has no medical value. Now that the whole country has caught on, they have decided to jump into the ocean and see if they can’t swim and catch up to the ship that has left
Pot Legalization: Already A Moot Point?
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on November 13, 2009
Chalk it up to happenstance but as Judge James Gray and the Drug Free America Foundation’s David Evans concluded their CBS News.com debate on pot legalization earlier this week, the American Medical Association urged the federal government to review its decades-old classification of marijuana.
The racism of marijuana prohibition — latimes.com
Posted by admin in Political News on October 19, 2009
Marijuana’s new high life: Does a great job describing the cultural mainstreaming of marijuana. Pot is indeed flourishing in civilized society as never before, and the movement to end decades of failed prohibition has picked up unprecedented momentum. But that debate has largely ignored the racism behind prohibition.
Homegrown American Marijuana Threatens Mexican Cartels
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on October 8, 2009
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico.
Domestic Marijuana Production Cutting Cartel Profits
Posted by admin in World News on October 7, 2009
As reported on the front page of today’s Washington Post, domestic marijuana production is cutting into the bottom line of Mexican drug cartels while decades of police enforcement have failed to curb their growth.
The racism of marijuana prohibition
Posted by admin in Political News on September 7, 2009
The Times’ Aug. 30 article, ” Marijuana’s new high life ,” does a great job describing the cultural mainstreaming of marijuana. Pot is indeed flourishing in “civilized society” as never before, and the movement to end decades of failed prohibition has picked up unprecedented momentum. But that debate has largely ignore
Study Says It’s Easier For Teens To Buy Marijuana Than Beer
It’s that time of year — time for one of America’s leading prohibitionist organizations, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (aka CASA), to once again report that seven-plus decades of criminal pot prohibition have resulted in making cannabis more readily available to teens than alcohol!
USA : Marijuana decriminalization moves forward!
Posted by admin in Political News on August 20, 2009
Marijuana decriminalization moves forward on several fronts 08/19/09|San Francisco Bay Guardian Online| by SARAH PHELAN For decades, proponents of marijuana reform have argued that cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes, has legitimate medical uses, and should be decriminalized on the grounds that prohibition doesn’t work.
Legalize Marijuana in California
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 17, 2009
Marijuana prohibition in California is causing terrible environmental damage to our public lands. Marijuana is California’s largest cash crop. Despite decades of eradication and arrests, it is still easier for teenagers to buy marijuana than alcohol. Tell your representatives in Sacramento to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana for adults.
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