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Must-Watch: Marijuana Legalization Hearing in Washington State Part 1
Marijuana activists, politicians, and former and current law enforcement officials spoke to the Washington State legislature in support (and against) of Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson’s House Bill 1550, which would legalize cannabis and make it available for …
The Boring Centrist Confessions of a Radical Progressive
Despite being dismissed as an extremist left-winger by even this Democratic administration, there is hardly an important issue I support that doesn’t have fairly strong popular support. The few that do lack majority support, like gay marriage and mar…
It’s Time to Retire the Red State/Blue State Shorthand
I understand that the red/blue shorthand is convenient for the media, but it’s not helpful, and reduces people to caricatures. For example, I haven’t supported a Democrat for president since George McGovern in 1972—the exuberance of youth; I was …
Marijuana legalization: Did Obama’s ‘pot cheat sheet’ kill California’s Proposition 19?
Why did Proposition 19, the CA pot legalization measure, fail? One reason might have been Obama administration antagonism exemplified by the memo “Marijuana legalization: A bad idea.” As Colorado begins the march to a 2012 legalization measure, let’s s…
Marijuana Legalization’s Next Battleground: Colorado
Colorado will be the next battleground in the national conflict over marijuana legalization, according to Sam Kamin, a professor at the University of Denver. “California has had its chance,” said Kamin. “Colorado is the next obvious choice.”www.tokeoft…
Not-So Insane in the Membrane: Cypress Hill Plans Marijuana Dispensary Chain in California
Cypress Hill, the band whose song Insane in the Membrane launched them to stardom in 1993. Since then, the band has become popular with their pro-marijuana stance. Now the band is planning to open a chain of dispensaries to sell marijuana to the publ…
2011 Pot Legalization Push Begins At Hempfest Today
Posted by admin in World News on August 21, 2010
Giving up is not an option for Sensible Washington, the all-volunteer group that sponsored a marijuana legalization bill that didn’t make it to the Washington ballot this year. The 2011 legalization campaign kicks off at this weekend’s Seattle Hempfest…
Longshore Workers Endorse Prop 19
Posted by admin in Political News on August 21, 2010
The Northern California council of the ILWU, otherwise known as the Longshoremen, announced its support for Prop 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative. The 25,000-member council cited the extraordinary “waste” of money and lives in t…
Black Cops Argue in Favor of Marijuana Legalization on MSNBC
Posted by admin in Political News on August 20, 2010
In this video, a 33-year veteran cop from Baltimore talks about why the National Black Police Association and many individual African American officers are now endorsing the marijuana legalization initiative on California’s ballot this November.www.you…
Prop 19: National Black Police Association Endorses Marijuan
Posted by admin in Political News on August 19, 2010
Great news from our friends at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: the National Black Police Association, a 38-year-old advocacy group for African American law enforcement professionals, has endorsed Prop 19, California’s marijuana legalization initia…
51% Say Legalize Marijuana in New California Poll.
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 12, 2010
A Sacramento Bee/Field Poll survey released over the weekend found support for legalizing marijuana in California at 51%. The poll was not measuring support for Proposition 19, the Tax and Regulate Cannabis marijuana legalization initiative, but inst…
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…
Is It Time To Legalize Marijuana? | The 420 Times
Posted by admin in Political News on August 6, 2010
Here is a great segment from MSNBC, spelling out the reasons cannabis should be legalized. A must see for anyone interested in the marijuana legalization debate. the420times.com
Driving While High: The New Face of Marijuana Manslaughter?
Don’t be surprised if Isaac Robert Longo becomes a poster child for the evils of driving while high by forces girding to defeat marijuana legalization in CA this Nov. After all, he did smoke pot before causing a 5-car pileup in 2007 that killed an 82-y…
Jane Hamsher Gets Into the Marijuana Legalization Game…
Posted by admin in Political News on August 4, 2010
Jane Hamsher, the online progressive maven who heads the influential blog Firedoglake and its accompanying activist/political arm, Firedoglake (FDL) Action, is entering new territory today: she’s getting into the marijuana legalization game.
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Will Marijuana Legalization Voters Help Dems In November?
Posted by admin in Political News on August 2, 2010
The notion going round political circles is that California’s Prop 19 (and, to a lesser extent, medical marijuana initiatives in Arizona and South Dakota, and dispensaries for medical marijuana in Oregon) will be for the Democrats what anti-Gay Marriag…
WA Governor’s Office Calls Pot Legalization Legitamite Idea
Posted by admin in Political News on July 30, 2010
Could marijuana legalization be in Washington state’s future? The office of Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday that it’s a “legitimate idea” that will be considered. When Gov. Gregoire opened an online suggestion box on ways to fix the state’s budget, s…
Yes on Prop 19 Winning 52%-36%; US Majority Supports Legaliz
Posted by admin in Political News on July 27, 2010
Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for adults over 21 years old, is currently winning by a wide margin among California voters according to a new PPP poll. The measure is supported by 52% of voters while opposed by only 36…
Sex Toys Retailer Pumps $100K Into Marijuana Legalization
Posted by admin in Political News on July 27, 2010
If there were only some rock and roll to go with the sex and drugs, this would be a perfect story. Prop 19, California’s initiative to legalize marijuana, has a wealthy donor: the president of Adam & Eve, a mail order firm selling sex toys and porn.www…
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