Search results for "War on Drugs "
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Medical
Anxiety Conditions Rarely Covered Under Medical Marijuana Laws
February 19, 2014Anxiety disorders affect over 40 million adults in the United States, nearly 20 percent of the...
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Cultivation
Cannabis Collectives Springing Up in Spain
February 15, 2014Dried marijuana flowers are stored at the plantation of the Sibaratas Med Can association in Mogan...
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Politics
Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification
February 13, 2014A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...
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Economics
Inside the Micro-Economy of a U.S. Federal Prison
January 17, 2014Here is how it works—the real money end of prison is pretty straightforward and simple. We...
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Joint Opinions
Can the Poor Afford Not to Smoke Marijuana
January 12, 2014It is no big secret that the War on Poverty has somehow turned into a War...
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Politics
How Utah is Using Asset Forfeiture to Gut Drug Policy Reform and Marijuana Legalization
January 9, 2014The Utah Attorney General’s office believes a recently passed law gutting protections for property owners facing...
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Politics
Uruguay to Become First Country to Legalize Cannabis
December 10, 2013Update: The bill was signed into law by President Jose Mujica on Dec. 24. Today, barring...
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In History
The Racist Origins Of The Medical/Recreational Divide
November 25, 2013The concept of ‘medical marijuana’ has proven very powerful in changing minds. Twenty states have already...
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Current Events
Flying with Cannabis Remains in Grey Zone
October 10, 2013While several news sources are reporting the TSA may be allowing passengers to travel with marijuana,...
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Current Events
Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Reclassify Cannabis
October 9, 2013The nations’s highest court on Monday denied the appeal of a lower court’s decision against Americans...
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Legal
D.C. Councilman Calls for Cannabis Legalization
September 25, 2013Although medical marijuana retail outlets have only been open in the nation’s capital for less than...
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Politics
Sen. John McCain: “Maybe We Should Legalize” Cannabis
September 12, 2013Speaking at a Tucson town hall meeting last week, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told attendees, “Well,...
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Politics
VIDEO: Feds Green-Light Cannabis Legalization
August 29, 2013Attorney General Eric Holder has told the governors of both Washington and Colorado the federal government...
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Joint Opinions
Paging Dr. Riggs
August 13, 2013Response to Dr. Paula Riggs, criticizing Dr. Gupta Dr. Paula Riggs, a professor of psychiatry at...
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Politics
What do Drug Laws Have to do with Trayvon Martin?
July 15, 2013The verdict is in for George Zimmerman, and it shouldn’t be surprising. The government couldn’t support...
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Legal
Cannabis Publications Push Back On Porn In Federal Lawsuit
June 8, 2013Booksellers and cannabis publications are pushing back at Colorado’s plans to hide cannabis magazines with porn...
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Politics
Marijuana: ‘Times Are A’Changing’
February 19, 2013Twenty years ago, few would have imagined any politician appealing to a large audience talking about...
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Joint Opinions
The Plaintive Opposition: SAM
January 30, 2013It may come as little surprise that certain prominent politicians have stepped forward in the wake...
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Current Events
Major Win For MMJ Parents
January 4, 2013California court holds that Prop. 215 patients aren’t “drug abusers” The California Court of Appeals has...
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Economics
Microsoft CEO Jumps On “Canabizness” Bandwagon
January 4, 2013“Yes, we are Big Marijuana,” said former Microsoft CEO Jamen Shively, 45, who announced last Thursday...