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Politics
Why Dianne Feinstein Opposes Marijuana Legalization
March 20, 2014California’s senior senator Dianne Feinstein has joined Governor Jerry Brown in voicing her disapproval of marijuana...
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Legal
I Am Serving 20 Years For Opening a Medical Cannabis Dispensary
March 16, 2014February 5, 2014 I grew up in Modesto, Calif., and like many of the low income...
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Joint Opinions
Thank You, Sanjay Gupta
March 12, 2014“The medical marijuana program will not happen under my watch,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said...
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In The Magazine
Medicating America
March 1, 2014America is broken. Unemployment is at its highest since the recession of April 1983. The national...
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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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Legal
Despite Drug Policy Reform, Half of U.S. Prisoners Still Serving Time for Non-Violent Drug Crimes
February 11, 2014On Jan. 30, the Obama Administration announced an early release plan for non-violent drug offenders serving...
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Politics
In Slamming Obama, DEA Administrator Presents Reformers With Rare Opportunity
January 27, 2014In a speech last week to the National Sheriff’s Association, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart had harsh...
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Books
Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko
December 24, 2013The law enforcement profession has changed. No longer a friendly, neighborly kind of job, the human...
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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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Films
How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Directed by Matthew Cooke
October 31, 2013“How to Make Money Selling Drugs” seems destined, even designed, to incite controversy. It’s TV-MA rating...
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Joint Opinions
Gross Injustice
July 23, 2013$2.4 Million Unpaid Tax Bill Leads to $25 Million Forfeiture and 21 Years in Prison
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Economics
Top 10 Unlikely Marijuana Vacations
May 17, 20131. Kingston, Jamaica When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you...
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Books
It’s NORML to Smoke Pot: The 40-year Fight for Marijuana Smokers’ Rights by Keith Stroup
March 26, 2013Activist lawyer Keith Stroup has busted his ass at the front lines of cannabis policy reform...
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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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Joint Opinions
‘I Want to Discourage Drug Use’
December 18, 2012Says the White House’s Brewmaster-in-Chief His favorite brew, it is said, is Yuengling Lager. At the...
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In History
History is Happening Now: The long story of the ASA case
October 12, 2012Four days from now, oral arguments will begin for an appeal case which could very well...
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In History
History of Marijuana in America
March 16, 2011Marijuana inherits its name from Mexico, although it has a past steeped with global tradition. Long...