All posts tagged "Barack Obama"
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Politics
This 4/20 Tell Obama You Want Clemency For Prisoners Serving a Life Sentence For Marijuana
April 18, 2014The United States Department of Justice has been making a lot of noise lately about reducing...
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Legal
Attorney General Grilled For Not Reclassifying Cannabis
April 15, 2014Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government is considering rescheduling cannabis...
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Joint Opinions
Obama Administration Shows Signs of Ending Cannabis Prohibition
April 14, 2014President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in office are numerous and significant but for marijuana activists like myself,...
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Joint Opinions
Attorney General Holder Announces Administration Will Consider Rescheduling Cannabis
April 6, 2014In response to growing national momentum towards cannabis re-legalization as well as an increasing number of...
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Legal
What To Make of the New CBD-only Laws
April 3, 2014There is a new trend in conservative states: extremely narrow bills that allow patients to use...
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Medical
The University of Arizona PTSD Study Is the First of Many Medical Marijuana Studies
March 27, 2014Growing up on military bases, post-traumatic stress disorder is something you just get used to seeing....
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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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Politics
Senator Jeff Sessions Uses Lady Gaga As Scientific Source Proving Perils of Marijuana Use
February 3, 2014Obama’s recent comments about the relative dangers of cannabis have sparked a lot of opinion. Some...
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Joint Opinions
Obama Ignores America’s Fastest-Growing Industry in State of the Union Address
January 29, 2014During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama made the controversial declaration that he...
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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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Joint Opinions
Barack Obama: “No More Dangerous Than Alcohol” Is Opinion, Not Fact
January 21, 2014Last week, President Obama was quoted in New Yorker magazine establishing that he indirectly feels marijuana...
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Joint Opinions
Bravery or Bull? Obama’s Stance on Legalizing Marijuana Moves Us Forward
January 21, 2014By Marie Brand In the New Yorker’s recent interview with Barack Obama, the President discusses his,...
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Politics
Holder’s “Open Door” to Legalization?
February 24, 2013Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says feds may let his state's historic cannabis law stand
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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...