All posts tagged "War on Drugs"
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Joint Opinions
Marijuana Decriminalization Works
February 17, 2015Decriminalization is a term often used to describe the elimination of criminal penalties associated with the...
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Politics
Addressing Cannabis in State of the Union
January 20, 2015Tonight the President of the United States will address the nation in the annual State of...
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Economics
Former Alaskan Senator named CEO of Nevada-based Weed Company
January 6, 2015Former Democratic Alaskan Senator and 2008 Presidential candidate Mike Gravel has recently been appointed CEO of...
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Joint Opinions
The View from Here: A Prisoner’s Post-Election Reflections
November 30, 2014After the November midterm elections, some people may have had hangovers from late night victory celebrations...
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Joint Opinions
NYC Decriminalizes Marijuana… 37 Years Late
November 19, 2014The long withstanding battle in New York City between stoners and the boys in blue has...
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Legal
TV May Help Shape Adults’ Attitudes Towards Cannabis
November 18, 2014Although television can sometimes get a bad rap, lots of people find that zoning out in...
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Joint Opinions
Midterm Elections Show Marijuana Is a Bipartisan Issue
November 6, 2014On Tuesday, as the GOP gained a majority control of both the U.S. House and Senate,...
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Politics
D.C. Council Approves Record Sealing for Pot Offenses
October 25, 2014It has only been a few months since the D.C. Council voted to decriminalize possession of...
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Cultivation
Harborside Promotes Outdoor, Sungrown Cannabis
October 18, 2014Dipping one’s whole face near the resinous trichomes of a large Pineapple bud plant growing outdoors...
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Legal
Two Texas Cities Roll Out Decriminalization Pilot Programs
October 15, 2014Earlier this month, the Harris County District Attorney’s office, which oversees the Houston metro, announced the...
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Legal
Morocco Considers Legalizing Marijuana
October 13, 2014While Morocco’s cannabis farmers have been forced in the past to cultivate their crops under blackmail...
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Reviews
#IllegallyHealed: Two Words That Don’t Belong Together
October 10, 2014On August 29, 2013, Corey Hunt, his girlfriend and her family stood around her mother’s hospital...
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Politics
Federal Bill Could Save the Lives of Marijuana Users
October 2, 2014When President Richard Nixon unleashed the dogs of the weed wars back in 1970s, plagues of...
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Joint Opinions
Big Marijuana: The Necessary Evil of Federal Legalization
September 27, 2014If the United States expects to escape the clutches of prohibition, there is no escaping the...
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Medical
Special Interests Lobby Against Marijuana
September 24, 2014It’s no secret that alcohol and pharmaceutical companies have supported anti-marijuana organizations. The California Beer &...
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Politics
Global Leaders Gather to Condemn Drug War
September 12, 2014Ryan Grim, Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief, moderated a discussion between members of the Global Commission...
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Joint Opinions
Let NFL Players Smoke
September 5, 2014Super Bowl XLVIII will go down in history for many reasons: the Seahawks’ first NFL title,...
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Joint Opinions
DEA Reclassifies Hydrocodone While Cannabis Remains Schedule I
August 31, 2014No one dies of marijuana overdose. At least, no one did in 2010, according to statistics ...
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In The Magazine
Hempfest at the Crossroads: What Place Will the Classic “Protestival” Fill After Legalization?
August 14, 2014The Hempfest That Wasn’t I had already walked the length of the converted hangar, stuck my...
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In History
Marc Emery Released From U.S. Custody
August 12, 2014Photo by Rebecca Cook Canadian publisher and cannabis activist turned American federal prisoner Marc Emery was...