All posts tagged "War on Drugs"

Politics

A Call For Unity From Federal Marijuana Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo

Dear Sisters and Brothers, I write these words you see before you from the dark confines...

Politics

Leading Military Officials Blame Legal Weed for Failed War on Drugs

During a recent congressional hearing held to discuss the failed War on Drugs, two leading military...

Joint Opinions

Obama Administration Shows Signs of Ending Cannabis Prohibition

President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in office are numerous and significant but for marijuana activists like myself,...

Joint Opinions

Survey Shows Majority of Police Officers Support Marijuana Policy Reform

Though not conducted with the methodological rigor of the Pew poll that came out this week showing 54...

Legal

The Lori Duckworth Raid

Since 2008, Lori Duckworth acted as Executive Director of the Southern Oregon Cannabis Community Center and Southern Oregon NORML alongside...

Economics

Uruguay: The Socialist Approach to Legalized Cannabis

Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica is considered the world’s “poorest” president. He donates 90 percent of his...

Medical

The University of Arizona PTSD Study Is the First of Many Medical Marijuana Studies

Growing up on military bases, post-traumatic stress disorder is something you just get used to seeing....

Legal

Study Suggests Cannabis Legalization Reduces Police Resources Needed in Washington

Initiative 502 was passed in Washington in November of 2012 and was implemented one month later....

Medical

Remembering Peter McWilliams

What if you were a bestselling author and nearly finished with one of your most inspiring...

Legal

I Am Serving 20 Years For Opening a Medical Cannabis Dispensary

February 5, 2014 I grew up in Modesto, Calif., and like many of the low income...

Joint Opinions

Thank You, Sanjay Gupta

“The medical marijuana program will not happen under my watch,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said...

Legal

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: The Cops that Are Our Friends

“Not one of the stated US drug policy goals of lowering the incidence of crime, addiction,...

Joint Opinions

As a Parent of a Child Using Medical Cannabis, I Do Not Support CBD-only Legislation

Understanding the basics of the poppy and opiates, those against a child being “high” due to...

Joint Opinions

I Am Serving a 10-Year Mandatory Minimum for Marijuana in Colorado

Oh, the joy and heartbreak of being here in Colorado. It is somewhat ironic that the...

In The Magazine

How I Protect My Son

We live in a world filled with many risks, especially for children. Like any good mother,...

Politics

Will 27,000 Annual Marijuana Arrests Stop in New York City Under Mayor Bill de Blasio?

On New Year’s Day, Bill de Blasio was officially sworn into office as the mayor of...

In History

A Tale of Two Nations: While Cannabis Science Progresses Abroad, American Politicians Still Skeptical

Cannabis cigarettes are seen at Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm, near the northern Israeli city of...

Legal

Tennessee vs. Josh Mason: Blatant, Legal Extortion

“I was sleeping in a little that day, around 8:30 a.m. I was awakened by a...

Joint Opinions

Blue Collar Cannabis Economics

Way back during the Vietnam War days when I was just a sprout, I avoided Vietnam...

Politics

Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification

A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...