Check out this LA Weekly article on the bullshit June 19th raid by police on the THC Downtown Collective, aka The Happyending Collective (video below). This is a clear use of excessive force and yet another reminder that the costs of prohibition far exceed any alleged benefits. This is the kind of footage non-weedists need to see, especially during an election year!
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How the DEA Seized a College Student's Entire Life Savings, Without Charging Him With a Drug Crime
Carrying cash is not a crime. But that didn't stop the federal government from seizing $11,000 from Charles Clarke. Charles, a 24-year-old college student, was flying home after visiting family and friends in Cincinnati, when he lost his entire life savings to civil forfeiture.
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Employers May Fire MMJ Patients for Private Use
The disconnect between the classification of state-sanctioned cannabis and the federal prohibition of cannabis has created another impossible situation for the law to resolve. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on June 15th that companies can legally fire employees who use cannabis.
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Companies Can Fire Workers for Marijuana Use, Colorado Court Rules
Even in one of the country’s most marijuana-friendly states, smoking pot off the job and away from work can still get an employee fired. That was the unanimous conclusion of the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, in a closely watched workplace lawsuit involving ...
Sonoma County, California, Wages Quiet War On Weed
Yarrow Kubrin was recently to be sentenced to four years in prison. His crime? He was growing medical cannabis in complete compliance with state laws.
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Do Marijuana Prisoners Deserve Amnesty?
What to do with the prisoners of a failed war? Since 2012, when voters in Colorado and Washington approved the tax and sale of recreational marijuana, the cognitive dissonance of America's drug penalties has become even more absurd.
There Is No Excuse to Bring Up Freddie Gray's Drug History
Freddie Gray's criminal background of several drug related offenses has been being tossed around quite a bit by people who bring it up as though it somehow justifies what happened to him.