Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week
This has been a good week for I-502, the Washington state initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana, and its sponsors.
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Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!
signs in business reflect community support (Drug War Chronicle) Steve De Angelo preparing to lead the march (Drug War Chronicle) on the march (Drug War Chronicle) Jason David, father of medical marijuana…
Marijuana Authors Talk at Oaksterdam
On July 21, 2012 Oaksterdam University featured authors of four recent books on marijuana.
Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization
Belize is studying the possible decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana to unclog its courts and jails
Vaporize Me
The last time I smoked a vaporizer was at the High Times office more than nine years ago. (Perhaps it was longer. Who can remember?) It was the Volcano by Storz-Bickel back…
Obama Administration to Review Clarence Aaron Commutation Request
Clarence Aaron The Obama administration is seeking a fresh review of Clarence Aaron’s request for commutation of his cocaine trafficking sentence, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Aaron, a first-offender, was sentenced to…
Federal Medical Marijuana "Truth in Trials Act" Reintroduced
HR 6134, the Truth in Trials Act, which would allow defendants in federal criminal prosecutions the ability to use medical marijuana evidence at trial...
Some States Move on Sentencing Reform
With state budgets devastated by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent slow economic growth, the impulse to incarcerate is being blunted by fiscal realities. This year, a number of states have passed…
Mitchell Lawrence | Age 18 | Berkshire County, MA | March 2006
Guest Editorial: Injustice in Massachusetts — Two Years in Jail for One Joint 4/14/06 by Anthony Papa of 15yearstolife.com The drug war reached the pinnacle of cruelty when Mitchell Lawrence, an 18-year-old…
Flint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In
Activists want cops to lay off the buds (www.wikimedia.org) Voters in two Midwest cities may have the opportunity to vote on marijuana law reforms this November. Advocates of a Flint, Michigan initiative…
Marijuana Initiative Sues Oregon over Signature Counts
There could yet be not one, but two legalization initiatives on the Oregon ballot in November. The Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) filed a lawsuit in Marion County Circuit Court last week…
Oregon OCTA Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes Ballot
The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) initiative has qualified for the November ballot, the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division’s official Twitter feed announced Friday evening. That means voters in three Western…
Book Review: "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Book Review of: Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jonathan Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark Kleiman...
Obama's War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier
One month ago, Eric Holder testified before Congress that the Dept. of Justice is only targeting medical marijuana businesses that violate their state’s laws. Anyone who didn’t realize it was a lie…
Feds Target California's Highest Profile Dispensary
by Phillip Smith, July 11, 2012, 09:54pm, (Issue #742) Harborside Health Center , California’s largest and most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors. Workers at the…
Narc Scandal Front and Center in Florida Sheriff Race
by Phillip Smith, July 11, 2012, 03:26pm, (Issue #742) Embattled Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (bobforsheriff.com) Scandal has been brewing in the Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office over the possibly criminal misbehavior of some…
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Summer Marijuana Reads
by Phillip Smith, July 11, 2012, 11:38pm, (Issue #742) Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup by Mark Haskell Smith (2012, Broadway Paperbacks, 235 pp.,…
Pelosi Suggests Movement Post-Election on Medical Marijuana
by Phillip Smith, July 11, 2012, 09:57pm, (Issue #742) Pelosi and President Obama in happier times (wikimedia.org) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told a bloggers’ roundtable Wednesday that Democrats might be interested…