The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s 2011 law requiring welfare applicants to take and pass a drug test....
The Republican-controlled Indiana House voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a “reasonable suspicion” drug testing bill for welfare recipients. House Bill 1483 advanced to the state Senate on a 78-17...
The automatic budget cuts set for Friday would have countless effects, but could actually hinder the federal drug war. If allowed to occur, the cuts would cost the...
The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs held a hearing today on H.B. 573, which would allow patients with debilitating medical conditions to obtain...
Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article discussing a recent poll that shows a majority of Florida voters support medical marijuana. The article specifically mentioned the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act and talked...
Our friends at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union have a fascinating interview with former EU drugs commissioner Carel Edwards online. He explains that the EU — an overarching body...
In the face of obstacles to marijuana research from both the Drug Enforcement Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology and...
A Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll conducted last week found that 60% of registered Kentucky voters support making marijuana legal for medical use. Only 31% were opposed. A bill to make medical marijuana legal for...
Comedian and marijuana advocate Bill Hicks died on this day 19 years ago after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was only 32. Hicks considered marijuana to...
Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific, by Martin Lee (2012, Scribners, 519 pp., $23.10 HC Amazon) Super-Charged: How Outlaws, Hippies, and Scientists Reinvented...
The latest Des Moines Register poll shows 58% of Iowa respondents support medical marijuana, down six points from a 2010 poll. 29% of Iowans polled support allowing recreational...
The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative wants to be on the ballot in 2014. In California, if we gather enough signatures we can put an initiative...
High Times reports all indices, except Schwag, began 2013 below December’s average. The US Price Index fell $33 to an average of $307 per ounce. Meanwhile, the Kind...
Felicity @ BeyondChronic grapples with most cannabis prohibitionists’ excuse to keep alcohol and tobacco legal because they’re “part of our society,” yet ignore the fact that millions of Americans use...
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is holding a hearing today on a bill that would allow patients with serious illnesses to obtain and use medical...
Figuring out an appropriate marijuana tax policy is more complicated than it sounds. In Washington State, there is a 25% tax at three different stages of cannabis...
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is pleased to announce that it is now providing educational content to the editors of The Answer Page, Inc....
It costs B.C. taxpayers about $8,750 per pot conviction, most of them for simple possession. Estimates show decriminalizing cannabis would save B.C. taxpayers over $10.5M per year....
Another sign that cannabis continues its march towards mainstream; the New York Times covers weed etiquette in social settings, such as if children are present and can...
