Category: Needless Victims

Jacob Sullum recounts the story of a New Mexico woman that was taken against her will and fruitlessly probed by drug warriors and their ‘medical’ helpers.

In a great article on Forbes, Jacob Sullum explains why 97% of federal drug offenders plead guilty.

A new video shows the life-changing consequences of marijuana possession arrests in New York City, even if the charges are eventually thrown out.

Ladybud published the story of Sabina Rose, a little girl in New Jersey with Dravet Syndrome who is no longer with us.

So far, Health Canada’s less-than-discrete envelopes are responsible for at least 3 patients being fired and a home invasion, a lawyer claims.

US Attorney Melinda Haag is continuing her crusade against medical marijuana, despite recent changes in federal guidelines.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has re-launched a massive eradication effort against dispensaries, collective cultivation efforts, and medical marijuana patients. Those using cannabis with a doctor’s...

The Mayor of Santa Ana Maya, Mexico was found dead after refusing to give a drug cartel ‘more pay’.

A man died from food allergies in a Washington jail cell after a misdemeanor pot offense.

One of the many predicted benefits of regulating marijuana is to allow police to focus on solving violent crimes, and an investigation into the Oakland Police Department...

October 28, 2013 Jovan Jackson and his attorneys were back in court today for day two of the prosecution’s case against the Navy veteran and medical cannabis...

Tough break, Anna. You were born in the wrong state. Someday I’ll be done asking how this happened. Someday I’ll be done asking, “why Anna?”. Someday I’ll...

Last week, Cowlitz County prosecutor Sue Baur dropped two Washington medical marijuana dispensary cases. Naturally Yours and Grass Rootz owners and employees charged in the cases are...

Opening statements have ended and the prosecutor has called two witnesses in Jovan Jackson’s third medical cannabis trial. This, after a telling day and a half of...

I feel like we often talk about how the justice system fails in regards to cannabis. To be fair, quite often, the justice system is a lit...

Drug Policy Alliance International Drug Policy Reform Conference ran from October 23, 2013 until October 26, 2013. The event boasted a plethora of cannabis activists and took...

Just days after legal cannabis patient Ronnie Chang’s federal incarceration came to an end freeing him to return to his elderly mother, Crispin Price sits in court...

Cannabis activists are planning Stop CPS: Free the Babies International Day of Action for November 12th, 2013. The event is being coordinated by Moms for Marijuana, a...

San Diego District Attorney and anti-medical cannabis crusader Bonnie Dumanis wants to put a patient-provider on trial for the third time. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs...

Medical Cannabis patient Jerry Duval is serving a 10-year sentence for cultivating cannabis under Michigan’s medical cannabis laws. While we all know 10 years is a ridiculous...