Obama Administration Brought 80 Percent More Medical Marijuana Cases Than Bush
During the entire 8 years under Bush, the federal government saw 163 medical marijuana cases, or about 20 per year. With almost 1.5 years left, the Obama...
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US Approves Marc Emery's Transfer Home to Canada
The US government has approved a prisoner transfer application for Marc Emery, the Canadian marijuana activist serving a five year sentence in the US for selling marijuana seeds to fund pot legalization activism.
Let’s Get Jerry Duval Out of Prison!
Jerry Duval surrendered to federal authorities to serve a whopping 10-year prison sentence, even though he was never in violation of medical marijuana laws.
Immigration Bill Affects Real and Imagined Drug Offenders
An amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) would affect real and imagined drug offenders.
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Drug Sting Goes Bad, One Dead at Charlotte School
An undercover drug sting in the parking lot of a Charlotte, North Carolina, elementary school ended up with one person killed and one person wounded.
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In Prison for Marijuana Possession, Texas Woman Becomes Victim of “Rape Camp”
Arrested for possession of marijuana, a woman is placed in a Texas county jail while awaiting her day in court; once there she is repeatedly brutalized and savaged by three guards. Eventually…
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ACLU: The War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem
Latino folks, rather than being counted separately, are likely counted with white folks. This means that those numbers are even more out of whack.
The Human and Fiscal Cost of the Medical Marijuana Wars
Two reports came out today about the federal government's attacks on medical marijuana providers.
Feds Raid Another 103 SoCal Marijuana Stores
Federal agents raided 103 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County. The U.S. Attorney's Office called the targets "illegal marijuana stores."
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Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement
Marc Emery, Canada’s “Prince of Pot," has been released from a week of solitary confinement in a Mississippi prison for...
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison
Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence...
Law Enforcement Targets Marijuana Activists in Philadelphia
The targeting of marijuana activists is an example of the lengths law enforcement will go to to silence our ability to speak out against prohibition.
Minorities Disproportionately Arrested in US for Marijuana
The ACLU released a new report affirming NORML’s data that minorities are disproportionately arrested at a rate four times higher than whites for cannabis.
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Jerry Duval, Medical Marijuana Patient, Headed to Same Federal Prison Facility as Boston Bomber
In the face of public pressure, the Department of Justice will allow Jerry Duval, a seriously ill medical marijuana patient with both a kidney and a pancreas transplant, to serve his 10-year sentence for marijuana-related offenses in a federal facility capable of meeting his medical needs.
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Arizona Mom, Yanira Maldonado, Mexico Marijuana Drug Arrest 'About Money,' Husband Says
The family of an Arizona mother of seven, Yanira Maldonado, being held in a Mexican jail vehemently denies charges that she was trying to smuggle about 12 pounds of marijuana back into the United States.
MI Medical Marijuana Patients Surrender for Prison Sentence
Several Michigan medical marijuana patients and caregivers are being forced to surrender to federal authorities to serve out lengthy prison terms.
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Missouri Sheriff Disregarding Decriminalization Ordinance
Boone County Missouri Sheriff's deputies that patrol Columbia have been arresting people under the strict state law, and refusing to downgrade the offenses.