CA Democratic Party Urges Obama to Halt Dispensary Raids
this is an opportunity for Obama to stop unfair arrests by keeping his campaign promise not to interfere with medical marijuana in states where it is legal.
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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...
High Scientist: 3D Printing...the Future is Here!
3D printing is simply an amazing process. One machine capable of making virtually any non-digital product: I-phone stands, jewelry, dental braces, tools...
First US Elected Official, Bill Rosendahl, Openly Using Medical Marijuana
Bill Rosendahl, a Councilman in the City of Los Angeles, made history as the first elected Official Openly admitting to using medical marijuana...
Kal Penn of “Harold & Kumar” Off-base for Defending Obama Attacks in Medical Marijuana States
Last week Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in the “stoner” film franchise Harold & Kumar, spoke to Huffington Post Live about President Obama’s marijuana policies.
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Obama Says No to Legalizing Marijuana
In a speech in Mexico City on Friday, President Obama shut the door on any possibility that he'll support efforts in his second term to legalize certain...
Modest Changes in Obama's FY 2014 Drug Budget
The Obama administration released its Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday, including its 2014 federal drug budget.
Celebrities Urge Obama Forward on Drug, Sentencing Reform
A coalition of more than 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials, and civil rights and civil liberties advocates urged President Obama to reform...
Barack Obama, Eric Holder: Replace US Attorney Laura Duffy
Laura Duffy must be replaced with a US Attorney that is willing to work with elected officials and the community, rather than wage war against them.
Matthew Davies: Another Victim of the Government’s War on Marijuana
Today’s New York Times includes a feature story about California medical marijuana provider Matthew Davies, who federal prosecutors are pressuring to accept
Open Letter To Sasha and Malia Obama
How can Barack Obama continue to be in charge of a system that puts young men and women just like himself behind bars, often ruining their lives?
Tell Obama To ‘Just Say No’ to Joe
A White House online petition telling Obama to listen to the voters of Colorado & Washington about the future of cannabis legalization, not the famously...
Obama Administration Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Unprecedented Rate
Fallout from the Obama Administration's aggressive federal enforcement in medical marijuana states has reached a fever pitch this month with three people...
ASA: Medical Cannabis Year in Review 2012
ASA Year in review: 2012 was bittersweet. On one hand, we moved the fight for safe access to medical cannabis forward, adding two new medical cannabis...
The Top Ten Drug Policy Stories of 2012
In some ways 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes.
Alternet: “Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington and Colorado?”
Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington And Colorado? One week ago, US Attorney General Eric Holder cryptically told Bloomberg News that...
Help Needed: Release Five Lifetime Marijuana Prisoners
A law office filed a legal petition with the federal government seeking clemency for 5 elderly prisoners serving lifetime sentences for cannabis-only...
Obama Breaks His Silence on Marijuana Legalization: We’ve Got Bigger Fish to Fry Than Cannabis Users
Breaking his silence on the topic of marijuana legalization since two states approved ballot initiatives, President Barack Obama addressed the issue in...