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Know Your Rights: Being Stopped on the Street
Have you ever felt that rush of panic when being approached by a police officer when you have marijuana in your possession?
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Comedian Randy Credico's Deadly Serious Quest to Run New York
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces the insurgent candidacy of comedian, satirist, political gadfly, and perennial candidate Randy Credico, who bills himself as "the most progressive candidate since FDR"
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Marc Emery to Be Released from US Custody Today, Return to Canada
After serving a five-year prison sentence for selling marijuana seeds to U.S. customers, Vancouver's Marc Emery is expected to cross the border back into Canada today, August 12.
Operation Shattered: "...And Now We Are F'cked"
I don't even want to talk about this, but I am going to and I don't intend to mince words. In the long run I do believe even the most sensible and safest of us are still fucked. This is a whole new kinda bad news.
Help Us Reach the Marijuana Tipping Point
It is nearly impossible to detect the precise moment when support for a change in social policy reaches the "tipping point", but for the marijuana legalization movement, that time was likely July 26, 2014, when the editorial board of the New York Times published...
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Since Marijuana Legalization, Highway Fatalities in Colorado Are at Near-Historic Lows
Here’s a month-by-month comparison of highway fatalities in Colorado through the first seven months of this year and last year. As you can see, highway fatalities this year are down from last year, and down from the 13-year average. What’s notable here...
Lockn' Festival: Choose Your Location Wisely, Keep Us Safe
When it comes to throwing huge festivals which feature well known classic stoner favorites such as Furthur and more, we'd hope that festival organizers would keep the safety of the thousands of attendees in mind. However there are simply some states which it's just not smart to hold such a festival in.
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Operation Shattered: Feds Target BHO Manufacturing in Washington State
On July 22, the federal government initiated "Operation Shattered" with the stated intention of cracking down on individuals involved in causing butane hash oil-related explosions in Washington State. As part of Operation Shattered, the feds charged eight individuals...
Study: Arrests for Marijuana Offenses Increasing in Many States
Law enforcement in many states are making a greater number of marijuana arrests than ever before despite polling data showing that the majority of Americans believe that the adult use of the plant ought to be legal.
Are Law Enforcement Officers Ignorant?
I assumed that law enforcement know that marijuana is pretty safe and causes much less havoc than even alcohol or cigarettes. A recent story from Bakersfield, CA, forced me to pause and allow for that possibility.
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Another Brutal NYPD Arrest Caught on Tape, This Time for Petty Marijuana Possession
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is the star of yet another cellphone video of an arrest that may have involved excessive force. You can watch the chaotic scene, with officers meeting resistance not just from their target but residents in the area too.
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264 Charged With Marijuana Possession Since Philadelphia City Council Voted to Decriminalize
On June 19th, Philadelphia City Council voted to decriminalize the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, but in the month following the bill’s passing, 264 citizens were charged with the crime.
Hundreds of Low-Level Marijuana Offenses Could Be Thrown Out in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn District Attorney, Kenneth Thompson, has assembled a team that is reviewing hundreds of low-level marijuana offenses that the department could decline to prosecute, DNAinfo reports.
US Sentencing Commission Votes Unanimously to Make Drug Sentencing Reductions Retroactive
The US Sentencing Commission Friday voted unanimously to make previously agreed upon federal drug sentencing reductions retroactive. That means tens of...
Benton Mackenzie: Terminal Cancer Patient Treated Like Cartel Boss
The American judicial system has displayed another staggering lack of humanity and compassion. Iowa resident and terminal cancer patient Benton Mackenzie faces up to three years in jail as a result of a police raid in 2013 that found him, along with his family, to be growing cannabis.
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NYPD Says It Will Continue to Make Pot Arrests Regardless of DA Memo
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he will not support the decriminalizing of pot even though pot was decriminalized back in 1977.
Brooklyn Eases Up on Pot Prosecutions
Brooklyn's District Attorney announced Tuesday that he will not prosecute first-time offenders arrested for low-level marijuana possession.
DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures
It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation's capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. Representatives of the DC Cannabis Campaign legalization initiative handed in some 58,000 signatures Monday morning, and they only need some 22,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.