Missouri Governor Hopefully Sets Trend By Commuting Sentence of Cannabis Convict
Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon, commuted the sentence of Jeff Mizanskey, a 61 year old man who was serving a mandatory life sentence for violating a "three-strikes" rule.
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Bill Maher Champions Legal Weed On Real Time
Maher said the generic, canned justification politicians give about their pot past is to claim that they were just young and stupid; a silly child who learned a lesson and never did it again.
55 Years for Selling Weed? Ret. Judge Blasts Mandatory Minimum Laws
Former Utah circuit judge Paul Cassell is speaking out against mandatory minimums and the unjust nature of the court system that required him to impose massively overblown sentences.
Koch Backed Group Seeks to Help Drug War Victims
Thanks to mandatory sentencing laws, Weldon Angelos, a father of two, has been sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling cannabis. But a Koch-brother backed group, Generation Opportunity, seeks to aid Anglos and other millennials who face similar sentencing.
New View on Addiction: Compassion, Not Isolation
The revolutionary idea? Addiction is not caused by substances, rather, it is caused by isolation.
Obama Predicts More States Will Legalize Cannabis
While President Obama's stance on the issue of legalization in the past have been less than sympathetic, he has recently made statements predicting a bright future for the legalization movement in the U.S.
Man Texts His Probation Officer for Weed, Gets Sent Back to Jail
Another example of the silly things that can happen when people misuse technology comes in the form of Alvin Cross Jr. of Albany, who text his probation officer while trying to find a weed connect. “You have some weed?” was the simple message that got Cross sent back to prison.
Lil Jon and Rock the Vote Present #TURNOUTFORWHAT
Rock the Vote's latest campaign involves a video that, quite frankly, was more amazing than I could have ever anticipated. It just kept getting better and better as I watched, and even took up the cause of legalization.
California Defelonization Initiative Appears Poised for Victory
While the nation focuses on marijuana legalization initiatives in Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Oregon, a California initiative of defelonization that would turn drug possession felonies into misdemeanors is quietly heading for a likely victory at the polls in November.
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Know Your Rights: Traffic Stops
What should you do if you get pulled over by the police with cannabis in your vehicle? If you know your rights, you may be able to avoid any legal entanglements of your own during a traffic stop.
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The Share of Arrests for Marijuana Possession Has More Than Tripled Since 1991
While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple pot possession has more than tripled over the same time period.
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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?
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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Princeton Historian: Why Marijuana's Moment Has Arrived
Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University, writes on CNN why there's growing support across the nation for marijuana legalization. He says the war on drugs has failed and a generational change is in action.
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Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol Industry Among Biggest Opponents of Legal Weed
The biggest opponents of legal weed are pharmaceutical, alcohol and beer companies, private prison corporations and police unions. Among the largest donors to Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a New York City-based nonprofit, are ...
Sentencing Commission Cuts Up to 46,000 Drug War Prisoners' Sentences
In a much anticipated move, the US Sentencing Commission last Friday voted unanimously to retroactively apply previously approved reductions in federal sentencing guidelines to federal drug war prisoners already serving their sentences.
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...