Tag: war on drugs

PolicyMic’s Gabriel Grand explains that cannabis legalization is about more than just smoking weed, it’s about ending the policy of spending money to lock up peaceful citizens.

Many recent victories towards ending marijuana prohibition give hope that our justice system will stop incarcerating nonviolent adults who choose to use a substance safer than alcohol....

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

The “Voices of the Victims” tour is in Washington, D.C. today, calling for an end to the failed drug war.

CNN’s Don Lemon sat down to talk legalization with stakeholders on both sides of the debate: Steve DeAngelo, Kevin Sabet and Jamen Shively. This video clip features...

In the usual fashion of one part progress to two parts regression, I have a story of weed woe to share. Two weeks ago, my dispensary was...

The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel recounts the disaster that is the drug war, giving several reasons to legalize marijuana.

I’m feeling blue and it has all to do with a grey area. For the past two weeks, all I’ve been reading is that medical marijuana is gonna...

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...

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...

With cannabis legalization spreading, local governments are left with little direction on how to change current policies to reflect the new legal reality. Many questions remain, but...

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...

My friend and transplant from Alabama, Urb Thrasher has been keeping up with cannabis politics in his home state, and it’s pretty grim. If not for Urb,...

In 2010, at the first High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco, the marijuana strain that took home the top prize went by the not-so-appropriate name “God’s...

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...

Who doesn’t love a good dog? They’re man’s best friend after all; trained to keep a house safe, or to corral livestock on a farm, or to...

Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have already passed laws making simple drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony, and the momentum...

Mike Barton, Durham’s chief constable says it’s time to end the war on drugs. “What I am saying is that drugs should be controlled. They should not, of...

Once again, the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York City has become a forum for calls for drug reform. Leaders from Latin America took the...

“The House I Live In” is one of the most important documentaries made in the last 10 years. I urge each and every one of you to...