Law & PoliticsLink
Thank You for Smoking—Marijuana
Don't mistake this onetime high-school dealer with a libertarian streak for a stoner. His aim is to be the Philip Morris of the American marijuana industry.
Topic
war on drugs — page 9
556 articles
Needless VictimsLink
Does Medical Marijuana Equal Bad Parenting?
"Your baby doesn't need to be subjected to marijuana," an officer says. "I told them we had our cards, our prescriptions. They didn't want to see them."
Say What? UNODC Panel Says Criminalizing Drug Use "Not Beneficial"
A key group of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released groundbreaking recommendations discouraging criminal sanctions for drug use.
"The New Jim Crow" Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War
On Thursday, Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sat down with Asha Bandele.
Law & PoliticsLink
How Much the War on Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons
America's prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates in federal prison are there for drug offenses.
Bad Medical Bill Progresses in Michigan
In Michigan on Tuesday, Sen. Rick Jones’s SB 783 passed the Senate with a vote of 31 to 7. This bill, which is now pending in the House Judiciary Committee
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: “I Am Doubling Down On Medical Marijuana”
On the CNN website today, Dr. Sanjay Gupta writes: “I am more convinced than ever that it is irresponsible to not provide the best care we can, care that often may involve marijuana. I am not backing down on medical marijuana; I am doubling down.”
Cannabis in Cana?
We all know cannabis has been around for centuries, but due to the ravages of history and, I suspect, that no one (until the madness of prohibition) really thought it important to document the use of this plant, we don't have a lot of direct, primary source historical artifacts to edify us on this point
Man Swallows Lit “Pot Cigar,” Gets Charged With “Tampering With Evidence” in Hell’s Kitchen
He is being charged with obstructing governmental administration and tampering with physical evidence, although “the officer did not recover the cigar from Smith’s body,” as the alleged physical evidence was technically obstructing the accused, inside.
UFC Fighter Jessica Eye Stripped of Win for Cannabis
Upon defeating her opponent in a UFC bantamweight bout, pro-fighter Jessica Eye was given a drug test. She failed the test. The punishment dished by the UFC was...
Marijuana NewsLink
Minnesota Wants Medical Marijuana, But Police Are in the Way
Minnesota residents and lawmakers want to legalize medical marijuana but police oppose, at least partly because they don't want to lose funding.
Life in Prison for Marijuana?
As more and more Americans support ending marijuana prohibition, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are still a lot of people in prison for marijuana
Brooklyn: Former Cannabis Paradise
I had known that New York, at one point, was an epicenter for cannabis culture. What I didn't know was that cannabis grew, literally, all over New York City in neighborhood lots.
SabetWatch: Colorado Cannabis Crime
My homeboy Kevin Sabet is at it again. He dropped this tweet about an article on medical marijuana dispensaries and crime, and I salivated:
Whitehouse.gov and Cannabis: What the FAQ? Part 2
Continuing from Part 1 of my What the FAQ?, in regards to Whitehouse.gov's rather exhaustive (and highly biased) FAQ section on marijuana. Lets dive right...
Whitehouse.gov and Cannabis: What the FAQ? Part 1
Obama's recent bombshell comments on marijuana fired up my curiosity to do a bit more digging. Whitehouse.gov has quite an exhaustive (and highly biased) FAQ section on marijuana. My original intent
Obama Drops Truthbomb, Prohibitionists Poop Pants
Prohibitionists are crapping themselves in disgust in response to a recent interview President Obama gave wherein he stated that cannabis was safer than alcohol and that prohibition is unscientific and unjust. Uh Oh!
Book Review Essay: The Drug War Past, Present, and Future
The three books under consideration here address different facets of our drug policy; one tells us how we got here, one explains (at least in part) why we're stuck here, and one offers up suggestions on where we go from here. With apologies to Dickens, it's as if we're seeing the ghosts of drug war past, present, and future.