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.
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Will Cigarette Makers Jump Into Cannabis Market?
Will the top two cigarette makers enter the cannabis market? Phillip Morris USA and Reynolds American...
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...
The Next Seven States to Legalize Marijuana?
Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson continues his coverage of marijuana legalization with a not unjustifiably optimistic article, "The Next Seven States to...
Seattle Times: “It’s Time For Employers To Rethink Marijuana, Drug-Testing Policies”
A majority of Americans are now demanding we reassess our cannabis policies. This reassessment should also include amending employers’ drug-testing...
Legalization and the UN Drug Treaties -- A Minor Obstacle at Worst
An argument that's been made is that cannabis legalization would violate US obligations as signatories to the UN's international drug control treaties...
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...
Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama administration...
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.12)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of December 12, 2012:
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Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned
The drug-trafficking convictions of the man who operated Spokane’s first medical marijuana dispensary were reversed Tuesday in a state Appeals Court ruling that also appears to clear the way for commercial dispensaries to operate legally in Eastern Washington.
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AG Eric Holder Says Administration Will Announce Marijuana Policy Soon
US Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing cannabis
Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media
A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, "Obama's Pot Problem," missed the mark on the federal preemption question on marijuana legalization...
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Washington State Bar Owner Tells Pot Smokers to Light Up
Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday. Bar owner Frank Schnarr suggests, area stoners have another option: grab a booth at Frankie's Sports Bar & Grill in Olympia and toke up there.
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Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors
As Washington state sets up a cannabis supply system (barring the Feds stepping in), it could become a greater source of pot for users in...
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New York Times: A Big Business in Getting High
New York Times: "Glorifying marijuana has arguably turned out to be shrewd public relations moves" for under-30 female singers Rihanna, Lady Gaga and...
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Obama's Pot Problem
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed...
Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States
Marijuana legalization: Some 51% of respondents said the federal government should "exempt adults who follow state law from enforcement."
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A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana.