Prohibition-Related Murders Up In Vancouver
Though Vancouver's homicide rate has actually dropped, police are reporting that drug prohibition-related murders have risen by 20 percent.
Corrections: Release Inmates to Save Money
Several newspapers published my latest letter to the editor regarding the massive budget shortfall at the Alabama Dept. of Corrections.
Sikhs and Cannabis
Anyone who knows me, knows that an interest in the role that cannabis has played in religious and magical ritual and belief in different cultures, is one I hold deeply. Recently, I have been looking at the role of cannabis in the Sikh religion, as I was putting the finishing touches on a chapter on cannabis in India, for my forthcoming book, Cannabis and the Soma Solution.
Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano on Fox
I appear for an interview on the Fox News show Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano.
Beyond Prohibition Foundation: McGill Study shows no damage to adults from extreme marijuana use
Adults that use marijuana daily face no brain damage or neuro-chemical changes a study from McGill University suggests. Researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre gave daily doses of an extremely potent and highly concentrated synthetic cannabinoid agonist. Cannabis is a weak semi-agonist, meaning the study used something dramatically more powerful than natural cannabis. Despite this, adult rats in the study showed no ill effects, even after 20 days of daily exposure to this extremely potent chemical.
Alex City Drug Task Force Commander Admits Drug War is a Failure
Needless to say I am SHOCKED! Jay Turner was one of the pigs who raided my house back in 2002.
Marc Emery is a Modern Thomas Jefferson
America's used cannabis for many practical, everyday things, and to get high. If they could see us now, sending former cannabis seed retailer Marc Emery to rot in the godforsaken gulag of America, the world's largest jailer, they would be spinning in their graves so fast that we could solve climate change by generating energy from the spinning corpses of America's Founding Fathers.
The Countdown Has Begun! Legal Pot In California: 320 Days Away
Richard Lee, the proprietor of a cannabis dispensary and Oaksterdam University spent a million dollars to put his tax and regulate legalization program on the ballot in California. It will be voted on November 2, 2010.