Jeremiah Vandermeer

Jeremiah Vandermeer

She’s an editor of Cannabis Culture magazine, she’s 24 years old, she supported U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul, and she’s married to pot crusader Marc Emery. She’s Jodie Emery, and the Georgia Straight has learned that she will run for the B.C. Green party against B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal in Vancouver-Fraserview in May.

Two Pennsylvania judges admit taking $2.6 million in kickbacks to send teen offenders to private prisons

Another one of the overhyped stereotypes around marijuana users has just bitten the dust. For years people assumed that getting 'stoned' made you either lazy or careless. The bleary-eyed stoner getting into mishaps is the stuff of much comedy. But what if marijuana use actually made you more careful and less likely to screw up and hurt yourself?

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps will not face criminal charges in connection with a November party at which he was photographed using a bong, a South Carolina sheriff said Monday.
Medical

It must have been a slow news day. According to Google News, more than 750 media outlets — that’s 7-5-0, folks — have now weighed in on this week’s pot scare story du jour: “Smoking marijuana causes testicular cancer.” So is there any truth behind the provocative headline? Some, but hardly enough to justify the media’s feeding frenzy.

A retired judge proposes legalizing and regulating drugs, says government plans to put more police officers on the ground won’t lessen the danger to ordinary citizens
Medical

Americans for Safe Access has sued the Department of Motor Vehicles, asking for a written policy that says medical marijuana should be treated the same as prescription drugs. The suit contends that the DMV has a pattern of investigating and suspending the driver's licenses of people who use pot on the recommendation of their doctors.
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