Activist Dana Beal Sentenced, Suffers Heart Attack
Iconic activist Dana Beal suffered a heart attack while in a Wisconsin jail awaiting transfer to a state prison to begin serving a 2 ½ year prison sentence for marijuana trafficking.
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Illegal to Sell Guns to Med Marijuana Users Says Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
Firearms dealers in states that allow medical marijuana can't sell guns or ammunition to registered users of the drug, a policy that marijuana and gun-rights groups say denies Second Amendment rights to individuals who are following state law.
Oregon Pot Grower Dazed Over Big Fed Raid
Gold Hill man says site's legal, grew within limits.
Stephen Harper: Tough on Crime, Short on Facts
Last week, I wrote a column on how the right-wing Tea Party movement in the United States is hijacking the Republican Party, moving it further to the right into a terrain where ideology takes precedence over fact, thus the title of my column, "When ideology trumps facts."
Four Americans Get Pot From US Government
Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car he had just pulled over found less than an ounce of pot on one passenger: A chatty 72-year-old woman blind in one eye.
Polls Show a World of Difference Between Marijuana ‘Legalization’ and ‘Regulation’ in California
CANNABIS CULTURE - Recent polls show marijuana "regulation" is much more popular than marijuana "legalization in California. Steve Kubby of the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012 team analyses the data.
Battle of the Marijuana Bills: Why ‘Regulate’ is Better Than ‘Repeal’
CANNABIS CULTURE - Five reasons why Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012 is better for the state of California than the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012.
Mexico Fears Rise of Vigilante Justice
A self-styled drug-trafficking group calling itself the "Zeta Killers" claimed responsibility this week for the recent murders of at least 35 people believed to belong to the Zetas, Mexico's most violent criminal organization.
Medical Marijuana Law Under Review
Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to the controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges and criticism for being ineffective.
Is the Harper Government Planning Harsher Rules Once Omnibus Crime Bill Passes?
Canada's justice minister, Rob Nicholson, said "this is just the beginning" when he unveiled the Harper government's infamous 100-page omnibus crime bill last week, and he likely meant it.
