Former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says stopping drug trafficking in Mexico and other countries is "almost impossible."
CANNABIS CULTURE - Spark your joints in celebration: after two weeks in a dead heat between "Yes" and "No", Arizona's Proposition 203 has narrowly passed, making the state the 15th in the US to approve medical marijuana laws.
Wellington police will decide later today whether to lay charges against legalise cannabis protesters who pushed a shopping trolley full of burning marijuana into the central police station foyer.
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A legal medical marijuana user wrongfully fired from Wal-Mart after testing positive for a drug test will go in front of a Michigan judge to plead his case in a hearing that starts today.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Hollywood herb head Seth Rogen was the very first guest to appear on Conan O'Brien's new late night show Conan, and the stoney star used the opportunity to discuss Proposition 19 and medical marijuana in California.
CANNABIS CULTURE - November 11 is known as Remembrance Day in Canada, the UK and other Commonwealth countries, and Veterans Day in the US; a day of mourning for soldiers and civilians lost in international conflicts and a recognition of the sacrifices made by all victims of war.
Marijuana supporters nationwide awoke on November 3rd to find they had been defeated in all four statewide initiatives on the ballot. While losing these battles is not good news for our movement, the lessons we’ve learned and coalitions we’ve formed will help us win the war even sooner.