Pot and Alcohol: A Tale of Two Countries
A report released on Monday argued that alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the U.K. by a wide margin, dominating even heroin and crack cocaine.
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In Wake of California Defeat, Pro-Pot Colorado Groups Set Sights on 2012
Although California’s Proposition 19 failed to pass this election, supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado have already started campaigning for the 2012 election cycle.
Prop. 19 Backers Vow Another Try to Legalize Pot
Backers of Proposition 19, which would have legalized recreational marijuana sales and use in California, said Wednesday that they would try to return to the ballot in 2012 with another attempt to pass the measure.
Dennis Peron, Pot Guru, Arraigned on Child Porn, Drug Charges
Dennis Peron, the author of the medical marijuana-creating Proposition 215 and a revered figure in the cannabis community, was arraigned today in San Francisco on drug and child porn charges.
Jodie Emery Calls California Marijuana Vote a “Step Forward”
Voters in California rejected a ballot measure on November 2 that would have made theirs the first state to legalize marijuana. But Jodie Emery, a Vancouver resident who’s a leading member of the legalization movement, told the Straight she doesn’t see the defeat at the polls as a failure.
New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana
Gallup poll finds that nationally, a new high of 46% of Americans are in favor of legalizing use of the drug, and a new low of 50% are opposed.
The Marijuana Victories That Got Overlooked – and Still Lie Ahead
In the aftermath of at least three defeated statewide marijuana ballot measures on Election Day, people who aren’t following the issue that closely might be inclined to think the pendulum is swinging against marijuana policy reform. They’d be wrong.
‘Stoners Against 19’ Hand Victory To The Cops: BOYCOTT THEM
It didn't take long after the defeat of Proposition 19, which would have taxed and regulated marijuana in California, for the cannabis community to realize that legalization's ignominious defeat was fueled by the duplicity - some would say outright treachery - of certain greedy, reactionary elements within the community itself.
Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in Massachusetts (Again)
Continuing a pattern of successful non-binding ballot questions on marijuana reform in Massachusetts, voters in 18 Bay State districts approved questions calling on representatives to support pot legalization or medical marijuana.
California Cities Approve Marijuana Taxes, Reject Dispensary Bans
Californians may not be quite ready to legalize marijuana, but they're eager to tax it. Local ballot measures to tax medical marijuana (or recreational pot, if Prop 19 had passed) passed overwhelmingly in several Bay Area cities, while voters in two coastal cities rejected measures to ban dispensaries.
