Oakland Takes Step Toward Medical Marijuana Tax
Proposal to increase business tax on Oakland medical pot dispensaries wins support of city council committee
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Is The Media Finally Getting It On Drug Policy?
I have been following drug policy for - eek - more than twenty years. While there have always been a few brave, high-profile journalists and pundits who dared to question the drug war, for the most part, the American press has been as gung-ho in cheering it on as our politicians.
A Medical Marijuana Face-Off In Florida
Floridians could vote for the first time next year to allow marijuana for medical use. A petition drive, started last week by an Orlando woman whose father has Parkinson's disease, would make the drug legal for any condition as prescribed by a doctor.
Voices Urging For Reform of American Marijuana Laws Getting Louder
Calls from a diverse mix of advocates to legalize weed are getting more persistent every day
Finally, A Little Honesty About America’s Inept War On Drugs
Through pot legalization, we can bring the marijuana trade into the safety of the regulated economy, consequently eliminating the black market the drug cartels rely on. We can do so without fearing any more negative consequences than we already tolerate in our keg-party culture.
Carlos Santana Wishes Obama Would Legalize Pot
President Barack Obama brushed off a question about legalizing marijuana in his online town hall last month, but guitar god Carlos Santana says he wishes he would seriously consider it.
Help Marc Emery Get Business Licenses!
Marc Emery is going to City Hall on Thursday, April 9th for an appeal hearing about his business licenses. (Read more here and here.) Please send this message to City Council and the Mayor of Vancouver to help convince them that Marc Emery deserves to have business licenses.
Two Canadian Woman Arrested In Indonesia For Allegedly Smoking Pot
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two Canadian women are facing four years’ jail in Indonesia after being arrested while allegedly smoking a marijuana joint during their holiday, police said Thursday.
Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera reported head of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, ranked 701st on Forbes' yearly report of the wealthiest men alive, and worth an estimated $1 billion, today officially thanked United States politicians for making sure that drugs remain illegal.
Representatives Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Hemp Farming Legislation
A federal bill was introduced yesterday that, if passed into law, would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp. The chief sponsors of HR 1866, "The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009," Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX), were joined by nine other U.S. House members split equally between Republicans and Democrats.
