CANNABIS CULTURE - American Congressmen Ron Paul and Barney Frank, who have co-sponsored several recent pro-marijuana and hemp bills, appeared on Active Voice Radio to discuss medical marijuana, hemp, decriminalization, and President Obama's recent comments on legalization.
CANNABIS CULTURE - President Barack Obama appeared on the CBS's Face The Nation and discussed the growing drug-related violence in Mexico with host Bob Schieffer. In a comment that is sure to bewilder and confuse those on both sides of the drug war debate, Obama compared Mexican President Felipe Calderón to alcohol prohibition-era gangbuster Eliot Ness.
CANNABIS CULTURE - What started as a desire to reach stoners with the Bible has once again morphed into a new house of worship for Hollywood’s Craig X as he and his wife open the Beverly Hills Green Cross.
CANNABIS CULTURE - In 2007, over 870 thousand people were arrested for cannabis possession in the United States, and more than 100 thousand people have been arrested so far this year.
General Barry McCaffrey, who served as “drug czar” under President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2001, was asked about marijuana legalization at a February 23 panel discussion of the Council on Foreign Relations. The panel’s focus was primarily on US/Mexican relations, particularly during this period of intense prohibition-related violence. McCaffrey indicated that – now that he has left public life – he could admit that he did not care about adult marijuana use.
Protestors demanding an end to drug prohibition caused an uproar outside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's roundtable discussion on gang violence in downtown Vancouver yesterday.
Cannabis Culture Magazine Publisher and Editor Marc Emery says a public forum on gang violence held in Surrey, BC would have been completely devoid of 'reason or rational words' if not for a small group of anti-prohibition activists holding signs and handing out pamphlets.
An act of civil disobedience where a young New Hampshire man intentionally had himself arrested for possessing pot has snowballed into police action against a local radio host who promoted the protest.