What’s Up With Obama’s Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana?
The previous ten presidents were staunch prohibitionists. Meanwhile, Obama has taken the federal hand off the scale quite a bit.
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Medical Cannabis Protesters Arrested
The United States federal government has arrested two Seattle activists who were attempting to serve a cease and desist order on the Department of Justice in the wake of federal raids on medical cannabis dispensaries last week.
DEA Head: A Thousand Dead Children Means We’re Winning War On Drugs
Michele Leonhart, our top drug cop, has a funny definition of victory
Feds Raid 5 Locations in Oakland County, Detroit in Marijuana Crackdown
Federal agents raided at least five properties in Oakland County and Detroit this morning.
Mississippi’s Drug Enforcement Tactics Amount to a ‘Reign of Terror’
Harsh sentencing policies and the use of confidential informants has created a racially discriminatory criminal justice system in Mississippi that harms innocent individuals and erodes the rule of law, according to a report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi.
DEA Targets Cannabis Sacrament ‘Pot’ Churches
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has its sights set on a surprising target - churches.
Feds Threaten State Dispensaries Nationwide
In a little-publicized memo, the US federal government has indicated that the gloves are off with regards to medical marijuana dispensaries, "regardless of state laws."
Two West Hollywood Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Raided by Federal Agents
Federal drug enforcement agents Tuesday raided two West Hollywood medical marijuana stores in the first such action in the city since the Obama administration decided two years ago to take a hands-off approach to dispensaries that abide by state laws.
Feds Raid Montana Medical Marijuana Businesses
Federal agents with guns drawn raided up to a dozen medical marijuana operations across Montana on Monday, the same a day that a bill to repeal the state's medical marijuana law stalled in a Senate committee.
ACLU: DEA’s Politics are Keeping Cannabis-based Medicines Off Shelves
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) does not commonly take an active role in matters pertaining to the drug war, but in the case of Dr. Lyle E. Craker, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, outspoken is certainly one way to describe their position.
