President Obama took a major step towards ending the War on Drugs by commuting the sentences of 46 convicted federal prisoners for nonviolent, drug-related crimes, at least eight of whom were serving life sentences.
For every responsible cannabis consumer out there, there’s a negative stereotyper who assumes that cannabis users are all “mad on the reefer” without taking into account the many positive arguments for legalization.
Because if we're to, as Obama put it, "follow the science not the ideology" with regards to marijuana and have some hope of getting it decriminalised/legalised on a wider scale in the world, we must continue to dispel the myths surrounding it.
It's getting harder to justify any law criminalizing marijuana use given successful legalization efforts in certain U.S. states and private medical growers operating in Canada, demonstrators at a Kitchener 4/20 demonstration said Monday.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Despite the pothead presence at the party's federal convention, the NDP has picked the least marijuana-friendly leadership candidate, Thomas Mulcair, as its new leader.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Canadian marijuana activist Dana Larsen endorses Peggy Nash for leader of the NDP in the first episode of his new End Prohibition video series.