US Congress Ends Decade-Long Obstruction of D.C. Medical Marijuana Law
Medical marijuana law passed in 1998 may finally be implemented.
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He’s Not High: Inside Barney Frank’s Plan to Legalize Marijuana
While Congress debates health care, handles the economic downturn, and the quagmire in Afghanistan, Congressman Barney Frank is eyeing America's draconian pot policies.
Bill C-15 Fans The Flames It Tries To Extinguish
After more than 80 years of fear, arrests and incarceration, it's time to rethink our approach to a mostly benign substance. It's time to legalize marijuana.
Conservatives Pressure Senate Liberals To Pass Mandatory Minimum Sentences Bill
CANNABIS CULTURE - Conservative Justice Minister Rob Nicholson lashed out at the Senate today, accusing them of blocking the Conservatives so called “law and order' agenda.
Harper Government Pressuring Senate To Pass Bill C-15 Before Summer Break
Conservative Gulag Minister Rob Nicholson is pressuring the Senate to pass Bill C-15 (mandatory minimums sentences for marijuana!) before it breaks for summer.
Budget Omits Grants For School Drug Programs
The Obama administration wants to end grants for school drug programs they say are "poorly designed" and "profoundly flawed".
Lawmakers Call For An End To Federal Marijuana Prosecutions
A group of Democratic and Republican members of congress will reintroduce a bill to eliminate federal penalties for minor marijuana offenses.
Congressman Proposes 25 Years In Prison For Pot
NORML's Paul Armentano on Mark Kirk, the US congressman who has proposed legislation to sentence first-time 'koosh' marijuana offenders to up to 25 years in prison
Ottawa Embarking on its Own War on Drugs
The ending was anticlimactic. On Monday evening, just as Canadians were sitting down to dinner, Parliament quietly enacted one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most controversial pieces of legislation.
Congress Introduces ‘The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act’
In another effort to change federal policy on medical marijuana, Congressional Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced the "Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act," HR 2835, late yesterday.
