Browsing: Oakland

Probably everybody who is reading this blog has seen the Kony 2012 video that went viral, amassing 28 million hits in its first day. When we say "viral", we think of something spreading instantaneously over a wide swath of demographics.
Activism

For Oakland residents who want marijuana policies that protect public safety and secure access for medical marijuana patients, it is the best of times and the worst of times. It just depends on which Oakland you live in.
Medical

U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag sent the city of Oakland a strong message Wednesday: big industrial pot farms are illegal and the Department of Justice is considering “civil and criminal legal remedies” if Oakland proceeds with its plans to permit them.