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CANNABIS CULTURE - Republican VP candidate and faux cool guy Paul Ryan has announced he'd let states decide about medical marijuana while campaigning in Colorado.
The Democrats are on their way home from the national convention in Charlotte, and now is a good time to examine their official stand on drug policy. A review of the 2012 Democratic National Platform suggests there's not much new there.
Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today praised Rep. Paul Ryan for his willingness to let states decide whether to allow the use of medical marijuana, but added, "Don't get too excited until we know where Mitt Romney stands."
A "peace caravan" on a cross-country crusade to end to the US war on drugs that organizers blame for the violence tearing up Mexico was expected to arrive in New York Thursday evening.
Los Angeles' ban on storefront medical marijuana dispensaries was set to take effect today, that is until a group of activists presented approximately 50,000 signatures to the city on August 30 in opposition of the ordinance.
Tom Daubert, who led the push for the voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana in Montana, was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation in a federal drug case.
CANNABIS CULTURE - In the face of unprecedented divisiveness over Washington State marijuana legalization Initiative 502, the cannabis community unites in Seattle for the world's largest pot protestival.