Hypocritical NYPD Continues Racist Pot Arrest Crusade
Since the police commissioner told the NYPD to follow the books on marijuana arrests, all that's changed are the court proceedings that unfairly criminalize thousands.
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Colorado Effort to Legalize Marijuana Turns in Signatures, Tackles Skepticism From Female Voters
If a campaign to legalize limited possession of marijuana in Colorado is to succeed, it will have to make inroads into skepticism by women, according to a recent poll.
Proponents Submit 159,000 Signatures to Put Marijuana Legalization on November Ballot in Colorado
Denver-based activists submitted over 159,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office today, well over the 86,500 required to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s Presidential ballot in November.
Marijuana May Both Trigger and Suppress Psychosis
Researchers uncover connections between marijuana and the psychoses of schizophrenia.
The Silly, The Stupid, and The Just Plain False: The Top Ten ‘Reefer Madness’ Stories of 2011
From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.
Judge Dismisses Medical Marijuana Suit By Arizona
A U.S. District Court judge Wednesday dismissed Arizona’s lawsuit seeking to clarify whether its voter-approved medical-marijuana law trumps federal drug laws.
Marijuana Activist Gatewood Galbraith Spoke Truth To Power
CANNABIS CULTURE - Gatewood Galbraith is dead. This is a sad day for the legalization movement and those in it dedicated to fighting for the rights of the small guys – the ma and pa growers and dealers – who our community relies on to exist.
Pot Activist and 5-Time Governor Candidate Gatewood Galbraith Dies
Gatewood Galbraith, a lawyer and five-time candidate for Kentucky governor known as an advocate for limited government and legalizing marijuana, has died, officials said Wednesday. He was 64.
The Top Ten Domestic US Drug Policy Stories of 2011
We can put 2011 to bed now, but not before looking back one last time at the good, the bad, and the ugly. It was a year of rising hopes and crushing defeats, of gaining incremental victories and fending off old, failed policies. And it was a year in which the collapse of the prohibitionist consensus grew ever more pronounced. Let's look at some of the big stories:
Legal Pot? Washington State Initiative for Marijuana Legalization is Likely to Qualify for November Ballot
With some 350,000 signatures handed in -- enough to account for duplicate and invalid signatures -- the campaign to legalize and regulate pot should make the ballot.
