National Call-In Day for Criminal Justice Reform
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Green Aid Activist: Marc Emery is Still in Solitary Confinement and Could Be There Even Longer…
After Marc Emery's wife, Jodie Emery, recorded a prison call with Marc to upload as a podcast (not against prison rules), Marc has been in solitary confinement (aka "the hole") for over a week with potentially another two months to go. He now spends 24 hours a day with no stimulation: newspapers, books, magazines, human interaction. This is cruel and unusual punishment.
Tea Party and the Drug War
In case you missed this article in the latest edition of The National Review here it is.
This Year’s Seattle Hempfest Could Be The Last
According to the director of Seattle Hempfest, the largest annual marijuana rally in the world, this year's event could be the last, with the iconic stoner gathering in a fight for its very existence.
Colorado Looks At Legalizing Marijuana in 2012
Angered by a pair of bills aiming at regulating the state's burgeoning medical marijuana industry just signed into law by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D), one group of medical marijuana advocates has announced plans to get a marijuana legalization initiative on the ballot in 2012. But there is already another legalization initiative filed with state officials and ready to go.
My First US Federal Prison Visit With my Heroic Political Prisoner Husband, Marc Emery
I went to visit Marc today for the first time at SeaTac FDC. Thankfully, I'm able to visit him even while he’s in SHU (“segregated housing unit”, solitary confinement). When I arrived at 1:30pm, it was very nerve-racking. I stepped up to the massive building's entrance, got buzzed in, then found myself in a big lobby with a reflective glass booth and a little hole to pass ID and paperwork through.
Study Suggests the War on Drugs Might Really be a War on Sex
Why is there so much heated argument about whether the use of recreational drugs is morally wrong? A new University of Pennsylvania study suggests that the debate about drugs might reallybe about sex.
Oregon Board of Pharmacy Adopts Rules to Reclassify Marijuana as a Medicine
Oregon became the latest state and the first in many years to officially reclassify marijuana from its status as a dangerous drug with no medical value.
Higher Learning
This is what a medical-marijuana class looks like. Twenty-five or so students — men, women, young, middle-aged — listen attentively as an instructor holds up a leafy green plant and runs down the list of nutrients it needs.
No Ordinary Joe
Joe Rogan is angry with Canada. It seems the Los Angeles-based standup comedian loves the Great White North and its famously friendly inhabitants, but is none too pleased with Canada’s recent decision to extradite B.C. pot activist Marc Emery to the U.S. for selling marijuana seeds through the mail.
