DC Dept of Health Mimics ‘Reefer Madness’ Film with Over-the-Top Zombie Ad
The advertisement is just as ridiculous as the 1930s film.
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UN Slams US Marijuana Legalization, Is Scolded for Drinking on the Job the Same Day
An international body immersed in one drug (alcohol) yet telling governments to outlaw an objectively less harmful drug (marijuana) is biting comedy.
Mark Kleiman Wins Washington Marijuana Legalization Implementation Contract
Prominent policy analyst and UCLA professor Mark Kleiman has won Washington State's consulting contract on I-502 implementation.
Medical Marijuana Patients are Target For Burglaries
There's a growing trend in Kennewick crime: home invasion robberies of medical marijuana patients. There are an estimated 100,000 medical marijuana patients in Washington and many of them grow their medicine themselves. Because of that, they're often targeted by thieves.
Washington House Panel Hears Bill To Tax Medical Marijuana Sales
A House committee held a public hearing Monday on a measure to tax medical marijuana dispensaries, an effort to undermine any black market when sale of state-taxed recreational marijuana starts at the end of this year.
Marc Emery’s Application to Help Grow Washington’s Legal Pot
Upon learning that the Washington State Liquor Control Board is seeking consultant applications for a legal marijuana production and distribution system, Marc wrote this tongue-in-cheek submission. Marc was extradited to and sentenced in Seattle, Washington despite operating his seed business in Vancouver, BC, Canada at all times.
Washington City Bans Collective Medical Marijuana Gardens
On advice from its attorney, the Bremerton City Council on Wednesday night banned collective medical marijuana gardens authorized under a 2011 state law.
Drug Czar Sees “Serious National Conversation” About Marijuana
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP—the drug czar's office) head Gil Kerlikowske said Tuesday that the country is "in the midst of a serious national conversation about marijuana"—an at least rhetorical advance from his 2009 position that marijuana legalization is "not in the president's vocabulary and not in mine."
U.S. Marijuana Laws Ricochet Through Latin America
President Obama has yet to deliver a clear response to the November decision by Colorado and Washington to legalize recreational marijuana use — asked whether the government would enforce federal laws that override the verdict of those states’ referendums, he answered simply that he has “bigger fish to fry.”
Drug Czar Kills Medical Marijuana Buzz
This week, U.S. “Drug Czar” Gil Kerlikowske outlined the country’s new “21st century” drug policies in San Francisco.
