Bill de Blasio’s NYPD Keeps Sticking Mostly Blacks and Latinos in Jail for Low-Level Pot Offenses
His top cop Bill Bratton seems unaware that pot has been decriminalized... since 1977.
AG Holder Supports Making Federal Drug Sentence Reductions Retroactive
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that the Justice Department is formally supporting a US Sentencing Commission proposal
Mexico May Follow U.S. On Marijuana Legalization
The president of Mexico dubbed the drug war "failed policy," and hinted strongly that Mexico, the source of most of America's illegal drugs, could follow the U.S.'s lead on marijuana legalization.
Arizona Judge Rules PTSD Approved For Medical Marijuana Use
State Health Director Will Humble acted illegally in denying access to medical marijuana to people — many of them former soldiers — suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, an administrative law judge has ruled. Judge Thomas Shedden said Humble relied solely on the lack of scientific “peer-reviewed” studies in determining that PTSD should not be addedRead More
RNC 2016 Bid: Is Legal Marijuana Denver’s Elephant In the Room?
There's no escaping Colorado's status as the poster child for legal recreational marijuana when visitors come to town, even — or especially — when Denver is trying to sell itself as the perfect site for a national political convention.
Good Times Provincial Election Volunteering
I put the blogging pen down when the Ontario provincial election was announced to pitch in for my neighbor ONDP Jonah Schein’s reelection campaign. The first few days during Schein’s campaign I worked on a two man sign crew. We drove around Davenport in a minivan stocked with large lawn signs, listening to Lou Reed, and then pouncing when we found a supporter’s address.
DopeChef Does Toronto Champs Cannabis Expo
Toronto videographer DopeChef and I did some spontaneous video segments together during Toronto Champs cannabis expo a few weeks back and he’s just released the footage. The segments offer a glimpse of some of the crazy cannabis good times that are constantly happening around me during marihuana events - there’s never a dull moment!
New Ads Target Members Of Congress Who Opposed Medical Marijuana Measure
Medical marijuana advocates are turning up the heat on House lawmakers who last week voted against an amendment to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from cracking down on state-legal medical marijuana shops and patients.
What’s the Difference Between Hemp and Marijuana?
The largely misunderstood distinction now has two correct answers.
DEA Targeting Doctors Linked to Medical Marijuana Groups in Massachusetts
While the Obama administration has sent some signals to states that it won’t interfere with the implementation of medical marijuana laws, the Drug Enforcement Administration in recent weeks has visited doctors
