40 Years of Drug War Hasn’t Worked; “Time for a Change,” Says 9-Year Veteran
The public understands how disastrous it's been -- now it's time for the politicians and law enforcement to change course.
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NDP Convention Denounces Drug War
CANNABIS CULTURE - New Democrats voted at their convention to support Vancouver's supervised injection site, and called for a drug policy based on "a non-criminal, regulatory approach to substance use."
Miss USA Supports Medical Marijuana
Winner of this year's beauty pageant states that she supports the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Brazil’s High Court OKs ‘Marijuana Marches’
The court ruled in favor of 'Marijuana Marches' as an expression of free speech, overturning several state bans. A wide array of free-speech activists joined one such march this weekend.
Proposed Changes to Medical Marijuana Rules Not Good Enough
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Beyond Prohibition Foundation, a federal non-profit that advocates for sensible marijuana policy, is calling Health Canada's proposed changes to the federal medical marijuana program "too little, too late."
New Democrats Against the Drug War: End Prohibition at the NDP National Convention
CANNABIS CULTURE - A group of New Democrats called "End Prohibition" will be out in full force at the NDP Convention this weekend, according to the organization's founder Dana Larsen.
Cannabis Culture News LIVE (Late Night Edition): Health Canada, Private Growers, and the Business of Marijuana
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In tonight's LATE NIGHT - 7PM Pacific episode: Is the Canadian Conservative government going to ban personal medical marijuana grows and build a corporate cannabis monopoly?
Is Health Canada Getting Out of the Medical Marijuana Business?
CANNABIS CULTURE - An official at Health Canada says the agency is planning on getting out of the medical marijuana business completely. Health Canada's Director of the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Jeannine Ritchot testified to a judge in an ongoing medical marijuana case that the current licencing program would be replaced with a new system that includes licencing larger-scale commercial growers.
TV’s Montel Williams Comes to Sacramento to Open Marijuana Dispensary
Montel Williams has been the face of many things – host of a nationally syndicated television talk show and pitchman for prescription drug assistance products and a fruit-and-vegetable emulsifier.
How Cops Turn ‘Stop and Frisk’ Into ‘Stop and Arrest’
Justice-reform advocates want young black and brown men to avoid being tricked by police into emptying their pockets.
