The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.
While top U.S. and California officials have recently signaled more lenience toward marijuana users, many local authorities are relying on U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency grants to fund raids on pot growers.
A Dutch company that wants to supply marijuana for Canada's medical pot users has some advice for the federal government - offer users a variety of weed that would give them anything from a relaxing sedative to a higher-concentration kick.
From Mary Ann M. via Facebook: Here in Sacramento and other California counties there is a war which is focused on the disabled users of medical marijuana.
Sometimes life is so strange that if you wrote it as fiction it would be panned as unbelievable and absurd. On second thought, it is dealing with American politics and the weirdness of that which encroaches on the vagaries of calling 1-6 on a particular throw of a die.
A couple of years ago, our mutual friend, Norman Kent, who we have both known for decades sent you a letter gently suggesting that you reexamine your position regarding marijuana.