States Legalizing Marijuana Will Violate Federal Law: DEA, Drug Czars
On a Monday teleconference call, former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators and directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy voiced a strong reminder to the U.S. Department of Justice...
View ArticleColbert Report Addresses Drug Policy
What are we to do when the essential conversations that surround any serious political issue have been rendered a joke by the inadequacy of mainstream media coverage? Enter the comedians. Though...
View ArticleWill Recreational Marijuana Get the Green Light in Three States?
If you live in Colorado, Washington or Oregon, your state may soon be the first in the nation to allow possession of marijuana—in limited quantities—for recreational use. It all depends on what happens...
View ArticleCandidates Address Key Civil Liberties Issues Addressed at Third Party...
Illuminated by stage lights, the presidential candidate with the red tie at the podium earlier this week made the following impassioned demand: "Let's end the drug wars! Legalize marijuana now!" The...
View ArticleWashington state poised to legalize marijuana, with implications for B.C.
When they head to the polls in less than two weeks, voters in Washington State will do more than help elect a new president – they’ll also decide whether to become the first U.S. state to legalize...
View ArticleCpl. Sean Azzariti, Marine, Says Marijuana Helped His PTSD
"Please vote yes on Amendment 64 so that other vets don't have to suffer." --Corporal Sean Azzariti, United States Marine Corps That's the poignant message of the latest ad from the Campaign to...
View ArticlePot at the polls
The stakes are high for marijuana laws in next Tuesday's elections. Three states are voting on some form of a tax-and-regulate law, and two states are voting on medical marijuana. In Michigan, where...
View ArticlePot watchers in B.C. focus on votes in Washington and other states on whether...
While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney make most of the U.S. election headlines, a referendum in Washington state may have a more profound effect on British Columbians. The multibillion-dollar B.C. bud...
View ArticleMarijuana legalization on the ballot
On Tuesday, voters in three Western states are casting their ballots on an unorthodox way of raising tax revenue: marijuana legalization. Colorado, Oregon and Washington each have statewide measures to...
View ArticleHow Marijuana Could Tip the Election
Election Day is a time for indulging weird, wild, and unlikely scenarios of what could play out and how—because there’s nothing else to do while we wait for real numbers to come in. With that in mind,...
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