Posts By: Salvador Redd

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November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Marijuana: the Fuzz’ Favorite Tool

Marijuana: the Fuzz’ Favorite Tool

National Public Radio’s local Seattle station, KPLU, ran a five-day series on the soon-to-pass I-502 bill. The bill decriminalizes adult use for up to one ounce of...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Shifting Focus: Cannabis Legislation and State Power

Shifting Focus: Cannabis Legislation and State Power

In an era of a do-nothing national government and a lack of citizen potency, it’s time to cultivate state power.   While sitting in my local bar,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

As Americans for Safe Access battles cannabis scheduling nationally, advocates need to push social movement locally. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. considered the...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

War on Drugs is a powerful, well-produced comic that purveys a message that cannabis advocates empathize with. For some time, Milton Friedman and his fellow economists have witnessed the ills...
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
Hollywood and the Prohibition

Hollywood and the Prohibition

Hollywood’s recent rash of stoner films and the stereotypes they perpetuate. Seth Rogen recently commented on his use of cannabis, assenting to be Hollywood’s biggest stoner after some prodding...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
Video: The House I Live In

Video: The House I Live In

“The war on drugs has never been about drugs.” Eugene Jarecki carved out his Sundance niche through his documentary Why We Fight, an investigative piece regarding the...
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September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
Push the Top Shelf: The Decline of Dry Meds in Washington State

Push the Top Shelf: The Decline of Dry Meds in Washington State

Welcome back to high school, where hirsute men with a distaste for hygiene sling indiscriminate grab bags, buying for five and selling for ten. One year ago,...
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September 10, 2012
09/10/2012
Cannabis Reform: From Local to Federal, Part 1

Cannabis Reform: From Local to Federal, Part 1

What if we’re going about this all wrong? What if we’re playing into the hands of the federal government and the medical marijuana model is a federally-authorized ruse...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Will I-502 Become a Pyrrhic Victory?

Will I-502 Become a Pyrrhic Victory?

  I-502 is hardly perfect. The DUID clause (as recommended by federal drug czar Gil Kerlikowske) reeks of probable prejudice, there’s no protection from federal preemption and 25...
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