04:55pm The latest poll, released Saturday by SurveyUSA for the Denver Post, has Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative at 51%, with 40% opposed and 8% undecided. The initiative, Amendment...
Last week, the deans of Seaver College internship program at Pepperdine University officially refused to approve the application of sophomore political science major Victoria Stanzione to intern...
Doug Darrell, a New Hampshire Rastafarian facing felony marijuana cultivation charges, was declared not guilty on Friday because a jury believed that punishing him for the offense...
Showtime’s “Weeds” had its series finale last night after 8 years and 100 episodes. Although a few seasons were iffy (IMO), Weeds was a groundbreaking series for...
The eleventh annual Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA) will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe. The day event includes...
by Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Over 60 senior citizens put the Edward Schwartz Federal Courthouse on its ear by forming a long line...
Four of the six statewide marijuana initiatives appearing on the November 2012 ballot are solidly favored among likely voters. Voters in six states – Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon,...
The Palo Alto City Council established its opposition this week to a controversial November ballot measure that aims to make it legal for medical marijuana dispensaries to...
The opposition to the medical marijuana state ballot measure submitted a URL to the Massachusetts State Voter Guide without registering it. Now the URL is home to a spoof site declaring, among other...
The well-respected, non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts wrote a fairly balanced article in their newsletter about the possible consequences of legal marijuana, based on pending initiatives in Washington, Oregon, and...
Epilepsy is a serious medical condition noted chiefly for recurrent brain seizures, affecting many millions of people across the world. Typical pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, often...
On Wednesday, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper publicly expressed his opposition to Amendment 64, proclaiming that the ballot measure for marijuana legalization would send a bad message to kids...
11:27pm As the 2012 election campaign enters its final weeks, all eyes are turning to the top of the ticket. While, according to the latest polls and electoral college...
In a supposed accident, three of the biggest arguments for Amendment 64 have been deleted from the CO blue book that is supposed to objectively inform voters...
Ben Whalley at the University of Reading, UK, and colleagues worked with GW Pharmaceuticals in Wiltshire, UK, to investigate the anti-convulsant properties of cannabidivarin (CBDV), a little-studied chemical found in...
05:48pm No DEA raids or federal threat letters to report this week, but the battles over medical marijuana continue on many fronts. Let’s get to it:...
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, the Escondido, California company, has contributed $5,000 to Measure 80, which would legalize Oregon marijuana for recreational use.
12:51pm special to Drug War Chronicle by investigative journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a federal appeals court ruling that it...
03:41pm A solid majority of Washington voters approve of Initiative 502, the marijuana legalization measure sponsored by New Approach Washington, according to a SurveyUSA poll released...
