In November, will voters in Washington, Oregon or Colorado decide to legalize recreational marijuana and potentially start a revolt? Any of these initiatives would put the states...
There is no fundamental right for patients to use any drug, particularly one like medical marijuana that’s illegal under federal law, the Montana Supreme Court ruled 6-1...
Drugs vs America… The Drug War is America’s longest-running war. We have a long national history of drug use and cultivation. John Fugelsang lets loose after seeing...
The Irish Department of Health says it hopes to bring forward legislative proposals this year, or in early 2013, enabling cannabis-based medicines to be prescribed in Ireland.
A proposal to amend Seattle’s land use code would restrict the production and distribution of Seattle medical marijuana in certain parts of the city, including Pike Place Market.
Voters in four Michigan cities will decide this November on municipal ordinances seeking to legalize or depenalize local marijuana offenses. City officials in Flint, Michigan most recently approved...
When Springfield City Council approved a marijuana bill two weeks ago limiting the penalties for marijuana possession, several members made clear that they did so only to...
06:11pm StoptheDrugWar.org is pleased to announce our first teleconference, featuring the initiative campaigns in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State to enact regulatory (legalization) systems for marijuana....
The Children’s Alliance, a Seattle nonprofit whose members include major social services agencies, endorsed Washington State’s I-502 due to the racially disproportionate impacts of current marijuana laws,...
A recent NY Times opinion piece waxed rhapsodically on the benefits of medical marijuana for transforming a stressed-out father into a calmer, more medicated daddy of toddlers. The breezy delivery,...
This Saturday, MassCann/NORML will be hosting the 23rd annual Freedom Rally in Boston, MA. The rally will be held on the Boston Common on September 15, 2012 beginning at...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse are about to conduct the first DUI study to analyze the effects of inhaled...
New Jersey’s first medical marijuana dispensary is scheduled to open in Montclair this month, but some physicians registered with the program aren’t participating or won’t accept new patients leaving...
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...
In a clear departure from his more socially conservative top-of-the-ticket running mate Mitt Romney, vice presidential candidate Congressman Paul Ryan, in an interview this afternoon on KRDO in Colorado...
Judge Richard Posner serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, he also wants marijuana to be legalized. During a September...
There are 472 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles as of September 4, less than half the number often cited by city officials, according to a UCLA study....
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen sentenced Tom Daubert Thursday in Missoula to five years’ probation. Daubert had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premises, a charge...
Everyone involved in medical cannabis should support Initiative 502. It does not offer unregulated freedom; the people of Washington are not ready for that. Bring marijuana above...
