The New Jersey state Assembly passed a bill on Monday in a 44-30 vote to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. If passed, the bill would...
Jodie Emery, wife of marijuana activist Marc Emery, gave a rousing speech at Toronto’s ideacity conference on how marijuana prohibition laws are becoming as damaging in Canada as they...
Mike Riggs at Reason writes about an important decision recently handed down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but the article also gives an excellent example...
This weekend saw the 2012 High Times Cannabis Cup come to San Francisco. Some of the first place winners were: Cordero Kush Platinum, San Jose Patients Group (Best Indica), Premium...
Assembly member Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) postponed a meeting for a Senate committee to vote on Assembly Bill 2312, which would have founded a nine member board tasked with...
The Texas Democratic Party recently published their 2012 Texas Democratic Party Platform. Page 28 of the PDF shows the Texas Democrats formally endorsing marijuana decriminalization: DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA...
05:01pm After hours of querulous questioning, the Chicago City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted 13-1 to send Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s marijuana decriminalization to the full council for...
“Famed marijuana smuggler turned tireless pot activist Robert Platshorn (a.k.a. The Black Tuna) has been facing a series of threats from federal parole board officials in recent...
Great article, Prison Nation: Economic reasons to legalize marijuana, on the failed war on drugs and the cost of being a prison nation. Two of my favorite numbers...
A woman in Florida accidentally deposited nearly 2 ounces with her bank slip. Spoiler alert, she found out the bank doesn’t pay interest on marijuana. See more...
04:53pm New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) Thursday made good on his threat to veto a medical marijuana bill, Senate Bill 409, approved by the legislature. Lynch...
During a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing yesterday, DEA agent Michele Leonhart preferred to squirm and sound much more like South Park’s Mr. Mackey instead of honestly answering...
Best known for being politically astute (ok, maybe best known for being stoned), Tommy Chong has weighed in on the 2012 Presidential Election. Chong believes “100%” that...
Public Policy Polling (PPP)’s latest survey shows voters in Washington are in favor of Initiative 502 to legalize marijuana by 13 points, 50% for vs. 37% against. ...
We have been meaning to catch the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam for years, but since the timing is typically right around Thanksgiving, we have never had the chance...
08:01pm Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel shows how you can please almost every political constituency by not arresting people for marijuana possession. In giving his blessing...
Times are getting tense for our prohibition overlords with more and more states adopting medical and decriminalization measures as well as a few striving for legalization. If...
A small group has formed, ironically called ‘Smart Colorado,’ to try and stop the groundbreaking Amendment 64 up for vote in Colorado this November. This Amendement would...
