RedOrbit profiles two prominent GOP politicians, US Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner and former Representative Tom Tancredo, who support marijuana legalization ballot measures I-502 and Amendment 64 respectively.
Harkening back to his days as a student antiwar activist in the 1960s, but also drawing heavily on the example of the contemporary Caravan for Peace (with justice and dignity to end the drug war), which emerged out of Mexico this summer to traverse the United States, Tom Hayden used Read More »
Sir Richard Branson has labeled US drug policy as racist, stating that its a “war on black people” which results in the jailing of too many African Americans.
Roseanne Barr was invited to Oaksterdam University last week to speak about her push for complete legalization of marijuana. Fifty-nine year-old Barr, who currently runs a nut farm in Hawaii, talked about using pot to resist government mind control as well as employing thousands of Americans to grow hemp. Barr’s speech is a little over... Read More »
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 of the interviewer. Ignoring whatever metric someone uses to determine such a title, the Green Hornet celebrates his crown under the eaves of an... Read More »
Anyone still on the fence that cannabis has no medicinal value — and especially anyone still on the fence in the medical or healthcare fields — should listen to UC San Francisco professor Donald Abrams talk about how marijuana has saved lives on Oct 24 at UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus.
Weedists: Meet Chief Greenbud “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” I had the pleasure of meeting Chief Greenbud via myspace when it was “happening” there. He agreed to come to Portland for our Global Cannabis March in May 2008, and... Read More »
Rep Barney Frank (D-MA) talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett on his support for marijuana reform in this 3 minute segment. He makes many great points from the racist application of prohibition laws to victimless ‘crimes’ to the hypocrisy vs tobacco to the financial drain on our nation: Barney Frank Quotes from... Read More »
A 36-year Denver PD veteran, a former Lafayette municipal court judge and a former lead felony prosecutor for Clear Creek County urge: “There are lots of reasons to vote for Amendment 64. Take it from three law enforcers who have seen the harms and ineffectiveness of our current marijuana prohibition laws up close. It’s time for change.”
Staten Island borough president James Molinaro is riled up about Lady Gaga: ”Stop glorifying the drug use. There’s Gaga. Here’s this… this… I would call her a slut. This slut is influencing many, many children …”
