Tag: drug arrests

As more and more Americans support ending marijuana prohibition and an increasing number of states consider marijuana policy reform legislation, it is sometimes easy to forget that...

I recently was turned on to an interesting blog from the Brooklyn Public Library. It is an older entry, from 2011. I had known that New York,...

Vice President Joe Biden said in a Time interview on Thursday that the Administration supports smarter enforcement, but not outright legalization. “I think the idea of focusing significant...

Today, NORML PAC has announced its endorsement of Delegate Heather Mizeur and her running mate Delman Coates for Governor and Lt. Governor of Maryland. Delegate Mizeur has...

In a profile published online over the weekend in New Yorker magazine, President Barack Obama continued his softening towards marijuana legalization. In the interview, the president alluded...

On January 6th, Bill O’Reilly shared with Fox News cohorts Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham that apparently the ones getting arrested for cannabis are “only dealers,...

With Colorado allowing businesses to sell marijuana recreationally (Washington soon enough) and many more allowing some form of medical marijuana, it’s understandable that many people would have...

I have to say that I am just perplexed by the amount of force and energy that the NYPD (under Mayor Bloomberg’s directive) uses to crack down...

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This story of cannabis woe out of West Chester, PA caught my eye. The claim is that James Kiesling, a once smart and promising young man with a...

Just when we think we are turning a positive corner in the misconception of cannabis users, we get stories like this one out of the Pentagon that make...

Add this video to the long line of evidence that marijuana does have medical value and really does help people in need. I’ll let Jacqueline Patterson, the...

A new video shows the life-changing consequences of marijuana possession arrests in New York City, even if the charges are eventually thrown out.

  The marijuana legalization movement needs to bank on the fact that Americans are currently pessimistic about the government and society in general, at least according to...

Many recent victories towards ending marijuana prohibition give hope that our justice system will stop incarcerating nonviolent adults who choose to use a substance safer than alcohol....

The ACLU of Maryland reports that the marijuana arrest rate in the state is among the nation’s highest.

A man died from food allergies in a Washington jail cell after a misdemeanor pot offense.

One of the many predicted benefits of regulating marijuana is to allow police to focus on solving violent crimes, and an investigation into the Oakland Police Department...

Drug Policy Alliance International Drug Policy Reform Conference ran from October 23, 2013 until October 26, 2013. The event boasted a plethora of cannabis activists and took...

Heidi Fleiss was arrested for intent to sell marijuana for the second time this year.