59 Percent of Arizona Residents Want Marijuana Regulated Like Alcohol
A poll released today found that a majority of Arizona residents would vote “yes” on an initiative to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol...
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Poll Shows More Than Two-thirds of New Hampshire Voters Support Medical Marijuana
More than two-thirds (68%) of New Hampshire voters think the state should enact a law allowing seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it, according to a survey…
MPP Slams Patrick Kennedy’s Plan to Force Marijuana Consumers Into Treatment and ‘Education’ Classes
MPP is taking issue with former Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s plan to force marijuana consumers into treatment and marijuana “education” classes, which...
Henry Rollins Supports Marijuana Reform
Singer, poet, public speaker, and talk show host Henry Rollins has joined the growing ranks of public figures who support ending marijuana prohibition.
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Do Alcohol and Marijuana Mix? Colorado is About to Find Out
In the debate over what marijuana legalization means for Colorado, the best drug-policy brains in the nation say there is one question getting short shrift: If people can more easily toke, does that mean they will drink less?
Negatives of Cannabis Legalization?
As 2012 ends & 2013 begins, I reflect back and think how the world has changed from just a year ago. Cannabis legalization is the forefront of that change.
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Teen Marijuana Use May Show No Effect on Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds
A teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not, according to a new 18-month UC San Diego...
Teen Pot Use Stalls as States Continue to Regulate Use
2012 Monitoring the Future Survey reports that there was no rise in daily or annual marijuana use among teens. According to the report, “annual marijuana...
Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs
Although the idea remains controversial, substituting cannabis for drugs that cause more harm, such as alcohol, has a ton of advantages...
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Will National Legalized Marijuana Help or Hurt Big Pharma, Tobacco and Alcohol?
In a country desperate for tax revenue, and an aging population that grew up with marijuana as part of the landscape, the concept of national marijuana legalization is certainly not out of the question. If that is the case, does any sector have something to lose?
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Sir Richard Branson: War on Drugs a Trillion-Dollar Failure
Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group and a member of the Global Drug Commission poses the simple question on drug prohibition...
Cannabis Is Now Legal in Washington State
History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502, legalizing cannabis. And at 12am this...
Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today -- and Again One Day from Now
On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol & sending regulation back to the states.
Cannabis Makes Inmates Behave Says Danish Study
When prisoners are allowed to smoke weed prison guards have an easier job. Cannabis makes them behave...
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BeerSci: What's the Connection Between Hops And Marijuana?
Popular Science is asked "are hops and marijuana related?" Humulus lupulus (hops) and Cannabis are, in fact, two genera in the family...
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82 Percent of Americans Think the U.S. Is Losing the War on Drugs
Only 7% of American Adults think the US is winning the war on drugs, says a new Rasmussen telephone poll, while 82% say the US is losing that war...
Bill Maher To Mason Tvert: Help Cali Legalize Cannabis and I'll Fund It
On last Friday's Real Time, Bill Maher offers to fund Mason Tvert if he'll move to California and replicate what we did in Colorado with Amendment 64.
Video: Retired Police Captain Demolishes the War On Drugs
LEAP co-founder and retired police captain, Peter Christ, appears on WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, NY and takes on all aspects of our disastrous War on Drugs.