Racism Persists Even With Changing Attitudes About Cannabis
A shocking example of this comes in form of the arrest and subsequent abuse of business woman Kam Brock — a black woman who was pulled over while driving her BMW through Harlem.
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Why Not Try Medical Marijuana for Pets?
Last week, Nevada state Senator Tick Segerblom introduced a bill in the Nevada legislature that would allow pets to use medical marijuana.
New York State's Medical Marijuana Rules Shaping Up as Unusually Restrictive
When New York State’s lawmakers were mulling legalizing the medical use of marijuana last summer, some proponents feared that the proposed law was so restrictive that it would prevent many patients from receiving the drug. Now ...
Wordplay and Stigma: An Appeal Against the Word Marijuana
As a botanist myself, I always look for the proper names of things — especially plants. There is a reason for this, and any first year plant biology student will learn this.
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Georgia Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
A two-year effort to legalize medical marijuana in Georgia may finally succeed, as the Senate passed a likely compromise that would OK a limited form of the drug for disorders including cancer, seizures and sickle cell disease.
Pre-Employment Drug Screens Stigmatize Stoners Even in Legal States
I decided to peruse Craigslist and see what types of jobs require pre-employment drug screening. Keep in mind, I live in Washington with legal weed.
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Marijuana Media Is Buzzing as Legal Pot Gains Territory
Last month, a new local magazine premiered in San Francisco filled with stories about pot-friendly politicians and a comic book starring a joint-smoking dinosaur named Budzilla. The free publication, SF Evergreen, is a bet by the parent company of The San Francisco Examiner newspaper that people will be eager to read about marijuana.
Former NFL Athlete Supports Medical Marijuana for Players
Jackson is unashamed to talk about his cannabis use as a player. He says he resorted to cannabis because he didn't want to take prescription opiates and end up addicted to pain pills as many former players do.
Cannabis Tax Revenue Used to Build Schools in Colorado
In Colorado cannabis users are helping to fund construction on public schools, buying new roofs, boilers and security upgrades. How? By smoking weed of course.
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Medical Marijuana Bill Gains Momentum in Senate
A push to legalize medical marijuana at the federal level is gaining momentum in the Senate, drawing a growing roster of co-sponsors from both parties just over a week after it was unveiled. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act would provide dispensaries with access to the banking system and ...
Bill Maher Champions Legal Weed On Real Time
Maher said the generic, canned justification politicians give about their pot past is to claim that they were just young and stupid; a silly child who learned a lesson and never did it again.
Senator Booker's Drug Reform Argument Touts Reason Over Morality
Democratic New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker, recently gave an interview wherein he laid out some very logical, rational reasons to reform our national drug policy and incarceration system.
NYPD Commish Blames Cannabis for City's Homicide Rate
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton recently took to the podium and directly blamed marijuana for a jump in the city's homicide rate.
Wasserman Schultz: Cannabis Two-Face
Florida Congresswoman and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has found herself in a bit of political discomfort after she allegedly offered her support for a medical cannabis initiative that she has long been against.
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DEA Agent Speaks Out: We Were Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws in Rich Communities
As the lies that keep the drug war alive begin to come unglued, many of the police officers and government agents who made it possible are now going public with the truth of their experience. Matthew Fogg, a former US Marshal, and DEA agent is one of those people. Ever since leaving law enforcement...
Dell's Maraschino Cherries Owner Commits Suicide When Secret Grow Discovered
Tragedy has struck Dell's Maraschino Cherries in a recent Brooklyn police raid, when owner Arthur Mondella, shot and killed himself in a suicide when police discovered his cannabis grow operation.
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in US Congress
The bill is a serious step in the right direction that would reclassify cannabis from a schedule I (no medical benefits, high rate of addition) to a schedule II drug and would allow states to set up their own laws governing cultivation and sale.
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Ireland Accidentally Legalized a Bunch of Drugs, but Only Until Thursday
Book your plane tickets now: Ecstasy, ketamine and a ton of other drugs are now legal to possess in Ireland, but only until 12 a.m. on Thursday, reports the Irish Times. On Tuesday the three-judge Court of Appeal ruled the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act (Ireland's version of our Controlled Substances Act) illegal on a constitutional technicality.