Cannabis Prohibition Now Seventy-Five Years Old
Infamously, America’s federally created Cannabis Prohibition marks its seventy-fifth anniversary this August 2, 2012.
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Obama Campaign Raises Money With Hemp Products While Banning Farmers From Growing Hemp
Obama is selling a "made in the USA" hemp scarf in his re-election campaign store. Rather ironic since American farmers can't grow hemp!
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Help Needed: Feds Seek to Silence Silver Tour’s Robert Platshorn
The U.S. Parole Commission who has prohibited Robert Platshorn from educating willing senior citizens about cannabis and speaking out against prohibition.
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17 Year Old Drug Czar Arrested in Ohio
A 17 year old 'drug czar' admitted guilt in Ohio. His crime was growing 600 marijuana plants with a 'street value of around $3 million'.
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Mothers and Responsible Marijuana Usage
Sarah Eyre at xoJane writes on the unwarranted social stigma that mothers can't responsibly use marijuana to wind down in the evening but alcohol is fine.
The Culture High Exceeds Goal Raises Over $190,000 on Kickstarter
The Kickstarter Project: The Culture High has reached their goal of raising $190,000! This is a huge step ending marijuana prohibition!
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Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State Versus Federal Showdown
What could the possible federal response be if at at least one of the three states up for recreational marijuana legalization this fall passes?
Mitt Romney's Close-Minded Views About Marijuana
Mitt Romney's view of marijuana is very much the view of those that first prohibited the wonderful flower.
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Racism and Marijuana Arrests: It's Not Just NYC
Racism and marijuana go back to the early days of prohibition. The racial ratios of reefer roundups are as bad as New York's in scores of other U.S. cities.
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Seattle's Marijuana Group Wants Mayor and Other Public Leaders to Join Book Club to Learn About Real Costs of Prohibition
Seattle’s Responsible Marijuana Project has started a PR campaign to get Mayor Mike McGinn, Police Chief John Diaz, City Attorney Pete Holmes and U.S. District Attorney Jenny Durkan to join a book…
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Protest President Obama's July 23rd Fundraiser in Oakland, CA
Harborside Health Center is organizing a protest of President Obama’s July 23rd Fundraiser in Oakland, CA. For those weedists in the San Francisco Bay Area, come out on Monday at 3:00pm and…
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Marijuana and the Reality of the War On Drugs: It's a Cash Crop for Appalachia
In 2008 alone, Appalachia grew four billion dollars worth of marijuana. Read at the Washington Post on the lifestyle and economic realities of this green region and the consequences of prohibition.
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There's Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington -- Why Can't We Pop the Beltway Bubble?
Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML , writes a great piece on the rapidly growing support amongst the people and local politicians to end marijuana prohibition. Read Paul’s deep insights on politics…
Weedist - What's in a Name
Weedist was created to help bring cannabis out of the dark shadows of our society.
A Comically Dishonest Defense of the Drug War
There’s a fun little debate series over at World News & Report featuring some of the usual suspects squaring off over whether the drug war is the best or worst thing in…
Sorry I'm Illegal
We love how this image points out the irony of the prohibition of cannabis that has perpetuated from the United States under major corporate and political interests. How is it that a…
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3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War
Check out Mike Rigg’s detailed article at Reason on how the Obama administration finds clever ways to cook the drug war books, including funding the attack on industrial hemp which isn’t a…
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17 Reasons to Legalize Marijuana
Check out the cool slideshow at Esquire Magazine called “The Best Reasons to Legalize Marijuana.” It lists 17 reasons with gems such as “about half of the 1.64 million people who are…