Oregon 2014 is not California 2010. We need far fewer signatures. Our ad buys cost far less. Most of our population and all our largest city will be within an hour's drive of legal marijuana in Washington for nearly two years.
All too often, social conservatives are cast off as people that can't be won over. My experience on the campaign trail shows that this couldn't be further from the truth.
With the 2012 Presidential race only 19 months away, I'm already thinking of some creative campaign season segments and games. But then it came to m...
As we go into what will be a very difficult new year, as long as people keep organizing and mobilizing, there will be victories to celebrate. Here is a list of victories to be thankful for, starting with three inspirational women.
My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...
In the coming years, NORML will join other local and national organizations in challenging the pharmaceutical remodeling of medical marijuana, a looming political trend that they call "anti-pleasure seeking, hypocritical" policy toward intoxicating drugs.
The results are in: After serious consideration, Californians voted against Prop.19. This proposition has spurred some interesting conversation throu...
The reason the position of many liberals against legalized marijuana is hard to rationalize is that it isn't rational. If public usage of marijuana is an issue, the logical way to address it is by regulating public usage.
Prop 19 ran into a buzz saw that derailed California's nascent effort to tax and regulate marijuana. Here are the main reasons why it lost.
Marijuana supporters nationwide awoke on November 3rd to find they had been defeated in all four statew...
When it came time to consider a law that would tax and regulate their skunk-scented crops, the marijuana growers of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties decided it just wasn't right for them.
In the aftermath of at least three defeated statewide marijuana ballot measures on Election Day, people who aren't following the issue that closely mi...
California's marijuana legalization initiative, Proposition 19, didn't win a majority of votes yesterday but it already represents an extraordinary victory for the broader movement to legalize marijuana.
Calbuzz.com Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives, pounding Democrats in states throughout the South, Midwest and Northeast, but...
You would think the two California gubernatorial candidates were constitutionally incapable of agreeing on a single issue. Not so! But for others, Proposition 19 has been an intense source of debate.
Organized crime is a business. Reducing demand through providing legal sources hurts that business. Hardline rhetoric and wars of statistics cannot change that fundamental equation.