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Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 -- Any Questions?

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Law Enforcement, Medical Cannabis, Smoking, Marijuana, Dea, Alcohol, Thc, Obama, Tobacco, Legalization, Prohibition, Politics News
Paul Armentano

A new study has directly compared the societal costs of marijuana and alcohol, as well as tobacco, and the final tally isn't pretty.

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Breckenridge Legalizes Marijuana

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, War on Drugs, Denver, Legalization, Marijuana, Colorado Ski Town Marijuana, Breckenridge, Denver News
Mason Tvert

Ski resorts are offering everything from large discounts to specialty cheeseburgers to attract people to their towns. Perhaps offering skiers and snowboarders a hassle-free environment in which they can relax and recreate with marijuana could do the trick.

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New Blue Review: And Peter Tosh Will Advertise It

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aspen, Dispensaries, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Obama, New Blue Review, Pot, Legalization, Peter Tosh, Colorado, Politics News
Todd Hartley

There was an interesting little tidbit of information out of Aspen last week, with the Aspen Daily News reporting Wednesday on the opening of a fourth medical marijuana dispensary in the tony ski town known for its laissez-faire attitude toward drugs.

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Free the 'Prince of Pot?' You Be the Judge...

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marc Emery, Drugs, Canada, War on Drugs, Pot, Legalization, Marijuana, Politics News
Mason Tvert

Emery operated his seed business entirely in Canada with no American branches or employees and he conducted business openly in Canada without ever facing charges of manufacturing or distributing marijuana.

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Andrew Sullivan's "Special" Treatment Should Be Standard

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pot, Andrew Sullivan, Legalization, Marijuana, Weed, Prohibition, Alcohol, Politics News
Mason Tvert

Sullivan may have received special treatment, but he received the appropriate treatment. Now, we need to change our marijuana laws so that this appropriate treatment is the rule, not the exception.

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Mexico and Argentina Move to Decriminalize Marijuana and Other Drugs

Tony Newman | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Latin America, Mexico Drug War, Ethan Nadelmann, Marijuana, Argentina, Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Heroin, Legalization, Mexico Drug Wars, Cocaine, World News
Tony Newman

In the last week both Mexico and Argentina made international news by passing a law and making a major Supreme Court ruling calling for low-level drug offenders to receive treatment instead of jail.

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If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, Norml, Marijuana, Obama, Pot, California, Epa, Cannabis, Lung Cancer, Ucla, Alcohol, Brown University, Thc, Cancer, Legalization, Tashkin, Armentano, Living News
Paul Armentano

Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Detention, Biometric Identification, 2006 Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Numbersusa, Jeff Sessions, Immigrants, Immigration, James Sensenbrenner, Jim Webb, Deportation, 2007 Immigration Bill, Obama Administration, Peter Schey, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Tom Daschle, McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill, Racism, Visas, Earned Legalization, Undocumented-Immigrants, Legalization, Immigration Debate, 1986 Immigration Reform, John McCain, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Homeland Security, La Raza, Xenophobia, Amnesty, Lou Dobbs, E-Verify, Chuck Hagel, Jon Kyl, Ted Kennedy, John Cornyn, Immigration Reform, John Ashcroft, Rahm Emanuel, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2005 Sensenbrenner Bill, Lulac, Organized Labor, Broken Borders, Chuck Schumer, Mexican Immigration, Torture, National Identification Card, Politics News
Anis Shivani

The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.

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Obama: Stop Driving Americans - and White House Guests - To Drink

Mason Tvert | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Marijuana, Sgt. James Crowley, Alcohol, Gil Kerlikowske, Henry Louis Gates, Legalization, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mason Tvert

Just after President Obama's top drug policy official told the country that marijuana is "dangerous," the President himself was touting the enjoyable effects of alcohol.

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Ryan Grim

California Stations Reject Ad Calling For Pot Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Legalization, Marijuana, California Stations Reject Pot Ads, Politics News

Three television stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles have rejected an ad promoting the legalization and taxation of marijuana, set to run on con...

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25 Years In Prison For Pot? Congressman's Proposal Is Just Plain Dumb

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Mark Kirk, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Pot, War on Drugs, HR 2835, Legalization, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, Weed, Potency, Health, Politics News
Paul Armentano

Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.

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High Time for Change?

Christal Smith | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Medical Marijuana, Clinics, James-Gray, Legalization, Marijuana, Investigation, Health, Living News
Christal Smith

Alcohol is far more dangerous than marijuana, so just regulate marijuana, control it, and tax it and we'll be far, far ahead of where we are today.

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ABC/WaPo Poll: For First Time, More Americans Back Gay Marriage Than Not

ABC News | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana-Decriminalization, Support Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Support, Legalizing Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Legalizing Same Sex Marriage, Legalization, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Support for gay marriage, legalizing illegal immigrants and decriminalizing marijuana all are at new highs. Three-quarters of Americans favor federal ...

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Ryan Grim

Frank: Pot, Online Gambling Better Than Wall Street Gambling

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pot, Online Gambling, Legalization, Barney Frank, Politics News

There's freedom, and then there's "total freedom," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told a right-wing news service, CNSNews.com, on Friday, engaging the ou...

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420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: 4/20, Overdose Deaths, Pot Holiday, Marijuana, Police, 420, Pot, War on Drugs, Marijuana Health Effects, 20th, Weed, Prohibition, Leap, Marijuana Holiday, 4-20, Alcohol, National Pot Smoking Day, Legalize Marijuana, 4:20, Legalization, April 20, Happy 420, Norm Stamper, Politics News
Norm Stamper

If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence -- and the other is not -- what are we to make of our nation's marijuana laws?

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Pain, Drugs, Laws and Compassion

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Legalize Marijuana, Legalization, Narco-Trafficking, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

The cost of America's war on drugs goes beyond mere economic dimensions. But there's a drug war casualty that gets less play -- the stigma attached to those who legally use narcotic analgesics: people in pain.

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Press Secretary Gibbs Attempts to Defend Obama's Opposition to Taxing and Regulating Pot

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Cannabis, White House Press Secretary, White House, Robert Gibbs, Legalization, Marijuana, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Armentano

Gibbs knew in advance that he was going to publicly respond the question of taxing and regulating cannabis. And yet the best response he could come up with was snickers and "uh."

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President Obama: What Is So Funny About Taxing And Regulating Marijuana?

Paul Armentano | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Open for Questions, White House, Cannabis, Change, Marijuana, Economy, Drug Enforcement Administration, Massachusetts, Obama, Tax and Regulate, Legalization, California, Politics News
Paul Armentano

America's stringent enforcement of pot prohibition, which artificially inflates black market pot prices and ensures that only criminal enterprises will be involved in the production and sale of this commodity, is helping to fuel violence. Wow, funny stuff!

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An Ounce of Gold and Ounce of Cocaine, a Trillion Dollar Deficit and a War in Vain

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugs, Coca, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Legalization, Drug Legalization, Cocaine, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

What if I told you there is a way to reduce federal and state government spending, increase tax revenue, stabilize friendly foreign governments, fight terrorism and reduce the crime rate, all in one fell swoop?

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A Discussion About Medical Marijuana

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Legalize Marijuana, Legalization, Marijuana, Politics News
Dr. Jon LaPook

I wanted to learn more about medical marijuana and had two experts in the field, Herb Kleber, M.D. and Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D. join me for a discussion of the pro's and con's.

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Legalize Weed, Stimulate the Economy

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana, Stimulus, Legalization, Economy, Weed, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

If there is anything Americans know how to make, market and distribute, it's marijuana.

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Obama's New Drug Czar Couldn't Be Any Worse Than Bush's. Will He Be Any Better?

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Phelps, Gil Kerlikowske, Marijuana, Drug Czar, Drug War, Drugs, War on Drugs, Legalization, Prohibition, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Obama Drug Czar, Kerlikowske, Obama Drug Policy, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Current Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske will no doubt do a better job as the nation's "drug czar" than his predecessor, John Walters, who was a fanatic enemy of science and reason.

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One Cop To Another: Don't Arrest Phelps for Bong Photo

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: War on Drugs, Legalization, Marijuana, Drug Policy, Michael Phelps, Phelps Pot, Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong Photo, Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking Pot, Michael Phelps Bong, Phelps Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking, Entertainment News
Norm Stamper

I'd be willing to bet your pension, Sheriff, that every police officer in the country knows you have no legal mandate to arrest Michael Phelps.

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Chicago's Police Chief Questions War On Drugs

Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Jody Weis Drugs, Jody Weis, Marijuana Legalization, Chicago Drug Policy, War on Drugs, Legalization, Chicago News

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis questioned the wisdom of America's War on Drugs and said that combating violence is a bigger priority than reducing dr...

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