OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to approve a first-of-its kind tax on medical marijuana sold at the city's four...
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN and LISA LEFF | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business
SAN FRANCISCO — A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a...
CBS News | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
A CBS News Poll released today finds that 41 percent of Americans think the use of marijuana should be made legal....
Anthony Citrano | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
Marijuana decriminalization is getting fresh attention due to broad public support of the new AB 390 bill, but only a handful of media outlets, including CNN and CNBC, will air pro-legalization ads.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
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...
Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
Could legalizing pot in California save the state's ailing budget? AdAge today posted an interesting ad from a non-profit organization called the Mari...
AP | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois State Police have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of a...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green
For rope, paper, clothing, food, fuel -- hemp has been a critical crop for cash and survival for 6,000 years. Today it contributes billions of dollars to the German, Canadian and Chinese economies.
Norm Stamper | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
It's official. We can now talk openly about what the great majority of us have known for a long time: drug prohibition isn't working, and never will.
Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 08.02.2009 | Comedy
I got married! To a woman! With a pulse!
Ross Hyzer | Posted 07.28.2009 | Comedy
Last week, to the delighted huzzahs of Government Mule fans the world over, Rep. Barney Frank introduced two pieces of marijuana-related legislation.
ESPN Chicago | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella on Friday defended catcher Geovany Soto, who tested positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic, by adm...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
How many Democrats do we need to elect to Congress before such commonsense laws are passed to rein in some of the excesses of past eras?
WBZ Boston | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
A controversial law in Massachusetts could go national if Congressman Barney Frank gets his way. Frank has filed a bill that would eliminate federal ...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy
"The days of cracking open a tube of dough and smashing some weed in there and eating the whole thing without baking it are probably over," he acknowledged. "This is a very, very sad day."
Dan Sweeney | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
My weekly newspaper columns are usually about local issues, but as this week's column had a national bent, I figured I'd post it here for all of you H...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
The Rhode Island legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto of a medical marijuana law Tuesday afternoon by an overwhelming margin, paving the way for ...
Paul Armentano | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.
AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
NEW YORK — The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, "Ye...
Chicago Tribune | Lisa Black | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug trafficking laws regarding a highly-potent form of marijuana, with penalt...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
Rep. Barney Frank, the powerful House Democrat from Massachusetts, introduced a bill Thursday to allow states to make their own medical marijuana laws...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
[Via Media Monitor Jon] Speaking of that landmark cigarette law, wending its way to the President's desk: Not everyone is in favor of it. Some, in fa...
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics
There was a tragedy at Harvard last month. The tragedy wasn't that Harvard's bubble was tainted by violence. The tragedy was that the life of a young man with a great spirit and great future was cut short.
Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy sidestepped a court ruling this week, which had ordered it to consider whether the state should reclassify marijuana as hav...
Zorianna Kit | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment
Formed when they were teenagers in the 70s, Anvil is currently working on their 14th album. I sat down with the duo for an exclusive chat for HuffPost.
AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics