Marijuana

Push To Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground In California

nytimes.com | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California -- and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federa...

Bong Water An Illegal Drug, Minnesota Court Rules

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


MINNEAPOLIS — In Minnesota, bong water can count as an illegal drug. That decision from Minnesota's Supreme Court on Thursday raises the threat...

Stiletto Stoners: Is Their Habit Really Harmless?

Deni Carise | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Deni Carise

In today's society, so many of us work like dogs. When it comes to winding down, we want instant gratification. So, I wasn't surprised that more and more career women end the day with a few hits of pot.

Lance Armstrong, Michael Phelps -- and What They Say About Our Idiotic Drug Policies

David Sirota | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Why do we as a country encourage the consumption of drugs that are far more harmful than some of the drugs, like marijuana, we outright criminalize?

Marijuana Raid: Cops Seize 334 Plants Worth Estimated $20,000

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Chicago Police seized 334 marijuana plants worth an estimated $20,000 after executing a search warrant at a Northwest Side apartment Tuesday night. ...

Obama and Paterson Get Love For Recent Drug Policy Reforms

Tony Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Tony Newman

For as long as I can remember, the conventional political wisdom had been that elected officials, especially Democrats, can't touch drug policy reform with a ten foot pole.

La Familia Cartel Targeted, Police Arrest More Than 300 Across U.S.

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...

Are States' Rights Right?

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

Democrats have been increasingly willing to embrace state -- and local -- governments as partners rather than adversaries in both oversight and in substantive policymaking.

DEA 'Cartel' Claims Lack Facts, Again

Erin Rosa | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver


Erin Rosa

DEA agents in Denver have a sordid history when it comes to backing up their claims, and their most recent allegation that medical marijuana dispensaries are being supplied by 'cartels' is no different.

Medical Marijuana: Increased Applicants In Colorado Lead Law Enforcement To Questions Pot Sources

The Denver Post | Mike McPhee and Victoria Barbatelli | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver


Demand for medical marijuana in Colorado has grown so fast in the past few months that it has outstripped the production of legal "grow" operations an...

Marijuana Critic Hired By Colorado Newspaper

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


DENVER — The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 1...

Legalize It and I Will Industrialize It: Industrial Hemp Is the Engine to Kickstart This Economy

Anna Brones | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Anna Brones

Multipurpose and versatile -- hemp makes its way into everything from ice cream to paint to clothing -- hemp could be called the wonder resource.

WATCH: Ryan Grim Discusses Obama's New Marijuana Policy On MSNBC

Huff TV | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC today to talk about the Obama administration's new policy on marijuana prosecutions. The White...

Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

Medical Marijuana Bill On Backburner Despite New Obama Policy

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago


A bill to legalize medical marijuana that narrowly passed the Illinois Senate in May faces an uncertain future in the General Assembly in spite of wha...

LA's District Attorney Vows To Shut Down Marijuana Shops

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


LOS ANGELES — Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authoritie...

New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under...

Drugs: Losing the Longest War

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Kaplan

On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.

New Blue Review: And Peter Tosh Will Advertise It

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


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.

Jeremy Wheeler Tried To Eat Pot Plants During Weed Bust: Cops

AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Deputies say an upstate New York man has been charged with evidence tampering after he was busted for growing marijuana -- and t...

Boulder City Council hopefuls talk pot, nudity

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver


Candidates who run afoul of audience members' tastes will be routinely kicked off the stage based on audience votes. The audience will vote by periodi...

Marijuana Licensing Fails To Make The Pot Business Safe: NYT

nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics


New Mexico's new medical marijuana law was intended to provide safe, aboveboard access to the drug for hundreds of residents with chronic pain and oth...

Wanda Sykes Defies CBS Boycott, Appears On 'Leno' To Talk Twins, Roman Polanski, And Legalizing Marijuana (VIDEO)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy


Despite an informal boycott from ABC and CBS stars, Wanda Sykes appeared on Jay Leno's show last night and talked about her new twin babies, the econo...

Pot Legalization Gains Momentum In California

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in Californ...

Colorado's War on Drugs a Fiscal Disaster

Mike Krause | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver


Mike Krause

Colorado's failed attempt to incarcerate away drugs costs taxpayers roughly $140 million per year just for prison beds. Budget hawks have turned a blind eye to one of the most extreme spending sprees in state history.