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.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration is saying the right things. But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the administration has faltered.
Anthony Papa | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
Last week California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger became the latest and most high-profile U.S. elected official to call for a debate on legalizing marijuana.
Paul Armentano | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
Walters demonstrated that he remains an unrepentant liar -- even though he's no longer paid by the federal government to be one.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago
Despite heavy publicity and increased political momentum, an Illinois Senate bill to legalize medical marijuana in the Land of Lincoln still faces lon...
David Ormsby | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago
If medical marijuana opponents are keen on educating Illinois youth on potentially harmful drugs, they should set their sights on OxyContin and Vicodin. In the meantime, they should buzz off and let the law pass.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
Judge Jim Gray is a former prosecutor, member of the Navy JAG Corps and served as a judge for years in famously conservative Orange County. In this exclusive interview, he discusses medical marijuana.
Washington Post | Karl Vick | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics
With little notice and even less controversy, marijuana is now available as a medical treatment in California to almost anyone who tells a willing phy...
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy
Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
A bipartisan group of agitating members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Currently eight states...
Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago
It looks like a bill to legalize medicinal cannabis is on hold after state senators asked for several amendments to the bill....
Norm Stamper | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics
Our leader doesn't seem to understand that millions of his interlocutor-constituents are actually quite serious about the issue.
Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
Hey government dudes! (male and female). Give the bong back to Michael Phelps and make up your mind. The left hand seems to have forgotten what the right hand is doing.
Jim Gilliam | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
After my double lung transplant, I lost a lot of weight, to the point where it was life-threatening. My lung doctor suggested "marinol," the synthetic (and legal) version of THC.
Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Chicago
The national debate over legalizing marijuana for medical use came to the forefront in Illinois yesterday, as state senators advanced a bill on the is...
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics
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Chicago Tribune | Tim Jones | Posted 04.20.2009 | Chicago
Legalized medical marijuana is about to make its debut in Michigan, which becomes the 13th state and the first between the Rockies and the East Coast ...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana d...
Associated Press | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago
After losing her job as a dispatcher after buying her cancer-ridden aunt marijuana, Laura Llanes says she would do it again. Llanes was fired last we...
Don Ringe | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
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Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
What gives me hope is the fact that Seattle has been at the cutting edge of harm reduction and other drug policy reform developments in the U.S. over the last decade.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
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.
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - People suffering from cancer, AIDS and other diseases could turn to marijuana for pain relief under a plan approved Wednesday by a...
Stanton Peele | Posted 03.31.2009 | Living
Are those of us who seek changes in the American approach to drugs whistling in the dark, or is now the time to strike?
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs that are est...
Christal Smith | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living