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Lucia Graves

How Legalizing Pot Could Reduce The Federal Deficit

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The federal government could save as much $13.7 billion annually if it were to legalize marijuana, according to a paper by Harvard econo...

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Lucia Graves

Lawmakers In 5 States Tell Feds To Back Off Medical Marijuana

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Elected lawmakers in five states have a message for the federal government: Don't interfere with state medical marijuana laws. In an ...

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San Francisco Lawmaker Fights To Save The Medical Marijuana Industry

| Posted 04.29.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Chris Roberts Call it an industry, call it a movement, call it a gigantic scam. ...

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Lucia Graves

U.S. Attorney: Obama Administration Not Implicated In California Medical Marijuana Crackdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. attorneys have a message for California's medical marijuana advocates: Don't blame Barack Obama. After it was announced that the cr...

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Robin Wilkey

'YES WE CANNABIS': Marijuana Advocates Protest Obama's Visit To San Francisco

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Hundreds of marijuana advocates gathered in downtown San Francisco Tuesday to protest recent federal crackdowns on California's medic...

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San Francisco Mayor's Race 2011, AKA Jonestown 2011

Nato Green | Posted 12.20.2011

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Nato Green

It's hard to get too indignant about Obama when in SF, we can't elect a progressive mayor blindfolded with our hands tied behind our backs by a feminist dominatrix earning a living wage in a solar-powered basement dungeon.

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'A 1930s-Era Reefer Madness Reaction'

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two California lawmakers want to know why the Obama administration is cracking down on the state's medical m...

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Landmark Anti-Gay Bullying Measure Passes California State Senate

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.02.2011

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On Friday, the California State Senate approved Seth's Law (AB 9), a bill designed to crack down on the harassment of LGBT students in the state's sch...

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A Progressive Decade in the Balance

Chris Daly | Posted 09.11.2011

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Chris Daly

The struggle for the soul of San Francisco hit a crescendo in the Mission District with renters, artists, and non-profits pushing back against the forces of displacement. Over the next decade, the City would witness a renaissance of progressive reforms.

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Gay History Bill Headed To California Governor

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 09.04.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Tuesday sent the governor a bill that would make the state the first requiring public schools to in...

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Warning: ICE Fishing Dragnet in Effect

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 08.15.2011

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Jorge-Mario Cabrera

For immigrants, both documented and undocumented, arrest even without imprisonment can lead to being taken away from loved ones through deportation. We have to ask ourselves: what is being done to our communities?

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ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Warren Holstein

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?

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Watch: 5 Benefits To Legal Weed (& The 1 Big Thing Stopping It)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Stranahan

Judge Jim Gray isn't the bleary-eyed stereotype of an advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana. Gray, who has never tried the drug, is a former attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, and a Judge in conservative Orange Country, CA.

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States Selling Addiction: "Why Not? We Need the Money!"

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanton Peele

Our financial and emotional needs now dictate that state governments sedate their citizens, while picking their pockets, from California to Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic.

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Drug Policy Reform: Is the Timing Perfect, or Are We Ahead of the Times?

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stanton Peele

Are those of us who seek changes in the American approach to drugs whistling in the dark, or is now the time to strike?

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The Weed Economy: California Assemblyman Sees Dollar Signs In Smoke

The ITT List | Posted 05.25.2011

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If California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has his way, the Golden State might become known as the Green State to pot smokers around the country. During a...

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