By Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” said the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1967 when he spoke out against the Vietnam War. At the time, he was roundly criticized by friend and foe alike for […]
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Racist Enforcement of Marijuana Laws
Prison jail Hands on Bars 60 x 85DPA has released a report that documents widespread race-based disparities in the enforcement of low-level marijuana possession laws in California. The report finds that African Americans are arrested for marijuana possession at double, triple or even quadruple the rate of whites. Read the report (PDF).
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US CO: Medical-Marijuana Advocates Seeking Society’s Approval
Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm Pubdate: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 Source: Denver Post (CO) Webpage: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_15437322 Copyright: 2010 The Denver Post Corp Contact: openforum@denverpost.com Author: John Ingold, The Denver Post Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) MEDICAL-MARIJUANA ADVOCATES SEEKING SOCIETY’S APPROVAL The liquid inside the test tube is neon green, the color […]
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US MI: Detroiters to Decide Legalizing Marijuana
Pubdate: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 Source: Michigan Citizen (Detroit, MI) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/DP65xaoj Copyright: 2010 Michigan Citizen Contact: editor@michigancitizen.com Author: Zenobia Jeffries, Michigan Citizen Cited: Coalition for a Safer Detroit http://www.saferdetroit.net/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?261 (Cannabis – United States) DETROITERS TO DECIDE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA DETROIT — Should possession of small amounts of marijuana […]
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US CA: Strapped Police Run on Fumes, and Federal Pot-Fighting
Newshawk: California NORML www.canorml.org Pubdate: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Page: A1, Front Page Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/TCm1mQmM Copyright: 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: wsj.ltrs@wsj.com Author: Justin Scheck Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) STRAPPED POLICE RUN ON FUMES, AND FEDERAL POT-FIGHTING CASH IGO, Calif.-Shasta County Sheriff […]
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US AZ: Medicinal Pot One of 9 Issues to Make Ariz. Ballot
Newshawk: Support Proposition 203 http://stoparrestingpatients.org/ Pubdate: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/XRhqzZ7f Copyright: 2010 The Arizona Republic Contact: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/sendaletter.html Authors: Kevin Kiley, Alia Beard Rau and Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic Cited: Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project http://stoparrestingpatients.org/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – […]
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US CA: Citing High Black Arrests, NAACP Endorses Pot
Pubdate: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Source: Capitol Weekly (Sacramento, CA) Copyright: 2010 Capitol Weekly Group Contact: http://www.capitolweekly.net/contact/?_c=xtakf2zb939jem Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/xJEHFth2 Author: Malcolm Maclachlan Cited: California NAACP http://www.californianaacp.org/ Cited: Proposition 19 http://www.taxcannabis.org/ Referenced: Targeting Blacks for Marijuana http://mapinc.org/url/btjAQH1v Referenced: Marijuana Arrests and California’s Drug War http://mapinc.org/url/gf9Qvr0S Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Tax+Cannabis+Act CITING HIGH BLACK ARRESTS, […]
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US RI: R.I. Health Department Holds Hearings on Marijuana
Pubdate: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 Source: Providence Journal, The (RI) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/omLV1TUY Copyright: 2010 The Providence Journal Company Contact: letters@projo.com Author: W. Zachary Malinowski Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/dispensaries Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) R.I. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOLDS HEARINGS ON MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES PROVIDENCE — The much-anticipated hearing on who may be […]
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Bush Crony Working for Obama Seeks to Undermine Medical Marijuana Industry
By Mason Tvert, Executive director and co-founder, SAFER According to an e-mail just unearthed by Complete Colorado, a Bush holdover in the U.S. Drug Czar’s office is fishing for information that links crime to the growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado. The e-mail is addressed to Colorado’s chief […]