By David Jackson, USA TODAY The YouTube generation is speaking, and many of them want to legalize marijuana. Changing the nation’s drug laws is dominating the questions submitted by YouTube users in advance of President Obama’s 2:30 p.m. question-and-answer on the video website. UPI is reporting that “the top 10 […]
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A National Call to Action!
Activist Boot Camp, February 19-20, 2011 The National Call to Action is the nation’s first medical cannabis virtual skill-building conference. Re-pledge your commitment to safe and legal access by joining thousands of your fellow activists for two days of community-building, skill-sharing, and strategic planning. For nearly a decade ASA has […]
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DEA Postition on Marijuana
The campaign to legitimize what is called “medical” marijuana is based on two propositions: first, that science views marijuana as medicine; and second, that the DEA targets sick and dying people using the drug. Neither proposition is true. Specifically, smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science–it is not […]
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Drugged: High on Marijuana
Drugged: High on Marijuana uses visual effects and CGI to take the viewer on a trip through the human body. Using testimony from those who enjoy using the drugs, and those who have been addicted, the episode offers an insight into the realities of these drugs. Some of Britain and […]
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Politics, Parenting, Pot or Psychosis: What Caused the Arizona Shootings?
By Maia Szalavitz When an act of seemingly inexplicable violence like the Arizona massacre occurs, everyone is desperate for explanations. Some look to political rhetoric, some look to mental illness, some blame the parents, others point to marijuana. But what’s really at fault? The reality is clearly complex. As researchers […]
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Top Ten Marijuana Victories in 2010
By Rob Kampia It’s with enthusiasm that I present this top-10 list for 2010. While there were a few disappointing losses — most notably the statewide ballot-initiative defeats in Oregon and South Dakota on November 2 — almost everything else demonstrated positive momentum for the marijuana policy reform movement. In […]
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Pat Robertson Favors Marijuana Legalization
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America’s Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana. Calling it getting “smart” on […]
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Judge finds ‘increasing’ difficulty in seating marijuana juries
David Edwards Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 It’s becoming more and more difficult to find juries that will produce a guilty verdict in marijuana cases, according to a judge in Missoula County, Montana. “I think it’s going to become increasingly difficult to seat a jury in marijuana cases, at least the […]
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Mexico marijuana growers learn new tricks from U.S.
Tue, Dec 14 2010 By Mica Rosenberg AMATA, Mexico (Reuters) – Farmers growing marijuana in remote Mexican mountains are adopting techniques pioneered in the United States to produce more potent pot and boost profits from the cash crop that is fueling a deadly drug war. In the fertile valleys of […]