The leaves are starting to change color, harvest season is upon us, and fall has officially begun. As the days grow shorter and the temperature gets a bit cooler it is a good time to reflect on the year that was in cannabis law reform. 2010 turned the steady momentum […]
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Federalism and Medical Marijuana
Let the states serve as experimental laboratories. By Patri Friedman Since medical marijuana was legalized in California in 1996, use has been widespread. And once the Obama administration reduced the harassment, the number of dispensaries has grown rapidly. Not that pot was ever that hard to get out West, but […]
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Public Forum: Where is Marijuana Reform Heading?
The ACLU-WA presented a discussion on the history, current status, and future of marijuana-law reform in Washington and the United States. Local and national panelists included travel writer Rick Steves; Keith Stroup, founder of, and legal counsel to, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Washington state Sen. […]
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San Jose Police Chief Says Legalize Marijuana in California
Joe McNamara, a retired chief of police in San Jose, CA, and Kansas City, MO, talks about why it’s time to legalize marijuana. Joe is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which any civilian can join for free at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
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Daniel Pacheco delivers 52,000 Signatures to Drug Czar Gil Kerlakowske for Just Say Now
Watch SSDP member Daniel Pacheco confront the Drug Czar and deliver 52,000 Just Say Now petition signatures! Have you signed the petition? http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/justsaynow?source=jsn
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License Cannabis Sales, Expert Says
Policymakers should consider allowing the licensed sale of cannabis for recreational use, says one of the UK’s leading researchers of the drug. Professor Roger Pertwee is to make the call in a speech at the British Science Association festival in Birmingham. He is expected to say radical solutions have to […]
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The Next Frontier Of Drug Policy Reform
by Ethan Nadelmann Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. For those of us who fought long and hard to reform the notorious 100-to-one crack/powder cocaine disparity in federal law, the Fair Sentencing Act, signed by President Obama on August 3, is at once […]