Judge Gray was on Coast to Coast AM last night. This is the show website summary: “George Knapp welcomed Judge Jim Gray for a discussion on the possibility of reforming America’s drug laws, taking illegal drug usage from a criminal issue into a social and medical one. “Drug prohibition is […]

Plummeting Marijuana Prices Create A Panic In Calif. by Michael Montgomery May 15, 2010 Listen to the Story All Things Considered [5 min 15 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript Enlarge Justin Sullivan/NPRMarijuana in California costs much less than $2,000 a pound, according to interviews with more than a dozen […]

A new extended video of Peter Reuter up on the “Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation” Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/timeforaconversation#!/video/video.php?v=390745388015&ref=mf

Whatever you think about medical cannabis, put it aside for a moment to hear the cases of those who oppose it and those with severe illnesses who say they need it to live. (1st segment = 3:05) http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/special_report/medical-marijuana-debate-20100513 Medical Cannabis Supporter and Opponent Face Off EXPERTS:  State Rep. Lou Lang […]

The rhetoric has changed. According to new U.S. “drug czar” Gil Kerlikowske, who heads the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Obama administration doesn’t use the term “drug war” because the government shouldn’t be waging war against its own citizens. In March 2009, U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke described the opium poppy eradication effort in Afghanistan as “the most wasteful and ineffective program that I have seen in 40 years.” He bluntly stated that the U.S. government had wasted millions of dollars on a counterproductive program that generates political support for the Taliban and undermines nation-building efforts. And in his trip to Peru this past April, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela noted that the fundamental problem is not coca cultivation itself, but poverty and inequality.

It’s Official: Conservatives Extradite Marc Emery By Jeremiah Vandermeer and Jacob Hunter, Cannabis Culture – Monday, May 10 2010 Video: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/05/12/pkg.brown.canada.drug.king.CTV Marc Emery kisses his wife Jodie goodbye before turning himself in to Canadian authorities. Marc will be extradited to the USA to face charges for selling cannabis seeds on […]

We’re taking our movement national! As grassroots momentum and news coverage builds around California’s ballot initiative to control and tax marijuana, it’s increasingly clear that what happens at the ballot box in our state this November will impact the whole country. That’s why we’re urging California’s delegation in the U.S. […]