Legalized marijuana is a horrific and frightening demon that will result in many social casualties across America; at least that is the opinion of Drug Enforcement Administration chief of operations James Capra, who during a recent Senate hearing, went on a wild-eyed tira… High Times
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President Obama: Marijuana No More Dangerous Than Alcohol
Obama Calls New Laws Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado and Washington ‘Important’ In an interview with the New Yorker published Sunday, President Obama spoke about his past drug use, said marijuana was no more dangerous than alcohol, talked about racial disparities in marijuana arrests and said the new laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington are ‘important.’ Medical […]
New Poll: Clear Majority of New Yorkers Support Passing Legislation to Establish Patient Access to Medical Marijuana
Patients and Advocates: Now It's Time for the Senate to Pass the Compassionate Care Act A poll released today by Siena College found that a clear majority of New Yorkers — including 60% of Republicans and 65% of Conservatives — support passing legislation as the best way to "proceed on this issue" of establishing patient […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Would Legalize Marijuana
Is getting high a civil rights issue? Nobody chooses to be black, gay, or female. Everybody chooses whether to smoke pot or not. Then again, everybody chooses whether to be Catholic, Muslim, or other (or no) faith. Are pot smokers a “people” facing injustice a… High Times
10 Facts About Marijuana
Marijuana is a plant containing a psychoactive chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in its leaves, buds and flowers. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug, with forty-two percent of American adults reporting that they have used it. Despite the fact that marijuana’s effects are less harmful than those of most other drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Nevada cities should move in the direction of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a dozen years ago, it would have been easy to […]
Legal Marijuana: The Next Great American Industry
Steel, coal, tobacco, weapons, sugar, alcohol, rubber, and now marijuana! With the HT Growth Fund firing on all cylinders and the pot industry being regulated in states like Colorado and Washington, all information is pointing towards legalized marijuana as the next great… High Times
Marijuana Case Filings Plummet in Colorado
Charges for all manner of marijuana crimes plummeted in the months after Colorado voters legalized limited possession of cannabis for people over 21. According to a Denver Post analysis of data provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch, the number of cases filed in state court alleging at least one marijuana offense plunged 77 percent between […]
Banks Say No To Marijuana Money, Legal or Not
In his second-floor office above a hair salon in north Seattle, Ryan Kunkel is seated on a couch placing $ 1,000 bricks of cash — dozens of them — in a rumpled brown paper bag. When he finishes, he stashes the money in the trunk of his BMW and sets off on an adrenalized drive […]
Patients, Families, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers Rally in Albany to Urge Senate and Governor Cuomo to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation
Tuesday: Assembly Health Committee to Vote on “Compassionate Care Act” Broad Coalition Unites Behind Comprehensive Bill Albany — Today – the first full day of the 2014 New York State Senate session — dozens of patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers gathered in Albany for a press conference and lobby day to call on the […]