This week there was legislative debate concerning the potential legalization of marijuana in Vermont. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Prohibition
Radical Rant: Teenage Girl Dies in Her Father’s Arms, Killed by Marijuana Prohibition
It is far past time to end this prohibition at the federal level and to free doctors in every state to pursue research and treatment of disability and disease with cannabis. Read article here: High Times
Federal Lawmakers Concerned the FDA Is Sustaining a Painkiller Epidemic, Pot Prohibition
Federal lawmakers are concerned that the United States painkiller epidemic is destined to continue driving tens of thousands of citizens every year into an early grave because the national agencies responsible for controlling this madness are being paid by the very indust… Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Prohibition and Entrapment
Prohibition is legally immoral because it does not exist to protect the public, to reduce drug use, to prevent illegal sales or any number of pretexts used to justify its existence. Read article here: High Times
A President Sanders Could Only Reschedule Marijuana, But No Real End to Prohibition In Sight
Last week, when Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his plan to end prohibition in the United States during an Internet simulcast in Virginia, a great deal of the nation took notice that there was finally a candidate with enough guts to threaten the s… Read article here: High Times
A New Look at Why Pot Prohibition Fails
Marijuana prohibition is a failure. Its failure is a matter of evidence, not a matter of opinion. Read article here: High Times
Maine Initiatives Join Forces to Bring Down Prohibition, Other States Should Take Note
Two marijuana advocacy groups working to make Maine one of the next states to legalize a recreational cannabis industry have decided—rather than continue to fight over semantics—to form a wicked alliance in an effort to get one solid initiative on the ballot i… Read article here: High Times
Study: As Pot Prohibition Slowly Becomes Thing of the Past, Consumers Less Likely to Abuse It
The outcome of legalizing marijuana has not had the effect that prohibitionists warned and expected. The behavioral and psychological problems that they feared would follow legalization have not materialized. Read article here: High Times
Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition
A series of federal spending bills were introduced last week by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Thad Cochran, which include riders aimed at preventing the government from paying U.S. drug enforcers to unleash their wrath against states that have lega… Read article here: High Times
The Politician Denial Syndrome Behind Marijuana Prohibition
The nature of the problem when it comes to teenage marijuana use is not the message, it’s the money. Kids buy marijuana from friends, and then they share it with other friends. Kids sell marijuana to their friends because it is profitable, very profitable. And marij… Read article here: High Times