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Willie Nelson Arrested After Pot Found on Tour Bus
November 29, 2010 – Living country music legend Willie Nelson was charged with possession of marijuana after six ounces were discovered aboard his tour bus in Texas, according to a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman. Nelson’s tour bus pulled into a routine checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas — approximately 85 miles east of El Paso —…
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Texas: Moving Towards Legalizing Marijuana?
November 24, 2009 – Tim Timmons is not your average pot smoker. The former risk management consultant, college professor and stand-out athlete has never considered himself a hippy or a pothead. Even so, Timmons has been smoking marijuana nearly every day for the past six years. He doesn’t smoke to get high. According to him,…
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Texas Man with Multiple Sclerosis seeks Legalization of Medical Marijuana
GARLAND, Texas – For 22 years, Tim Timmons has fought the pain of multiple sclerosis. Prescribed medicine couldn’t stop the spasms or help him sleep, he said. Ultimately, Timmons said, relief came in the form of illegal marijuana, which is why he is now pushing for the drug to be legalized. While 13 states have…
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Mexico Legalizes Drugs, But Only U.S. Can Stop Drug Violence
August 25, 2009 – Last week, Mexico passed a new law decriminalizing simple possession of marijuana and other drugs. Perhaps our neighbor to the south will now consider the possibility of full legalization (regulating marijuana like alcohol, as opposed to simply removing penalties for possession). A number of people in Mexico are calling for a…
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Medical Marijuana in Texas-Video
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New Anti-Drug Plan Doomed to Failure, Reformers Charge
June 8th, 2009 – Failure to Consider Fundamental Reforms Guarantees Cartels Will Continue to Dominate Marijuana Trade. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The new anti-drug initiative for the Southwestern border announced today by the Obama administration is doomed to failure because it simply dresses up failed policies in new clothing, the Marijuana Policy Project charged today. “The…
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Marijuana Bills introduced by Congress & State legislatures
United States Congress HR 858 – would prohibit the marketing, sale or shipment in interstate commerce of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test Alabama HB 434 – would authorize the use of medical marijuana by certain qualifying persons who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition California…