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Study: Alcohol the Most Lethal Drug, followed by Heroin, Crack, Meth & Cocaine
November 1, 2010 – Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison. Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal…
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End the War on Pot
October 28th, 2010 – I dropped in on a marijuana shop here that proudly boasted that it sells “31 flavors.” It also offered a loyalty program. For every 10 purchases of pot — supposedly for medical uses — you get one free packet. “There are five of these shops within a three-block radius,” explained the…
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George Soros: Why I Support Legal Marijuana
October 27, 2010 – By GEORGE SOROS – Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good. The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. Law enforcement agencies…
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Legal Pot Means Big Savings on Law Enforcement
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Cash-strapped California would get some relief by legalizing pot, but the biggest boost would be thanks to massive law enforcement cuts, not new tax revenue, experts say. The state’s marijuana legalization initiative known as Proposition 19 goes to the polls on Nov. 2. And there’s been a lot of talk about…
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Hemp is the Hidden Key to Legal Marijuana
October 18, 2010 – Hemp is the far bigger economic issue hiding behind legal marijuana. If the upcoming pot legalization ballot in California were decided by hemp farmers like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, it would be no contest. For purely economic reasons, if you told the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that the nation they…
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Attorney General Eric Holder Promises to Enforce U.S. Drug Laws if Prop. 19 Passes
October 16, 2010 – U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder’s response to the initiative comes as the administration has been under pressure to campaign against it more forcefully. Last week, Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, chided the Obama administration for not doing enough to defeat it. And last month, nine former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration…
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Major Changes are at Hand for Marijuana Politics
October 3, 2010 – SAN FRANCISCO — The medical-marijuana political movement in America began the night police busted into Dennis Peron’s apartment with a warrant. They twisted Peron’s arms behind his back and placed him in handcuffs. They forced Jonathan West, Peron’s boyfriend, to the ground, and an officer held him there, Peron said, with…
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Canadian Pot Activist Marc Emery Gets 5 years in U.S. Jail
September 10, 2010 – Canadian pot activist Marc Emerey has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for selling marijuana seeds south of the border. The 52-year-old Vancouver resident learned his fate on Friday afternoon in a U.S. district court in Seattle. His sentence also includes four years of “supervised release” following his…
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Study Contends Pot Isn’t a Major ‘Gateway Drug’
September 7, 2010 — A new report casts doubt on the argument that marijuana is a “gateway drug” that plays a major role in leading people to try other illegal drugs. Researchers found that other factors, such as ethnicity and stress levels, are more likely to predict whether young adults will use other illegal drugs.…
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Just Say Now: Facebook, Google and the Reddit Revolt
August 31, 2010 – A funny thing happened last week with our Just Say Now campaign. Well, a couple of “funny” things. Large online communities proved, en masse, that they were waaaay ahead of both corporate America and our political leadership when it comes to their readiness to discuss an end to marijuana prohibition. Moreover,…