• Medical marijuana’s legal in his state, but feds sentence medical pot dispenser to jail

  Charles Lynch, a medical marijuana provider in the state of California, which has voted consistently to allow what he does,...

   

• Why Legalizing Cannabis Makes Sense

  By Joe Klein | For the past several years, I’ve been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom...

   

• Medical marijuana raid raises question: What’s Obama policy?

  By Michael Doyle | WASHINGTON — A recent Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a South Lake Tahoe, Calif., medical...

   

• Majority disagree with cannabis reclassification

  There is a substantial amount of anger over the government’s decision to reclassify cannabis, a new poll suggests. The...

   

• Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda

  So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids? By Paul Armentano  Pot-reform activists have swarmed Obama’s...

   

• President Obama should call off the medical marijuana raids

  By J.D. Tuccille Asked about medical marijuana on the campaign trail in New Hampshire just a year and a half ago, then-Senator...

   

• Obama on Weed

  “The war on drugs has been an utter failure. (W)e need to rethink and decriminalize our (nation’s) marijuana laws.” -Barack...

   

• Medical marijuana act passes NJ panel

  By DEREK HARPER TRENTON – New Jersey took a major step toward becoming the latest state to allow certain patients to...

   

• Can Marijuana help memory?

  Elements found in marijuana can be beneficial to ageing brains and can even stimulate the growth of new brain cells –...

   

• 12 years for Saudi student having cannabis

  SHAH ALAM: “Please, please” pleaded Muhamed Tariq Sadaquah Abualjadeil in the High Court yesterday, minutes...

   

• Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans than Illegal Drugs

  By David Gutierrez | A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped...

   

• BRITISH STUDY SAYS POT LESS RISKY THAN ALCOHOL, SHOULD BE LEGALIZED

  NORML - The potential health risks associated with cannabis are less than those associated with alcohol and do not justify...

   

• DRUGS: A BUSINESS FOR OUR TIMES

  By Sam Smith - Progressive Review | Since there is so much bad financial news these days, we thought this might cheer you...

   

• LSD, Ecstasy Tested on Terminally Ill Patients

  Researchers are exploring the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and ecstasy as a form of “psychedelic psychotherapy”...

   

• Victims of the Drug War Are Forced to Resort to Bizarre Legal Defenses

  By Kevin Carey | On November 16, 2005, Willie “Bo” Mitchell and three co-defendants — Shelton “Little...

   

• Could Coca Cola Distribution Network Save Children’s Lives?

  In 1988, Simon Berry, Chief Executive of ruralnet|uk was working as a development worker in remote north east of Zambia,...

   

• Why the Drug War is a Crime against Humanity Explained

  Like the Iraq war and the “war on terror”, the so-called “drug war” is a government contrived “war” based on...

   

• America’s never-ending prohibition

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America’s alcohol prohibition lasted 13 years, filled the country’s prisons, inspired...

   

• Free Drug Samples Usually Go to Wealthiest Patients

  NaturalNews | Contrary to claims by the pharmaceutical industry, it is usually wealthier and insured patients who receive...

   

• Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

  By BENEDICT CAREY and GARDINER HARRIS | It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness...

   

• The World Health Organization Documents Failure of U.S. Drug Policies

  By Bruce Mirken | The United States has some of the world’s most punitive drug policies and has led the cheering section...

   

• Oh! What a Lovely (drugs) War

  By Ron F | According to UN figures, in the 2000 growing season opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan covered 82,000 hectares....

   

• V.A. Using Iraq Vets as Guinea Pigs in Drug Tests

  

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  By Greg Mitchell | As if the “soldier suicide” problem wasn’t bad enough already, word has just emerged...

   

• Now experts say cannabis should be legal

  

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  By David Maddox | CANNABIS should be legalised and taxed, an influential Scottish think tank recommended yesterday, just...

   

• Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Marijuana Laws

  By Alexander Zaitchik | With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in...