See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Meet Hawaii’s Republican Governor Linda Lingle. On Monday, Gov. Lingle vetoed Senate Bill 1058, which called on the legislature to merely study “issues relating to medical cannabis patients and current medical cannabis laws.” Specifically, SB 1058 called for the formation of a legislative task force to: (1) Examine current state statutes, state administrative rules, and all [...]

Simple Marijuana Bust Leads To Government Banning Free Speech

Hello Bob, I’m sorry to read of this near conclusion of your run-in with cannabis prohibition laws in SD. Like you, I’d hope to see a suspended sentence, or a lower sentence all together. With 98% of all criminal cases being plea bargained, I’m sure this Hobson’s Choice was a difficult one to make. Being banned from public [...]

Pain Clinics Test Patients for Marijuana Use

By Dale Gieringer, Director, CA NORML Like many medical marijuana users, Kristin Redeen needed additional prescription medications for her severe chronic pain. For seven years she had been treated at a private pain clinic in the Central Valley, where a doctor maintained her on Percocet, a semi-synthetic opioid. One day Kristin was unexpectedly asked to submit [...]

Foreign Policy Magazine Exposes Folly Of Marijuana Prohibition

[Editor's note: The reason why the editor of Foreign Policy magazine Moises Naim's recent column is significant is because for far too long the foreign policy community has been a willing conduit for exporting America's wrongheaded and failed cannabis prohibition around the globe. But, the American dominance of the drug policy debate has started to [...]

FOJ 2009: White House Smoke-In To End Marijuana Prohibition