By Sam Sabzehzar The Caravan For Peace meets with Fr. Roy Bourgeois at the School of the Americas in Georgia. SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas, under whatever name it is called, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media [...]
Co-founder of Project CBD Martin Lee, speaks with Democracy Now! about the recent changes to marijuana laws, which he has written about through his longtime work as an investigative reporter. He is also a Co-founder of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) and author of several books, including “Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of [...]
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee | Published on Seattle.Gov The people have spoken. Voters have passed Initiative 502 and beginning December 6th, it is not a violation of state law for adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana (or 16 ounces of solid marijuana-infused product, like cookies, or 72 ounces of infused [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | November 18, 2012 On Tuesday evening, October 16th, Americans for Safe Access celebrated our 10th anniversary – and patients’ day in court – with an awards dinner honoring the brave warriors for medical cannabis access who have fought for all patients. ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer introduced the courageous champions, saying ”…Michael [...]
Jon B. Gettman Receives ASA Spirit Award from ASA. Mr. Gettman filed a petition in 1995 to remove cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act that was eventually denied. A second petition was filed in 2002, with the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, that remains under review by the Department of Health and Human Services By [...]
Beyond Bars is part of the national movement to curb mass incarceration. Their mission is to make short videos and use social media to enhance the work of groups across America pursuing a fairer, more cost-effective approach to public safety. By partnering with others to transform Americans’ hearts and minds, we help foster policies that are [...]
LEAP’s Stephen Downing, along with Terry Nelson, join The Real News Network to explain why they support legalizing drugs. By The Real News Network | November 15, 2012 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition‘s Stephen Downing, a retired deputy chief of police for the LAPD and commander of the Bureau of Special Investigations, along with Terry Nelson, [...]
By Robin Wilkey | Published in The Huffington Post A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever. “It took us about 20 years of research to [...]
After returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. veterans are increasingly become casualties of the country’s longest war: The War on Drugs By Daniel Robelo | Published in Huffington Post Last Friday, the Drug Policy Alliance released an updated and revised edition of its seminal 2009 report, “Healing a Broken System.” The report examines the plight of veterans [...]
LEAP’s Neill Franklin underscores parallel between prohibition of alcohol and prohibition of pot, highlights same patterns of ending it and same methods to regulate marijuana like alcohol By Kristen Gwynne | Published in AlterNet.org The Rachel Maddow Show, former Baltimore cop and 32-year law enforcement veteran Neill Franklin spoke to Maddow about drug policy, but [...]
New Medical Marijuana PAC Hopes to Cultivate Scientific Freedom
Parkinson’s Patient Finds Only Marijuana to Improve His Quality of Life
International Psychedelic Science Conference Returns to California
Peter McWilliams Shaped More Than a Movement
Michigan Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Medical Facility Despite Judge’s Recommendation
Cannabinoid Patent for Cancer Treatment Goes to GW Pharma