By Lauren Payne | April 25, 2013 Often, when I speak with operators of Medical Cannabis Dispensing Collectives (MCDs), I’m often struck by how many of them believe the rumors they hear about other collectives operating in their areas. They’ve heard that other collectives “aren’t in it for the patients; they sell other drugs; they [...]
By Diane Goldstein | Published in Ladybud.com My life has been defined by a series of phone calls, both good and bad. I have always been able to discern these life-changing moments based on the time of the call. In my experience, whether or not I initiated the call, no good news comes after midnight [...]
By Diane Goldstein | Published in LadyBud.com A Texas state trooper charged with sexually assaulting two women during a traffic stop was providing them with “customer service,” says Dale Roberts, the executive director of the Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) and a professor at the University of Missouri. (The CPOA is a part of the [...]
By Leonard Frieling | Published in the BDM In the history of the city of Lafayette, Colo., my resignation probably went down as one of the more memorable. I left my position as a municipal court judge in protest of a proposal to increase the penalties for marijuana possession in the city. Some people agreed [...]
By Diane Goldstein | Published in Ladybud.com In 1983 I was hired as a police officer in the community that I grew up in. If you had asked my friends, they would have said law enforcement was an unlikely professional choice for me, but I understood that it would not just challenge me personally, but [...]
By Kris Hermes | Published in SafeAccessNow.Org According to Matt Taibbi, in his latest Rolling Stone exposé on the banking and financial industry “Too Big to Jail,” HSBC “helped to wash hundreds of millions of dollars for drug mobs, including Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel,” and also “moved money for organizations linked to Al Qaeda and [...]
By Major Neill Franklin | A Message From L.E.A.P So much has been said in recent months on the subject of gun violence, but in the midst of this heated debate, one obvious solution to rampant gun violence has often been downplayed or overlooked: ending drug prohibition. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s speakers and supporters represent the [...]
After a lengthy and successful career in law enforcement, Major Neill Franklin learned about the medicinal qualities of cannabis after leaving the force and is sharing his insights with as many people that will listen. By Major Neill Franklin | Published in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Americans for Safe Access (ASA) opened the eyes of [...]
Dean Becker, host of Drug Truth Network radio shows reports on the drug war from HMSTV in Houston. Becker, a former policeman, is also a speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Segments on this first of our weekly one hour shows feature segments on the Caravan for Peace, Sen Patrick Leahy, Portland reporter Doug [...]
The National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference will take place in D.C. later this month and it is clear Americans for Safe Access is taking a strategic approach to bridging the gap between public and policy and bringing in experts from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition as well as medical experts to discuss harm reduction, science, public [...]
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