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 Lauren Payne | January 9, 2013 What does “safe access” to medical marijuana mean, anyway? To patients as a whole, it means being provided access to convenient, reliable, affordable medicine. The specifics of safe access are where things get a little murkier. Some patients enjoy safe access through their local collective or dispensary; some [...]
The Senator seeks assurances from the Obama Administration that State Officials will not be prosecuted for implementing new laws By Ethan Nadelmann | Published by The Drug Policy Alliance In a letter to U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) asked how the federal government intends to deal with states like [...]
By Dan Carlin | Published on DanCarlin.com As more U.S. states vote to loosen restrictions on marijuana use, the rebellion against federal drug policy at the state level forces the government to begin to explain their reasoning behind decision-making. To hear Dan Carlin’s Common Sense, please click here.
As protests continue against Wall Street and the nation’s biggest banks, Democracy Now! speaks to British journalist Ed Vulliamy, author of “Amexica: War Along the Borderline.” By Democracy Now! | Published in Democracynow.org At the time, Wachovia was the nation’s fourth-largest bank. It has since been taken over by Wells Fargo. “You can’t drive around [...]
Our friends over at Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) shared this video and we at Medical Marijuana 411 thought it was important enough to repeat. We applaud the Representatives from Tennessee, Texas, California, and New York, but would like to respectfully remind Rep. Rangel that New York City has one of the highest stop [...]
By Old Hippie | Published on BeyondChronic.com It’s called the Law Of Unintended Consequences, also known as “what happens when a bunch of ignorant legislators try to interfere with people’s lives without having a clue.” According to a press release apparently from the Retail Compliance Association (a trade association for sellers of “synthetic marijuana”, a.k.a. “spice”), eight [...]
By Chris Goldstein | Published in Freedom is Green The spring of 2011 has brought tension to the air for everyone involved with cannabis in the United States. Federal authorities have unleashed a coordinated attack on political efforts to tax marijuana and they have made war on medical marijuana programs. This has been matched by [...]
My name is Diane Goldstein. I’m a mom and former police officer, I wanted to take a minute to tell you about how I’ve come to realize that marijuana prohibition is an unwise fiscal policy and makes our communities less safe – and why the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform’s efforts to end marijuana prohibition [...]
By Diane Goldstein | Mother and LEAP Speaker You might not expect a mom and former police officer to advocate legalizing marijuana but that’s just what I would like our elected officials to think about. On mother’s day each year I reflect back on my obligation as a mom and what it means to me, [...]
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