My friends in the Free State Project have stepped up the activism to include daily open cannabis celebrations in the Keene town square. After two marijuana possession arrests the police are standing down. The second arrestee was released after it was discovered that he was in possession of chocolate mint, an herb as harmless as [...]
I swear I’ve heard this before. “If this thing enters Egypt, the country is going to go to waste. God protect us,”
via The Associated Press: Egyptian lawmakers want to ban fake hymen. (no, I’m not kidding)
HT: Radley Balko
It’s good to see someone in the senate will stand for human rights every once in a while:
The State Department intended to send the favorable report on Mexico’s human rights record to Congress in advance of President Obama’s visit to Guadalajara for a summit of North American leaders this weekend, U.S. officials familiar with the [...]
The New Hampshire house has just passed a medical marijuana bill. Now it’s on to the Senate where passage looks promising. I’ve wanted to move to New Hampshire for a few years now, as part of the Free State Project. The passage of this bill could give me the push I needed to make the [...]
I’ve been so busy with my work and personal life I just have not had time to do much blogging. I’m still very active on my Twitter account, but I can always find time to write a 140 character tweet. You can also view my news stream on twitter, just follow @ganjanews.
I’m currently working on [...]
I hope your holiday season is filled with peace, cheer, and smoke. Celebrate with friends and family. Share your greenery and Christmas cheer. Remember that they can cage our bodies but they can never cage our minds. Peace.
A Colbert Christmas: Willie Nelson Sings
Willie Nelson tells the story of a plant that smokes more sweetly than [...]
Sheriff Joe Arpaio can’t keep drugs out of his own jail. Arpaio is the self proclaimed “Toughest Sheriff in America.” He makes his inmates sleep in tents and wear pink underwear while letting his guards deal drugs to them.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says a guard at the 4th Avenue Jail has been arrested for [...]
Two men will spend a combined 41 years in prison for providing medicine to the sick and dying. You would have to be a very disturbed individual to find this outcome “justice.” Two lives ruined and countless others are left without the legal medicine they need to survive.
Obama’s selection of Drug Warrior Joe Biden left me queasy about the future administration’s drug policy. Apparently I’m not the only one with concerns. Jacob Sullum writes:
The main danger with Obama is that his history of drug use, instead of making him more open to reform, will make him anxious to show he’s tough on [...]
American’s have spoken and they don’t think humans should be caged for marijuana. In fact the victories that cannabis law reform saw had higher margins of victory than Barack Obama.
Michigan’s medical marijuana referendum passed 63% to 37%.
Massachusetts decriminalizes possession of up to one ounce of cannabis 65% to 35%.
Fayetteville, AR, home to the University [...]
