The truth in Kanye’s anti-prison rap
The rapper's incendiary "SNL" performance delivered condemnations of the prison industrial complex worth unpacking VIDEO
Monday, May 20, 2013 4:10 PM UTC 26Entertainment Video, SNL, Kanye West
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Entertainment Video, SNL, Kanye West
Medical pot dispensaries to open in D.C.
While the DoJ cracks down on medical marijuana nationwide, operators plan to open on its door step
Monday, May 13, 2013 4:08 PM UTCNews D.C., Medical Marijuana
Feds threaten medical pot dispensaries with 40-year sentences
A lawful San Jose, Calif., dispensary has been ordered to vacate in latest federal crackdown to challenge state law
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:45 PM UTC 61News Medical Marijuana, War on Drugs
Drug war and mass incarceration, by the numbers
More than half of federal prisoners have been incarcerated for drug crimes
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 5:19 PM UTCNews aol_on, War on Drugs, Prison
Bryan Fischer: Pot use should be fined like a speeding ticket
The social conservative suggested that people should not be jailed for using marijuana
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 3:41 PM UTC 11Politics marijuana, War on Drugs
Rand Paul: We shouldn’t jail people for pot use
Though, he said, "I think even marijuana is a bad thing to do"
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 2:56 PM UTC 16Politics Rand Paul, Barack Obama
U.N. development chief slams War on Drugs
Helen Clark, a former health minister, says criminalizing drugs has created more problems than it has solved
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 13Social The Fix, War on Drugs
Missouri pot activism finds unusual ally: A veteran cop
Sgt. Gary Wiegert, a Tea Party supporter, is pushing for decriminalization and his department is none too happy
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 8:16 PM UTCNews Police, Missouri
In prison debate, race overshadows poverty
The way to stop filling up prisons is to end the War on Drugs, curb inequality and change our perspective on class
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 9:23 PM UTCPolitics Criminal Justice System
Can an online market for meth, smack and pot win?
An Internet marketplace for drugs called Silk Road is continuing to profit despite legal attempts to shut it down
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 12:38 PM UTCLife GlobalPost, eBay, Drugs
Caltech physicist slams government on marijuana research
Scientist: If all science ran like marijuana research is being run, creationists would oversee paleontology digs
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 8:22 PM UTCNews marijuana, Medical Marijuana, DEA
Thank the War on Drugs for your Valentine’s Day roses
Flower-selling was supposed to be an alternative to the cocaine industry. Instead, it's a source of exploitation
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 11:18 PM UTCBusiness AlterNet, Valentines Day
Dozens interested in pot consultancy gig
Would a felony conviction be a dealbreaker? It depends VIDEO
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 5:14 PM UTCLife Video, aol_on, Washington
2012: The year we all got high
2012 was a "watershed" year for marijuana reform -- and not just in Washington and Colorado
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:40 PM UTC 20Politics Marijuana Legalization
Former Texas GOP chair: Obama needs teleprompter “because he fried his brains on drugs”
Former Texas GOP chairwoman Cathie Adams says marijuana legalization is a mistake. Just look at the president! VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 10:13 PM UTC 77Politics Video, Texas, Barack Obama
Colorado governor signs marijuana legalization into law
Colorado became the second state, after Washington, to allow recreational pot use
Monday, Dec 10, 2012 10:01 PM UTCNews Colorado, marijuana
Let’s make Obama regret his war on weed
The president's Justice Department won't let Washington and Colorado smoke up in peace. Can we change his mind?
Monday, Dec 10, 2012 12:45 PM UTC 52Politics Politics, War on Drugs
8 reasons addiction carries a stigma
If addiction is a chronic brain disease, why do we still think it's a moral failing?
Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 34Life The Fix, addiction, Recovery
Marijuana legalization kicks in for Washington
Crowds gathered at midnight in Seattle for celebratory joints, but the law is still under review VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 2:10 PM UTCNews Video, marijuana
End the war on weed!
Defying federal law, two states just legalized marijuana. A popular campaign forces Obama to take a stance
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 4:35 PM UTC 13Politics Marijuana Legalization
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