Obama’s Smoky Little Fish

December 20, 2012

No longer part of the Choom Gang, Obama says federal marijuana policy is not worth his time.

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Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge On Raisins And Wheat

December 3, 2012

The struggle to regulate recreational marijuana could come down to an old decision about wheat and a new decision about raisins.

A Sensible Marijuana Policy, From Uruguay

July 12, 2012

Four decades of failed marijuana policy is finally producing sensible change. Unfortunately for us, it’s happening in Uruguay.

How The Secret Service Scandal Protects Obama

April 30, 2012

The president doesn’t want to talk to young voters about pot. Thanks to the Secret Service scandal, he doesn’t have to.

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Because We Say So

July 15, 2011

Thousands of people in 16 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia take a prescribed drug that has no “currently accepted medical use,” according to a recent government ruling. If the medication involved were a typical blood pressure pill or arthritis treatment, this sort of pronouncement would come from the Food and Drug Administration, which is charged with determining whether medications are safe and effective. But the drug is …

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Putting Pot Over The Counter

July 1, 2010

I don’t often use the words “rationality” and “California” in the same sentence, but American drug laws could take another step toward rationality this fall if California voters legalize personal possession of marijuana. The “war on drugs” has gone on for 41 unproductive years since President Nixon first used that term. In this country, thousands of people have been killed in turf wars and many more have been incarcerated, often …

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420: Time To Legalize Pot

July 30, 2009

Sometimes dire necessity can overcome political inertia. That is why I think there is a chance federal laws against marijuana use by adults may finally be relaxed or repealed. In response to severe financial pressures, some state governments, most notably California’s, are interested in legalizing and taxing pot. This will force a re-examination of federal drug laws, and it is high time. The classification of cannabis (marijuana and hashish) as …

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