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Reason April 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
Reason September 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Data: Pot Bust If you have any lingering doubts about the political establishment's hypocrisy when it comes to drugs, consider this: Marijuana arrests reached an all-time high during the administration of the first acknowledged pot smoker to occupy the White House. |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Pot Holders Rejoice Drug decriminalization -- in November, Massachusetts voters approved Question 2, a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana |
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The War On The War On Drugs Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. |
Salon.com January 5, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the legalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders... |
Salon.com August 2, 2001 Jared Manasek |
Smoke signal Police in London's gritty Brixton neighborhood are losing the war on drugs, so the police chief is experimenting with not enforcing cannabis laws. |
Reason March 2003 Jacob Sullum |
High Road Is marijuana a "gateway"? |
Reason January 2001 Michael W. Lynch |
America's Most Dangerous Politician I've been in New Mexico less than 10 minutes when I realize that no ordinary politician rules the Land of Enchantment... |
CRM July 2015 Marshall Lager |
Growing a New Market Business development for a different kind of cloud that includes marijuana. |
Reason April 2008 Jacob Sullum |
No Bad Drugs Two books on drug use in America offer conflicting opinions and further emphasize the arbitrary distinctions at the root of drug prohibition. |
Salon.com June 15, 2000 Jeff Stark |
"Grass" Dope enthusiast Woody Harrelson narrates a flashy, smoker-friendly documentary on the twisted history of the evil weed -- and the misguided drug war against marijuana. |
AskMen.com |
No Jail For Weed Argentina's Supreme Court ruled out prison for pot possession on Tuesday, saying the government should go after major traffickers and provide treatment instead of jail for consumers of marijuana. |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Jens Erik Gould |
In Mexico, a Call to Legalize Drugs Mexico is publicly debating the idea of legalizing drug use to weaken the cartels. It would be an effective step only if the U.S. did the same. |
Salon.com May 3, 2000 Carina Chocano |
The Whitney Houston rules The hypocrisy of America's marijuana laws is highlighted by the glamorous singer's non-arrest after she's found with a half-ounce of pot in an airport. |
Salon.com May 15, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
Let them eat chemo Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement? |
Reason April 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Data: America's Biggest Cash Crop According to a conservative think tank, agricultural price supports cost American consumers about $27 billion a year by making food more expensive. But that figure omits the government's biggest price support program: the war on drugs. |
Salon.com February 22, 2000 Michael Massing |
The elephant in the room Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. |
Sports Illustrated December 4, 2002 L. Jon Wertheim |
Taking Their Hits Smoking marijuana is fundamental for many professional athletes, even though they're winding up on the blotter pages. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Palmeri & Marois |
The Latest Fiscal Buzz? Medical Marijuana Cities are taxing marijuana dispensaries to trim budget deficits. |
Salon.com August 31, 2000 David Tuller |
Striking down medical marijuana San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 19, 2014 Michael Blanding |
Marketing Marijuana Forget Big Tobacco -- is the era of "Big Marijuana" that far off? |
Reason January 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Data: High Risk Overall, marijuana arrests in the U.S. have increased more than 150% since 1990. |
Reason January 2002 Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Reason March 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Briefly Noted: Pot Mythology "Marijuana is not anti-establishment because it's illegal," writes High Times Executive Editor David Bienenstock in his new book. "It's illegal because it's anti-establishment." |
AskMen.com Stephen Pym |
Pot Stocks On Fire, Lighting Up Market There are several marijuana-related stocks you can buy, across a diverse array of companies ranging from holding companies to services to technology. |
Reason March 2001 Nick Gillespie |
The 13th Step Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies... |
Salon.com January 12, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
Ashcroft's nephew got probation after major pot bust Although his arrest for growing 60 plants could have landed him in federal prison, Alex Ashcroft was tried in state court and avoided jail, despite his uncle's crusade for tougher federal drug laws and mandatory prison sentences. |
AskMen.com October 28, 2000 Joshua Levine |
The Benefits Of Marijuana Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot pasttime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of marijuana lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous drug? |
Salon.com October 12, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Reefer madness America's surreal hypocrisy about recreational drugs has reached the full-blown Dali stage... |
Mother Jones February 2001 Evelyn Nieves |
Half an Ounce of Healing The desperately ill members of a Santa Cruz marijuana club aren't growing pot to get high or make money. They just want to find some relief... |
Salon.com June 13, 2002 Douglas Cruickshank |
"Pot Planet" by Brian Preston A marijuana connoisseur travels around the world seeking out the people who grow, smoke and worship weed -- and the people who try to stop them. |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Up in smoke The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs... |
Chemistry World June 26, 2013 Emma Stoye |
UN report warns of global rise in legal highs The latest World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says governments around the world are struggling to cope with a growing number of legal party drugs. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Ryan Grim |
The Drug Czar's High Math How phony statistics about cocaine prices hide the truth about the war on drugs. |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Bongs Away! How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech |
Fast Company February 2004 |
Pot Proponent Just Says No Medical marijuana's elder statesman is not convinced that the therapeutic benefits of cannabis can be separated from the psychoactive effects -- or that cannabis should be "pharmaceuticalized." |
Salon.com June 2, 2001 Alicia Montgomery |
Three strikes and she's out? Jenna Bush may be facing not only her father's wrath, but a jail sentence under a zero-tolerance law he signed... |
Reason April 2004 Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
Reason May 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Free Will Helping drug war victims... |
AskMen.com |
Is Weed Recession Proof? Machete-wielding police officers have hacked their way through billions of dollars worth of marijuana in the country's top pot-growing states to stave off a bumper crop sprouting in the tough economy. |
Reason June 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition in the U.S. |
Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen |
Dr. Dope's Connection David Watson, the CEO of the Dutch pharmaceutical R&D company Hortapharm, has assembled what is arguably the world's most comprehensive cannabis-seed library. |
AskMen.com August 13, 2001 Bernie Alexander |
The Legalization Of Marijuana Not a day goes by when there is not a discussion about legalizing marijuana. The fact of the matter is that there are many existing factors that would both support and reject legalization... |
Reason January 2006 Jacob Sullum |
That Chemo Cachet Medical marijuana and kids: Hard as it is to believe, it appears that promoting marijuana as a medicine for cancer and AIDS patients does not make it seem cooler to American teenagers. |
Salon.com February 15, 2001 Tom McNichol |
Hey, wanna smoke some Muggles? Whoever came up with the "street" drug names in the White House drug office must have scored some radical Dinkie Dow... |
Salon.com July 16, 2002 Arianna Huffington |
Send the bastards to jail! Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. |
Reason February 2007 Greg Beato |
Pot Clubs in Peril Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA? |
Reason June 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Tainted by Drugs The war on pipes and dancing |
Reason July 2005 |
Quotes and Source Quotes: Al Qaeda is not the most intense threat to your freedom... Getting rid of Microsoft Office wasn't an option... Source: Wondering how your state compares when it comes to cracking down on toking up?... |
Salon.com September 16, 2002 Arianna Huffington |
The latest Bush hypocrisy Gov. Jeb Bush calls for jail time for nonviolent drug offenders as his daughter gets sent to rehab. |