legalization

Leah Beckmann · 11/07/12 11:43AM

Colorado legalizes pot. Still, "don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly," warns Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Woman Forced to Remove Pothead T-Shirt at Pothead's Concert

Lauri Apple · 09/18/11 05:46PM

A Nebraska Cannabis Coalition activist who was attending Willie Nelson's concert at the Nebraska State Fair was told by state troopers that she couldn't wear her "Don't Panic, It's Organic" t-shirt because of a vague "fair policy" that doesn't even prohibit pot-themed t-shirts. Or pot-themed musicians, apparently!

We Lost the War on Drugs

Max Read · 06/01/11 11:00PM

A new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an international group that includes former Secretary of State George Schultz, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, finds that the international war on drugs is a big fat failure. (On the part of humans. Drugs seem to be doing A-OK.) "The evidence," the commission writes, "overwhelmingly demonstrates that... the war on drugs has not, and cannot, be won." Well, not with that attitude, guys! [BBC; image via AP]