legalization
For The First Time, Majority of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization
Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/05/13 08:33AMSeattle News Station Gets Three People Super High, Puts Them Behind the Wheel to See How Well They Drive
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/18/13 12:34PMWith Washington having recently become the first of two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, the local government has been tasked with determining how high a person can be before they are considered to be "driving under the influence."
Miss America Contestant Opposes All Marijuana Use That Isn't Recreational or Medicinal
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/14/13 09:30AMMiss Iowa Mariah Cary (yup) might have been taking some of her own confusing advice when she responded to a question about Marijuana legalization by saying the drug should only be used recreationally and medicinally.
Washington Is Officially a Conservative Nightmare: Pot, Same-Sex Marriage Legal in the State Starting Today
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/06/12 09:37AMProsecutors in Washington Dismiss Dozens of Marijuana Cases in Response to Legalization
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/12/12 12:47PMLeah Beckmann · 11/07/12 11:43AM
Pro-Pot Lawmaker Goes In On DEA Admin for Equivocating on Simple Question Concerning Marijuana Health Risks
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/21/12 01:50PMAt a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing held today to conduct Drug Enforcement Administration oversight, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) — a major proponent of marijuana legalization — tried for several minutes to get an answer from DEA administrator Michele Leonhart on the relative severity of marijuana compared to other Schedule I narcotics.
Even Governors Now Begging Feds to Chill Out About Weed
Max Read · 11/30/11 06:26PMRecord-High 50 Percent of Americans Support Legalizing Weed
Max Read · 10/17/11 05:59PMWoman Forced to Remove Pothead T-Shirt at Pothead's Concert
Lauri Apple · 09/18/11 05:46PMA 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 11:00PMA 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]