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January 2008
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Data: High Risk Overall, marijuana arrests in the U.S. have increased more than 150% since 1990.   |
Reason
March 2003
Jacob Sullum |
High Road Is marijuana a "gateway"? |
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
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
June 29, 2003
Bernie Alexander |
Worldwide Marijuana Sanctions This article explores the way the justice systems of different countries, such as the Netherlands, Mexico and Thailand, deal with crimes involving marijuana |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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? |
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
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?... |
Reason
January 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Medicinal Grass Despite marijuana's low toxicity and long history of medicinal use, federal law puts it in a highly restrictive category. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to correct this anomaly, medical marijuana activists are trying a less direct approach. |
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
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. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Brian Doherty |
Weed Control: Feds make bad dealers Marijuana research in the United States is dominated by a lone, big-muscled monopolist: the federal government. |
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
February 22, 2000
Michael Massing |
The elephant in the room Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. |
Salon.com
April 20, 2001
Daniel Forbes |
Bush's new drug czar? John Walters, a hard-line drug warrior, is the leading candidate to replace Barry McCaffrey. Advocates say he's a throwback to the bad old days of Bill Bennett... |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 19, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Marketing Marijuana Forget Big Tobacco -- is the era of "Big Marijuana" that far off? |
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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. |
Salon.com
March 23, 2001
James Pinkerton |
If Jenna Bush is a pothead, is it news? The media has been silent about the National Enquirer's recent allegation that the first daughter is a marijuana user. Is the press giving the drug war's commander in chief a break? |
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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. |
CRM
July 2015
Marshall Lager |
Growing a New Market Business development for a different kind of cloud that includes marijuana. |
Reason
January 2002
Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
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. |
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
October 12, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Reefer madness America's surreal hypocrisy about recreational drugs has reached the full-blown Dali stage... |
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. |
Reason
December 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Drugs and Thugs The U.S. Subsidy for Terrorists: "going after the illegal drug trade" is what allows terrorists to fund their operations with profits inflated by prohibition... |
Salon.com
January 31, 2001
Chris Colin |
Doctor's orders: Get high A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality... |
Salon.com
August 18, 2000
Fred Branfman |
"The drug war is a dismal failure" Bill Maher calls for legalization, and says parents should drug-test their kids if they want to. A talk with the man who defines politically incorrect. |
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. |
Reason
March 2001
Nick Gillespie |
The 13th Step Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies... |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Virtually NORML Gov. Gary Johnson comes to Washington hoping to find converts to his anti-drug war crusade. He leaves one frustrated man... |
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... |
AskMen.com
Joel Balsam |
Weed In The NFL On the cusp of the most popular viewing event of the year, the Super Bowl, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is talking about marijuana. Why? |
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In The Red? Maybe Weed Can Help A pro-marijuana group was set to launch another television bid to legalize pot in California -- this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state's massive budget deficit. |
Salon.com
March 27, 2000
Fiona Morgan |
"Humanitarian cease-fire" in the war on drugs A Maine sheriff wants the Legislature to let authorities dole out confiscated pot to people who need medicinal marijuana. |
Reason
January 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Critical Defect The New York Times just says no to its own journalistic integrity with a recent "educational" handout that regurgitates drug-war propaganda. |
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. |
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
November 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Spliff Split Candidates on marijuana: The U.S. House of Representatives once again rejected a measure aimed at stopping the DEA's interference with the therapeutic use of cannabis in the 12 states where it's legal. |
Inc.
November 2004
Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: Just Say Yes How a drug-testing policy that sounds tough can turn into a lifeline for some. |
