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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. |
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... |
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... |
Reason November 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Follow State Law, Go Directly to Jail The Drug Enforcement Administration has raided more than 60 medical marijuana dispensaries in the last two years. Because the deck is stacked against them, dispensary operators facing federal drug charges typically plead guilty. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Palmeri & Marois |
The Latest Fiscal Buzz? Medical Marijuana Cities are taxing marijuana dispensaries to trim budget deficits. |
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? |
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... |
Reason March 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
One Toke over the Line In effect, the nation's highest court decided that state laws legalizing cannabis for medical use weren't worth a dime bag... |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2010 Sheelah Kolhatkar |
Reefer Sadness for Pot Farmers In Northern California's Humboldt County, small marijuana growers find the legalization of their business could be the worst thing that ever happened to them. |
Fast Company Alex Halperin |
The California-Colorado Cannabis War While California is the largest addressable cannabis market in the USA, the risks associated with setting up there outweighed the benefits. |
Reason July 2009 Jacob Sullum |
DEA Tax Collectors Medical marijuana raids |
Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen |
The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help). |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Bongs Away! How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech |
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. |
Salon.com July 27, 2000 Daniel Forbes |
Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives? |
Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen |
Pipe Dream? Rick Doblin has a prescription for fixing NIDA's ailing medical-marijuana program: establish an alternative. |
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. |
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." |
HBS Working Knowledge November 19, 2014 Michael Blanding |
Marketing Marijuana Forget Big Tobacco -- is the era of "Big Marijuana" that far off? |
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 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. |
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 June 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition in the U.S. |
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. |
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. |
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 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? |
CFO September 1, 2010 Leibs & Tedesco |
"It Wouldn't Matter if It Was Widgets." While there may be no such thing as a typical CFO, it's a safe bet that Richard Cowan is less typical than most. An interview with Richard Cowan, CFO, Cannabis Science Inc. |
Salon.com October 10, 2000 Arthur Allen |
The drug war's Tweedledee Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey? |
Chemistry World February 3, 2015 |
High hopes The multi-target, rebalancing properties of cannabinoids also explains why they show promise as drugs in such a wide variety of conditions. |
Salon.com May 15, 2001 Dan Shapiro |
A nauseating ruling Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer... |
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 22, 2000 Michael Massing |
The elephant in the room Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. |
Chemistry World February 17, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Clinical trials high on list for medical marijuana community The drug's controlled status is continuing to slow efforts to investigate the myriad compounds in the plant. |
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. |
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. |
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 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... |
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... |