New Mexico is in limbo. Once again the State Senate passed a medical marijuana bill and once again the House killed it. SB238 went down 36-33.
So the Senate passed SB523, a slightly different medical marijuana bill. But the New Mexico State Government has only one week left to get this done this […]
Counterpunch is running this article, which argues that it is.
Cannabis for the Wounded
Screaming Chris Mathews and the corporate media would have us believe that it’s only the living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that are deplorable, not the medical care itself. Donna Shalala and Bob Dole have been assigned to investigate the situation. […]
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, DEA spokesperson Sarah Pullen admitted that the DEA chose which Los Angeles dispensaries it would attack in January by focusing on “clinics that were making big money.” Pullen said, “It’s become something we can’t ignore.”
This is a stunning admission.
The Storm Troopers
Since when has the DEA taken […]
A follow up to:
New Mexico moves one step closer to medical marijuana
New Mexico’s Senate Public Affairs Committee recently passed a medical marijuana bill, attempting once again to become the 12th state to allow the herbal medicine. But supporters were measured in their celebration, as previous marijuana bills had made it this far and been […]
In public conversation, marijuana users are regularly guilty of allowing the wrong questions to be asked about marijuana. Questions that allow false assumptions about marijuana or marijuana users should be challenged, but usually aren’t. Today, we’ll touch on a few of these.
Questions like “Why should someone be allowed to smoke marijuana?” assume that […]
The editors at USA Today love Los Angeles. Either that, or they have realized that the word ‘marijuana’ in a mainstream newspaper draws eyes. Bet the latter.
This time they start off with Rev. Scott Imler. Imler helped write and pass Prop 215 in 1996, making medical marijuana a reality in California. […]
The DEA served another search warrant today at West Hollywood Caregivers on Santa Monica Blvd. They would not state if anything was seized or if any arrests were made.
West Hollywood Caregivers was one of the four WeHo medical facilities raided on January 17th.
See this post for more info on the Jan. 17th raids.
Lompoc City Council members are concerned about crime and the health of their citizens. That is their reasoning for outlawing the use of herbal medicine in their jurisdiction.
“Some of these locations have been the scene of robberies, violent assaults and murders,” said Police Chief Tim Dabney.
That is true. Some medical facilities have had […]
In the election of 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had political capital. The Great Depression had touched so many lives that virtually all Americans were hungry for the promises of the New Deal. At the time, concerns about federalism paled in comparison to the hardscrabble existence of the average citizen.
But two states were […]
In the US, employers have the legal right to drug test workers. The rationale seems reasonable enough; employers should be able to require workers to be sober on the job. Yet while they claim to be concerned about impairment, drug testing pursues something else entirely.
Employers do not to screen for prescription drugs such as […]
