The US Federal Government has been waging war against us for over seventy years. Since the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act in 1937, marijuana has been considered an enemy of society. In 1969, President Nixon declared war on this enemy. Like all wars, the enemy has been demonized with such success […]
Some of us have been members of the Democratic Party for a long time. With the 2008 election season approaching, it is a good time to take a look at our own politics as we evaluate those of the candidates we consider.
There is an all-too-common belief among marijuana smokers that the Democratic Party is […]
Bob Barr is working for the Marijuana Policy Project.
Dana Rohrabacher is working with Maurice Hinchey to demand that the feds stop targeting sick Americans.
And the only pro-marijuana candidate on the 2008 ticket is Republican Ron Paul.
Now Republican Sen. Bill Mescher of South Carolina joins a growing list of Republicans speaking out for medical […]
The U.S. Army, in a search for “nonlethal incapacitating agents,” tested cannabis-based drugs on GI volunteers throughout the 1960s according to Dr. James Ketchum, the psychiatrist who led the classified research program at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.
Ketchum retired as a colonel in 1976 and lives in Santa Rosa. He has written a memoir, “Chemical Warfare: […]
In 2005, President Bush gave a speech at the San Diego Naval Air Station in which he compared the struggle against terrorism to World War II. If he is right, President Bush should be considering how he can use marijuana. (Yes…again.)
Back then, Slate.com reported:
The clear claims of this speech: Bin Laden and Zarqawi = […]
San Diego, California is a bizarre city. The residents are some of the most laid-back, pot-friendly folks in Southern California. The government, on the other hand, is nuts. Reyes was fighting them here in January.
We touched on this in “San Diego District Attorney thinks SD is for sicherheitsdienst.” (The security service of […]
Medical Use of Marijuana Should Be Legalized
By Montel Williams
Illinois — You probably know me as a talk show host and, perhaps, as
someone who for several years has spoken out about my use of medical
marijuana for the pain caused by multiple sclerosis. That surprised a few
people, but recent research has proved that I was right: right […]
Einstein once stated that insanity was the act of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By his definition, the entire drug war is one giant act of insanity.
One of the legacies of the drug war is the irrational attitude towards drugs among elected police officials. It is always considered safe […]
The United States is trying to remake the world. If there is one thing that the American government learned from September 11, it is that most of the world doesn’t govern properly. America tried to lead by example but the world was too dumb to follow, so the US has been forced to […]
Prohibitionists often make the claim that marijuana law reform is essentially a fight to get high.
They call medical marijuana an “excuse” or a “Trojan horse.”
They claim that the religious use of marijuana is “a smokescreen by people who just want to get stoned.”
Even the publication of new scientific research or landmark court cases is often […]
