http://hightimes.com en-us 0.4 The number of Americans who use marijuana continues to increase annually. Never has it been clearer that the failed and destructive War on Pot must come to an immediate end.   By Jon Gettman   Marijuana is as popular in the US as it’s ever been. A look back over the last 25 years places the War on Pot in perspective: It really hasn’t changed a thing. Marijuana is still widely used, and efforts to enforce its prohibition are a wasteful, ineffective drain …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7686?utm_source=rss_section_legal Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:12 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7686?utm_source=rss_section_legal Jon Gettman More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/emcdonough/7658?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:26:37 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/emcdonough/7658?utm_source=rss_section_legal Elise McDonough Video, photos, and additional reporting by Jen Bernstein    Boulder has long been the site for pot smokers desirous of lighting up en masse at the University of Colorado at 4:20pm on April 20. This year, however, the school was determined to shut down the outdoor gathering. HIGH TIMES headed to Boulder to investigate.    Traffic signs warning motorists that University of Colorado at Boulder was closed for April 20th (4/20) and that trespassing would not be …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/mike_hughes/7641?utm_source=rss_section_legal Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:13:33 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/mike_hughes/7641?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mike Hughes More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/mmiller/7608?utm_source=rss_section_legal Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:17:07 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/mmiller/7608?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mark Miller More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/mike_hughes/7606?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:09:10 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/mike_hughes/7606?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mike Hughes They know the difference between pot and heroin – even if the Drug Czar doesn’t.   Teens are “just saying no” to alcohol, cigarettes and other dangerous drugs in record numbers. Yet the Drug Czar and the mainstream media only want to talk about pot.   That’s the take-home message from the findings of the 2011 “Monitoring the Future” study. The survey, first instituted in 1975, annually polls the self-reported use of various licit …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/parmentano/7599?utm_source=rss_section_legal Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:02:10 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/parmentano/7599?utm_source=rss_section_legal Paul Armentano Attempts to established “stoned driving” limits in California, Colorado, Washington and elsewhere threaten to target all marijuana users, even those wholly unimpaired.   With marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot in several states this November, lawmakers across the country have begun pushing a new legislative strategy for targeting cannabis users, one with the potential to strip every one of them of their ability to legally operate a motor vehicle, even if …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/bean/7588?utm_source=rss_section_legal Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:15:47 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/bean/7588?utm_source=rss_section_legal Bean The Cannabis Column   Recently, marijuana has received a great deal of media attention. Three stories are currently in the national spotlight – Pat Robertson, Joe Biden, and the California legalization issue. Reformers are excited about Robertson, critical about Biden, and frustrated with recent events in California. Taken together, all three highlight the significant challenges marijuana legalization faces in the future by exposing long-standing faults in the reform …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7578?utm_source=rss_section_legal Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:02:47 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7578?utm_source=rss_section_legal Jon Gettman By Mary Ought Six   After another harrowing battle against brain cancer, three-year-old Cashy Hyde is home with his family, cancer free for the second time and once again thriving beyond all prediction – at least for now. The type of recurring brain tumor that rears its ugly head inside of Cashy’s, leaves him with a 30% chance of living just five more years.     Cashy’s parents, Mike and Kalli Hyde, however, have hope.     In the …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/motte/7570?utm_source=rss_section_legal Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:32:48 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/motte/7570?utm_source=rss_section_legal Mary Otte The Cannabis Column   The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC) recently filed suit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) refusal to reschedule cannabis. The CRC originally filed a petition to have marijuana removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and regulated like other substances with accepted medical use in the United States in 2002. After several years of review, and the …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7542?utm_source=rss_section_legal Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:25:54 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7542?utm_source=rss_section_legal Jon Gettman