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_ Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:12 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7686?utm_source=rss_section_ Jon Gettman 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_ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:02:10 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/parmentano/7599?utm_source=rss_section_ Paul Armentano The Cannabis Column   At an October 7 press conference federal prosecutors announced an ambitious and far-reaching crackdown on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries.   In a carefully crafted strategy the federal government is not targeting medical marijuana use or the non-profit supply of marijuana to patients. Instead the focus of federal policy has been placed on what they describe as an abuse of state law in California in order to profitably sell marijuana …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7348?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:41:45 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7348?utm_source=rss_section_ Jon Gettman 2012 National Drug Control Strategy (which serves as …More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7334?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:16:05 -0400 http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7334?utm_source=rss_section_ Mark Miller More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7285?utm_source=rss_section_ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:42:36 -0400 http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7285?utm_source=rss_section_ Mark Miller By Paul Armentano   The federal government appears incapable of telling the truth when it comes to marijuana or marijuana policy. The Drug Czar’s latest lie: that the increasing public discourse acknowledging the inherent failures of pot prohibition is stimulating marijuana use in teens.   “If young people don’t really perceive that [marijuana] is dangerous or of any concern, it usually means there’ll be an uptick in the number of kids who are using. …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7236?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:09:47 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7236?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin Confusing …More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/7192?utm_source=rss_section_ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:36:43 -0400 http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/7192?utm_source=rss_section_ Mike Hughes More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/7122?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 25 May 2011 18:31:39 -0400 http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/7122?utm_source=rss_section_ Mike Hughes More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6859?utm_source=rss_section_ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:19:46 -0500 http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6859?utm_source=rss_section_ Mike Hughes More]]> http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6223?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:29:36 -0500 http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6223?utm_source=rss_section_ Mike Hughes