http://hightimes.com en-us 0.4 Random student drug testing is an epic failure.   In recent years, the US Department of Education has awarded tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to fund controversial student drug-testing programs in public high schools. The result? Teens who attend schools with “suspicionless” drug-screening programs possess fewer civil liberties than their peers – and are no less likely to use illicit substances.   The most recent assessment, published in the …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7406?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:22:37 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7406?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7371?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:46:23 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7371?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin A new Supreme Court decision depletes our rights even more.   By Allen St. Pierre   In a case decided in May, Kentucky v. King, the US Supreme Court ruled that cops who smell marijuana coming from your home can break down the door and arrest you – just so long as they knock first and claim to have heard you destroying evidence.   They don’t need a search warrant or probable cause, either. Today in America, police can now …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7322?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:09:13 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7322?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin 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 More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7186?utm_source=rss_section_ Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:22:48 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7186?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7099?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 11 May 2011 17:51:02 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7099?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Allen St. Pierre   Nothing has dogged cannabis-law reformers more during this 40-year-old civil-justice movement than the unjustified but politically damaging charge that legalizing marijuana will put children in danger. Naturally, the government has been all too eager to hype parental concerns about legalizing this mildly psychoactive herb as a way to keep its failed policy of cannabis prohibition viable decades beyond the dozen or so years that alcohol prohibition …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7065?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:05:59 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/7065?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Allen St. Pierre and Russ Belville             Despite falling short – 54 to 46 percent – on Election Day, California’s historic Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 (better known as Prop. 19) came closer than any effort in history to legalizing cannabis for all adults. It also helped push our movement forward in five distinct ways:   1) Prop. 19 helped launch a nationwide discussion and …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6966?utm_source=rss_section_ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:41:52 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6966?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Allen St. Pierre    In the marijuana law reform movement, women, minorities and senior citizens are woefully underrepresented at both public events and on organizations’ membership rolls. NORML is deeply committed to reaching out to these vital but underserved cannabis constituencies. That’s why, last year, the NORML Woman’s Alliance was launched to help address the unique concerns of female cannabis consumers and fully engage them in the marijuana …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6880?utm_source=rss_section_ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:53:21 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6880?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Allen St. Pierre   The recent federal raid and arrest of THC Ministry founder Roger Christie in Hawaii is the cautionary tale of a questionable business model used to fund public-interest advocacy, as well as the legal jeopardy inherent in trying to game the American criminal-justice system. Christie, a self-styled “minister” from Hawaii, founded the THC Ministry in the 1990s based on the incorrect assumption that citizens organized as a church or religious …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6814?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:00:38 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/6814?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin