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_Jon Gettman Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:12 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7686?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman 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_Jon Gettman Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:02:47 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7578?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman 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_Jon Gettman Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:25:54 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7542?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman The Cannabis Column   It’s the end of the year, when the media focuses on recalling all the great and important developments of the past 12 months. It’s also the time when public interest groups cast about for end-of-year donations, usually by touting their accomplishments. When it comes to the movement to legalize marijuana it’s all about what great progress has been made and how all the activists, interest groups, and leaders have had a real impact on events. …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7447?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:06:06 -0500 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7447?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman The Cannabis Column   November 11th is Veterans Day, which makes this a good time to rally support for Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access (VMCA). This organization is committed to protecting the rights of Veteran patients and health care professionals to have safe and legal access to medical cannabis for appropriate therapeutic uses and to further encourage research on the use of cannabis as a treatment alternative.   Among VMCA’s goals is to ensure that state …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7382?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:24:36 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7382?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman 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_Jon Gettman Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:41:45 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7348?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7294?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:17:57 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7294?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman The Cannabis Column   On July 8th the DEA formally rejected an administrative petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). I prepared and filed this petition in 2002 with the support of several advocacy groups and patients, collectively known as the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC). The petition’s rejection, though, is not the end but the beginning of the battle over marijuana’s regulatory status in the United …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7206?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:17:04 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7206?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7121?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Thu, 26 May 2011 11:59:38 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7121?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7077?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:05:32 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/jgettman/7077?utm_source=rss_section_Jon Gettman Jon Gettman