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DEA Denies Science on Medical Marijuana—Again!
Oops, he did it again. Acting DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg reiterated his oft-voiced opinion on recently that “marijuana is not medicine.” The Washington Examiner reported that he told…
June 8, 2017
California Assembly Passes Cannabis ‘Sanctuary State’ Bill
Portending an unprecedented showdown with federal power, last week, California’s State Assembly approved a bill that would bar state and…
June 7, 2017
High Court Limits Seizure of Drug Conspiracy Assets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is placing new limits on the government’s ability to seize assets from…
June 7, 2017
Obama Administration Wanted to Decriminalize Marijuana
President Obama’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was on the verge of pushing for nationwide marijuana…
May 31, 2017
DEA Chief: ‘Marijuana Is Not Medicine… It’s a Joke’
At an event yesterday at the Cleveland Clinic concerning “Our Nation’s Opioid Epidemic,” acting head of the U.S.…
May 30, 2017
Zealous Prosecutor Leading Review of Violent Crime in Cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A zealous prosecutor who was crucial in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher…
May 30, 2017
Jeff Sessions’ Phony Marijuana War
On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, America’s cheerful white-hooded Smeagol, was in Memphis selling his vision of the…
May 26, 2017
Pot Legalization Has Little Effect on Neighboring States
Aside from increases in adult marijuana possession arrests in border counties, a new working paper from the National Bureau of…
May 24, 2017
Feds Admit Marijuana May Treat Opiate Crisis
For now, the United States is still (mostly) a free country, and people are (within limits) allowed to…
May 23, 2017
Jeff Sessions Intent on Including Medical Pot in His Sinister War on Drugs
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had all of us worried for a while now. Each sigh of relief…
May 16, 2017