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Pot Prisoners
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Bolivia: Mass Prisoner Pardon to Relieve Overcrowding
On Christmas Eve, Bolivian President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners held in facilities across the country—part of his ongoing effort to…
December 27, 2016
How to Cut the Prison Population, Save Billions of Dollars & Keep America Safe
We have a prison problem in this country, and we need to talk about it. We have way…
December 12, 2016
President Obama’s Drug War Commutations Surpass 1,000
Continuing with his campaign of clemency for federal drug offenders who were imprisoned under outdated sentencing laws, last week President Barack…
November 29, 2016
Obama Commutes Sentences of 42 Drug War POWs
Last week, President Barack Obama announced that he had commuted the sentences of 42 inmates convicted of drug offenses as…
June 7, 2016
6 Things YOU Can Do for Cannabis Prisoners
As you go about celebrating the holidays this year, take a moment out of your busy schedule to…
December 14, 2015
Denver, New York City Police Chiefs Join Call to End Mass Imprisonment
Some of the nation’s most prominent law enforcement officials were in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, calling for the…
October 22, 2015
Jeff Mizanskey Released From Prison
Friends and family of Jeff Mizanskey gathered outside the Jefferson City Correctional Center at around 7 am in…
September 1, 2015
High Times Launches Petition to Free Pot Prisoners
The time has come to release the long-suffering prisoners of the war on marijuana. It is absurd that…
April 17, 2015
Philly Police Ignore Decrim, 264 Arrests This Month
Despite a vote by the Philadelphia City Council to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, law enforcement officials say…
July 22, 2014