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Gallup poll: Record number of Americans favor marijuana legalization
Gallup has found that Americans favor marijuana legalization now more than ever. A record-high 50 percent of Americans say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up 4 percent from last year and 14 percent from 2006. Now only 46 percent say marijuana use should remain illegal, according to…
California’s largest doctor group calls for marijuana legalization
The California Medical Association, the state’s largest doctor group, on Friday adopted a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana for medical uses, according to the Los Angeles Times. The group’s support of medical marijuana comes after U.S. prosecutors in California threatened to seize the properties of licensed California marijuana…
Oaksterdam chancellor: Fed crackdown on medical pot a ‘war on patients’
Dale Sky Clare, executive chancellor of the Oaksterdam University in California, on Tuesday warned that the federal government’s crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries could prevent thousands of qualified patients from having safe access to their medicine. In letters received by 16 licensed California dispensaries and their landlords last week, U.S.…
Bill would turn legal drug-related activities overseas into U.S. crimes
The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee has taken a giant step towards limiting the civil liberties of American citizens by approving a bill that, according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, “would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out…
California pot shops ordered to shut down within 45 days
The Obama administration is finally cracking down on the medical marijuana industry, in a big way. In letters received by 16 licensed California dispensaries and their landlords this week, U.S. Attorneys threatened to swoop in and seize the properties if they don’t close up shop within 45 days. The Associated…
Discovery Channel’s marijuana reality show still a go, despite massive tax bill
Despite recently receiving an enormous tax bill from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Oakland’s Harborside Health Center will still be the subject of a Discovery Channel reality show this winter. “As they say, the show must go on,” Joshua Weinberg, Discovery Channel’s vice president of communications, explained in an email…
With latest ruling, IRS threatens to crush the whole medical marijuana industry
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on the verge of shutting down California’s largest medical marijuana dispensary, and with it potentially the entire semi-legal pot industry. The Harborside Health Center in Oakland — which was going to be the subject of a Discovery Channel reality show called “Weed Wars” —…
Federal agency blocks FDA-approved marijuana research for veterans
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has blocked a pilot study to examine the benefits of marijuana for veterans with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was sponsored by the nonprofit research organization the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and would have been conducted by…
ATF shifts blame: It’s Congress fault marijuana users can’t own guns
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) director Mike Sullivan appeared Monday on Fox News to defend a memo sent gun dealers in the United States. He claimed the agency was only following laws passed by Congress. The memo stated that those who use marijuana legally in accordance with their…
Ken Burns: Current political climate resembles prohibition era
Ken Burns — the creator of the recent PBS documentary series Prohibition — told Reason.TV that the current political climate in the United States is very similar to the lead up to alcohol prohibition in the 1920′s, but not because of current drug laws. “Alcohol is used by every culture,…
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