Stories by Steven Wishnia
Steven Wishnia is a New York-based journalist and musician. He is the author of "Exit 25 Utopia" and "The Cannabis Companion."
Posted on May 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Oregon AG candidate Ellen Rosenblum promises to make marijuana enforcement a low priority, but will it affect medical marijuana policy on a national level?
Posted on Apr 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet
After Lawrence v. Texas, the mere mention of “morality” was no longer enough to deny basic constitutional privacy rights.
Posted on Mar 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The law has many problems, including Constitutionality. And while proponents say tax money should not fund drug use, opponents see more sinister stereotyping at work.
Posted on Feb 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet
A battle raging in Vermont over an aging plant may be an important indicator of whether nuclear has had its day.
Posted on Jan 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet
While Americans are becoming increasingly aware of prohibition's consequences, the legalization movement still has many obstacles to overcome.
Posted on Dec 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Since the police commissioner told the NYPD to follow the books on marijuana arrests, all that's changed are the court proceedings that unfairly criminalize thousands.
Posted on Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Obama pardoned three marijuana offenders and commuted the sentence of one crack offender, but the implications of his actions are not as optimistic as they may sound.
Posted on Nov 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Decisions about whether to allow fracking in NY, PA, NJ and DE may be decided in just a few weeks.
Posted on Sep 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Wind and solar sources make up almost half of all new electricity generation in Europe, but we're far behind in the U.S. -- so what gives?
Posted on Aug 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet
There's a lot of science on the books on the question of marijuana's addictive properties, but is the issue too politicized to get any clear answers?
Posted on May 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The previous ten presidents were staunch prohibitionists. Meanwhile, Obama has taken the federal hand off the scale quite a bit.
Posted on Apr 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Author Trish Regan shares her insights on the clean-cut MBAs pursuing the "American Dream" through cannabis entrepreneurship.
Posted on Apr 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
From Michigan to Kentucky the spade work of progressive reformers is paying off.
Posted on Dec 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The political landscape for pot in the Northeast is changing dramatically, with bright prospects in many states.
Posted on Nov 3, 2010, Source: AlterNet
California's pot-legalization initiative went down to defeat last night, but 46 percent of the vote tells advocates like Richard Lee that the future is bright.
Posted on Sep 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Progressives scored big victories in key races, congressional and statewide, in the primaries.
Posted on Aug 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Independent craft brewers have established a significant niche over the last generation in the beer market, in an industry where six companies make 90 percent of the beer.
Posted on Jan 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Combining grassroots organizing, legal action, pressure on the banks and eviction-day sit-ins, activists in East Boston are winning the fight to keep people in their homes.
Posted on Oct 29, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Obama's drug czar has said "legalization" isn't in his vocabulary. Here's why it should be.
Posted on Jul 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.
Posted on Apr 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Let's hope the changes mark the beginning of the end of New York's Rockefeller drug laws.
Posted on Sep 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Enraged by the prospect of $700 billion of their taxes going to speculators, hundreds of protesters hit Wall Street on Thursday.
Posted on Sep 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The "Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics" conference in New York presented an older and wiser psychedelic movement.
Posted on Sep 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war.
Posted on Aug 5, 2008, Source: AlterNet
My grandfathers, like many other illegal immigrants, helped usher in the world's greatest period of working class prosperity.
Posted on May 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet
New study says New York's cannabis crackdown is both racist and fraudulent -- and that more have been arrested under Bloomberg than Giuliani.
Posted on May 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Five signs that pot might become legal soon -- and five reasons why it probably won't.
Posted on Feb 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The Dem candidates have good positions on medical marijuana, but they need to stand up for comprehensive changes in our drug laws.
Posted on Dec 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Bush's pick for a CA prosecutor post of hardliner Joseph Russoniello signals a possible crack down on the state's multi-billion dollar pot industry.
Posted on Jul 1, 2005, Source: AlterNet
I pledge allegiance to the human race, to everyone from Bangladesh to Uganda who wants to make the world a better place, not to the billionaire thugs demanding blind obeisance to their divine dominion.
Posted on Nov 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Two California women are asking the nation's highest court to prevent the federal government from interfering with their medical-marijuana use.
Posted on Nov 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The election results show there is still substantial support for liberalizing the nation's drug laws – just not too far or too fast.
Posted on Oct 22, 2004, Source: Indypendent
In Philadelphia and its suburbs, voters' mix of concerns on issues points to no clear advantage for the candidates. That's where the activists come in to play.
Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The Still We Rise march was about New York City, not the country.
Posted on Jul 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Chelsea, the neighborhood closest to the Republican Convention in New York, is decidedly not Bush country.
Posted on Jun 11, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The mix of Democrats who have criticized the Drug War the most are the ones considered least likely to win. Here's a rundown of pot-minded candidates.
Posted on May 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Moralistic pot foe blows millions in slot machines but the man's fanatical policies live on.
Posted on Apr 3, 2001, Source: In These Times
In spite of mounting evidence of the drug war's failure and a burgeoning movement for reform, Bush's drug policy is likely to be more conservative than compassionate.
