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The Silly, The Stupid, and The Just Plain False: The Top Ten 'Reefer Madness' Stories of 2011

Russ Belville, NORML. December 30, 2011.

From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.

Is Obama's Drug Policy Worse Than Bush's? The War on Medical Marijuana Escalates

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 8, 2011.

U.S. Attorneys in California have announced a campaign to target medical marijuana, suggesting the beginning of the end for the medical marijuana industry.

2010: Second Biggest Year for Marijuana Arrests in History, Despite Rising Rates of Marijuana Acceptance

Morgan Fox, Marijuana Policy Project. October 2, 2011.

In a disturbing reality, the actions of the law enforcement community do not match public opinion and rational thought.

Suspicious? Department of Justice Denies Guns to Medical Marijuana Patients, and the NRA is Silent

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 28, 2011.

The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms are teaming up to deny medical marijuana users the the 2nd Amendment. For once, the NRA is nowhere to be found.

An Open Letter to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Be a Leader on Medical Marijuana

Douglas Greene, AlterNet. September 2, 2011.

How does Mayor Bloomberg reconcile his administration’s marijuana policies with your quote in support of the Marriage Equality Act.

Why the Marijuana Industry Needs to Get a Lot Greener

Ted Cox, AlterNet. August 25, 2011.

There's a budding movement urging pot growers to ask themselves: How green is your grass? The carbon footprint of the marijuana industry needs to be reduced.

Man Could Face Life in Prison for 3 Grams of Marijuana, While Sex Offenders May Get 5 Years Tops

Russ Belville, NORML. April 4, 2011.

In Montana, passing someone a bowl of your medical marijuana could put you in prison for life.

Feds Push Banks to Spy On Legal Marijuana Dealers

Clarence Walker, Drug War Chronicle. March 20, 2011.

The government has forced banks and financial institutions to enlist as foot soldiers in the war on drugs.

Weedmart: Meet the Entrepreneurs with Plans for Marijuana Superstores and Pot-Focused Reality TV

Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones. March 14, 2011.

Meet the enterprising business upstarts at the vanguard of the pot boom.

ACLU Calls on DEA to Allow Sale of Medical Marijuana

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story. March 9, 2011.

The ACLU has released a brief calling on the DEA to grant research permits for the production of medical cannabis.

Broke? Try Selling Pot

Ted Cox, AlterNet. January 21, 2011.

Young Americans have taken a hard hit in this recession. In California, supplying pot to medical dispensaries offers a lucrative source of cash.

Why California’s Latinos Should Support Proposition 19

Daniel Robelo, AlterNet. October 29, 2010.

Legalizing marijuana will protect the safety and civil rights of the latino community.

Facebook Billionaires, Dr. Bronner's Kick in the Money for Legal Pot in California

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 14, 2010.

The campaign to pass California's Proposition 19, the tax and regulate marijuana legalization initiative, is seeing some good-sized late donations

Andrew Weil: Medical Marijuana's Tremendous Potential for Curing Ailments

Andrew Weil, AlterNet. September 15, 2010.

Cutting through all the government misinformation.

Will California Legalize Pot?

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. July 30, 2010.

With only a few months to go until the election, the campaign to legalize marijuana in California has only $50,000 in cash on hand. The question now is: How can it win?

Why Marijuana Is Central to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Charles Shaw, openDemocracy.net. June 14, 2010.

Inspired by the founders' Federalist Papers, a group of reformers have penned a series of essays exploring the role of cannabinoids in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Marijuana Delivery Services Evade Bans on Dispensaries, Spread Across California

California WatchJune 5, 2010.

A flourishing and unregulated industry of pot delivery services is circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries and bringing medical marijuana directly to Californians' homes.

The Best Chance Yet for Legalizing Marijuana

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. January 4, 2010.

Tax Cannabis 2010 faces hurdles as it prepares for its test on the California ballot next November.

Major Blow to 'War on Drugs': Obama Tells Fed Prosecutors, Don't Waste Your Time with Medical Marijuana Arrests

Allen St. Pierre, NORML. October 19, 2009.

Department of Justice memo formalizes what marijuana advocates had been pushing Obama to do for some time.

5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to Know About Cannabis

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. September 23, 2009.

Recent scientific reports suggest that pot doesn't destroy your brain, that it doesn't cause lung damage like tobacco -- but you won't hear it in the corporate media.

Sgt. Northcutt's Post-Iraq Nightmare: Getting Arrested for Growing Pot

Sgt. Northcutt's Post-Iraq Nightmare: Getting Arrested for Growing Pot

Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's . September 1, 2009.

Phillip Northcutt started legally cultivating medical marijuana to deal with PTSD from fighting in the Iraq. It wasn't long before the police and the courts caught up with him.

Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's . August 28, 2009.

New research shows here seems to be something in pot that actually undermines cancer, instead of causing it. -- and the media are doing their best to ignore it.

Sanjay Gupta: What the Next Surgeon General Doesn't Know About Pot

Russ Belville, NORML. January 8, 2009.

The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that.

Not to Worry -- Concerns About Pot Coffee Houses in Amsterdam Have Gone up in Smoke

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. December 12, 2008.

Despite the bluster of some of its members, the governing coalition in Holland is not going to touch cannabis policy.

How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and 'Dangerous Drugs'

Wendy Chapkis, Richard J. Webb, NYU Press. May 13, 2008.

A history of the battle between politics and science over the use of marijuana as a medicine.

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