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On AlterNet: cannabis

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cannabis"

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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.