The administration is prioritizing drug arrests and trampling on state medical marijuana laws while not doing enough to reduce the harms of drug addiction and misuse.
Only two of the four seem to have any chance of success this year, but if one or both makes the ballot, the Pacific Northwest could soon be a hot spot for marijuana law reform.
Limbaugh is losing advertisers fast after calling law student Sandra Fluke a "slut"--but bad behavior is nothing new for Rush. Here are five of his worst moments.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 23, 2012.
A meeting of marijuana initiative leaders in California revealed that nearly every campaign is in serious trouble if it doesn't get a large cash injection -- and soon.
Ana Marie Cox, Comment Is Free. February 19, 2012.
Most Republicans like to talk about contraception and sexuality without actually talking about sex. Santorum seems to revel in it--and it freaks the GOP out.
Zachary Pleat, Leslie Rosenberg, Kevin Zieber, Media Matters for America. February 16, 2012.
Cable news channels hosted only one expert on public health last week to talk about contraception. By contrast, they had 300 politicians or religious authorities.
Republicans would have had no opportunity to raise this issue if America had a single-payer healthcare system instead of the current employer-based structure.
In the last year, the anti-abortion movement has become more open about its antiwoman, anti-sex goals--and the pro-choice movement has found some unlikely allies.
