In a raid that used a military-style helicopter, the Massachusetts National Guard and State Police descended onto the property of an 81-year-old grandmother to seize a single marijuana plant she was growing for medicine. According to reports, South Amherst resident Margaret Holcomb said she was growing the plant in her raspberry patch across the fence from […]
The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Class Warfare
This is the fourth and final article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and class warfare. Read Part ONE, “Theft“, Part TWO “Rape” and Part THREE “Murder”. State-Sanctioned Class Warfare I’ve already discussed how civil asset forfeiture funnels resources from the poor to law enforcement, but the War on […]
Researchers Boast DEA Approval Of Smoked Cannabis Study For PTSD As A Breakthrough
The passing of 2016’s unofficial cannabis holiday, 4/20, brought with it encouraging news from the DEA. America’s prohibition dragon head approved the study of medical benefits from smoking gunja. These developments suggest a shift in some extremely outdated perceptions to which many in government continue to cling. It wasn’t long ago that the Drug Enforcement […]
DEA To Consider Rescheduling Cannibis As The World Opens Up To Drug Reform
With prohibition’s political utility eroding away into nothing, even the Drug Enforcement Administration must adapt. Perhaps that’s why the DEA’s recent commitment, to decide on whether cannabis should be rescheduled, excites many. These new developments come as officials begin to push for global reform, and once outlawed research flourishes. Before the first half of 2016 […]
Drug War Don Don: US To Push For Drug Decriminalization At Upcoming UN Assembly
Relatively few people truly grasp the global ramifications wrought by US drug prohibition. Whether it’s how foreign police forces handle drug laws or scientists researching outlawed compounds, prohibitory tentacles stretch far and wide. Recent hints from Washington that the US may appeal for progressive drug reform at an upcoming UN assembly, however, have stirred the world. […]
Mass. Supreme Court Rules Police Cannot Make Stops For Marijuana Possession
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot preform vehicle stops based solely on the suspicion that motorists are in possession of marijuana. In the the 5-2 ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court primarily cited a 2008 legislative measure that decriminalized possession of less than an ounce of the drug to a civil violation punishable […]
Marijuana: From Full Prohibition To Total Legalization in Ohio
Ohio could be the first state to go from full prohibition to full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. According to a post in The Stoners Cookbook: 87% of Ohio Voters Believe Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal But the amendment to the November ballot is not without pitfalls. Opponents of ResponsibleOhio, The PAC that […]
