Credit where credit is due. On October 31, 1996, the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office, which
serves a largely rural area in Michigan's thumb, got a call from a local
resident who said he was concerned about his neighbor, Darrell Hayden.
No one had heard from Hayden for several days, the man said, and his
horses were wandering down Argyle Road. The ... MORE
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Jacob Sullum: Obama Frees Drug War Prisoners
Credit where credit is due. On October 31, 1996, the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office, which
serves a largely rural area in Michigan's thumb, got a call from a local
resident who said he was concerned about his neighbor, Darrell Hayden.
No one had heard from Hayden for several days, the man said, and his
horses were wandering down Argyle Road. The ... MORETom Knapp: J-U-R-Y does not spell 'rubber stamp'
It's getting harder to prosecute victimless crimes. Break out the world’s smallest violin for prosecutors in Alachua County, Fla. They’re having problems finding citizens who will jail other citizens for marijuana possession. In one recent case it took hours to weed out (pun intended) prospective jurors who didn’t think marijuana should be illegal. ... MOREThese 8 States Could Be Next For Marijuana Legalization
by Andrew Meola. The times, they are a-changin' for marijuana, as longtime prohibition laws risk going up in flames. The New York Times advocated for legalization of pot at a national level last
year, arguing that the "social costs" of the current prohibition laws
are vast -- unreasonable prison sentences, a judicial system skewed
against minority ... MOREHow Weed Will Eventually Become Legal In The U.S.
by Josh Voorhees. A trio of high-profile senators this week unveiled a package of drug reforms
that would effectively end the federal war on medical marijuana once
and for all. The bill, from Republican Rand Paul and Democrats Cory
Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, wouldn’t legalize medical weed across the
country, but it would remove ... MORE
Marijuana Federalism Is Principled And Popular
by Jacob Sullum. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month, Ted Cruz responded to a question about marijuana legalization in Colorado by endorsing a federalist approach to the issue. "I actually think this is a great embodiment of what Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called 'the laboratories of democracy,'" the Texas ... MORE
Historic Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Introduced
by Niraj Chokshi. Rand Paul is a co-sponsor. The historic medical marijuana bill a trio of senators plan to unveil on Tuesday has a bit of something for everyone. The bill, which activists describe as a first for the Senate, would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana and implement a number of critical reforms that advocates of ... MORERadley Balko: Another Day, Another Drug War Fatality
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Pot suspect shot in the face by cops in his own home. Meet Derek Cruice, your latest collateral damage in the drug war:A
deputy shot and killed an unarmed man while attempting to serve a
narcotics search warrant in Deltona, according to the Volusia County
Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said deputies were entering the
home on Maybrook ... MOREDEA Warns Of Stoned Rabbits If Utah Approves Medical Pot
The new face of marijuana addiction. Utah is considering a bill
that would allow patients with certain debilitating conditions to be
treated with edible forms of marijuana. If the bill passes, the state's
wildlife may "cultivate a taste" for the plant, lose their fear of
humans, and basically be high all the time. That's according to testimony ... MOREA Majority Favors Marijuana Legalization For First time, According To The Nation’s Most Authoritative Survey
by Christopher Ingraham. For the first time, the General Social Survey
-- a large, national survey conducted every two years and widely
considered to represent the gold standard for public opinion research --
shows a majority of Americans favoring the legalization of marijuana. In
interviews conducted between March and October of last year ... MORETexas Sees First Bill To Fully Repeal Marijuana Prohibition
by Mark Wiggins. A Northeast Texas lawmaker says it's time to end the state's nearly century-old prohibition on marijuana, and has filed the first bill to do so in at least 50 years. State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) filed House Bill 2165 Monday, which would strike all references to marijuana from Texas statues. Digital records ... MOREMarijuana May Be Even Safer Than Previously Thought
by Christopher Ingraham. Compared to other recreational drugs -- including alcohol --
marijuana may be even safer than previously thought. And researchers may
be systematically underestimating risks associated with alcohol use. Those are the topline findings of recent research published in the journal Scientific Reports, a subsidiary ... MOREL.L. Braiser: The Law That Allows Cops To Raid Homes, Steal Money & Seize Property From The Innocent, Elderly
The state of the American police state. Thomas Williams was alone that November morning in 2013 when police raided his rural St. Joseph County home, wearing black masks, camouflage and holding guns at their sides. They broke down his front door with a battering ram. "We think you're dealing marijuana," they told Williams, a 72-year-old, retired ... MOREJonah Bennett: Legal US Weed Is Killing The Drug Cartels
The free market will always defeat the black market. The growth of the U.S. marijuana industry has devastated drug cartels
in Mexico, evidenced by fewer seizures of cannabis at the border and,
according to Mexican security forces, a drop in total homicides and
domestic marijuana production rates. Mexican drug cartels ... MOREVermont Could Be Next State To Legalize Recreational Pot
by Matt Ferner. Vermont could become the first state in history to legalize recreational marijuana via state legislature with a new bill submitted Tuesday that aims to end prohibition of the plant. Senate Bill 95
would legalize the possession, use and sale of recreational marijuana
in the state for those 21 and older. Adult residents could possess ... MORECongressman Blasts San Francisco Medical Pot Prosecutions
by David Downs. Calling out the feds. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher blasted San Francisco’s local U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Sunday, saying she was “breaking the law” in her attempts to seize major Bay Area dispensaries Harborside Health Center and Berkeley Patients Group. The libertarian-leaning Republican from Huntington Beach has ... MOREJacob Sullum: 'Drugged' Drivers Who Aren't
What if the risk ratio is statistically insignificant? Last year, during a congressional
hearing on the threat posed by stoned drivers, a
representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) was asked how many crash fatalities are
caused by marijuana each year. "That's difficult to say," replied
Jeff Michael, NHTSA's ... MOREBill Bennett's Confusing Defense of Pot Prohibition
by Jacob Sullum. An old statist looks to defend the status quo. “With marijuana,” declare William J. Bennett and Robert A. White in Going to Pot,
their new prohibitionist screed, “we have inexplicably suspended all
the normal rules of reasoning and knowledge.” You can’t say they didn’t
warn us. The challenge for Bennett, a former drug czar and ... MOREPot Is Making Colorado So Much Money The State May Have To Give Some Of Its $50 Million Windfall To Taxpayers
by David McCormack. Colorado has generated so much money from recreational pot taxes that the state is bound by law to pass some of the tax money directly on to residents. Voters legalized marijuana in 2012 on the understanding that revenue raised would go to schools, but a 1992 voter-approved constitutional amendment means some of the ... MOREJacob Sullum: Jurors Can't Know Pot Growers Are Patients
Federal prosecutors determined to hide the truth. Imagine you are a juror in the federal trial of five people charged with growing and distributing marijuana in northeastern Washington. The prosecution cannot present any direct evidence that the defendants sold marijuana to anyone, and the defendants say they were growing all 74 plants ... MORE
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