Lying to kids doesn't send the right message. Prohibitionists were outraged by President Obama's recent observation that marijuana is safer than alcohol—not because it is not true but because it contradicts the central myth underlying public support for the war on drugs. According to that myth, certain psychoactive substances are ... MORE
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How Americans Can Kill ObamaCare: Legalize Pot
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds. In his excellent book, Two Cheers For Anarchism, Professor James Scott writes: One need not have an actual conspiracy to achieve the practical effects of a conspiracy. More regimes have been brought, piecemeal, to their knees by what was once called 'Irish Democracy,' the silent, dogged resistance, withdrawal, ... MORE
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Nick Gillespie: Obama's Last Chance For A Legacy
Ending the war on pot. Obama says he doesn’t want to end up a forgotten, no-name president. His refreshingly frank comments on marijuana legalization suggest a big way he could make that happen. David Remnick’s new, long profile of President Barack Obama in The New Yorker
is filled with all sorts of revelatory tidbits, none more ... MORE
Advocates Lay Groundwork For Pot Legalization In Mass.
by Joshua Miller. Advocates of marijuana legalization, emboldened by successes with ballot questions in Colorado and Washington state, are laying the groundwork for such a battle in Massachusetts in the next presidential election year. “In 2016, Massachusetts will find itself in the crosshairs for cannabis reform,” said Allen St. Pierre, ... MORE
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Pot Legalization Hurts Policing For Profit Practices Bigtime
by Zusha Elinson, WSJ. A drug task force in Washington's Snohomish County has historically been funded in part by cash, cars, houses and other assets seized from marijuana purveyors. But with recreational pot becoming legal in the state, this funding is going up in smoke. Snohomish's 22-officer drug-fighting operation, one of ... MORE
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David Harsanyi: Opposing Things Without Banning Them
A case for persuasion over force. As a Denver Post columnist from 2004-11, I spent a considerable amount of time writing pieces advocating the legalization of pot. So I was happy when Colorado became one of the first to decriminalize small amounts of "recreational" marijuana. I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically ... MORE
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Marijuana Legalization In Alaska Gets One Step Closer
by Hunter Stuart. Alaska just got one step closer to fully legalizing marijuana. But ultimately, like in Colorado and Washington, it will be voters who make the final call. Activists in Anchorage delivered a petition with over 45,000
signatures to Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Wednesday, organizers
confirmed to The Huffington Post ... MORE
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Jacob Sullum: Pathetic Pot Prohibitionists
The intellectual poverty of war on pot revealed. On Monday, less than a week after Colorado's state-licensed
marijuana shops
began serving recreational consumers, the anti-pot group
Project SAM thanked three
public figures who "have galvanized our movement." One of them was
Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair, The New ... MORE
Driver Arrested; Has Compartment That Could Store Drugs
Robby Soave reports on drug war tyranny. Civil libertarians are criticizing Ohio police for arresting a driver because his car contained a compartment that could theoretically store illegal drugs, though no drugs were found at that time. The driver, 30-year-old Norman Gurley of Michigan, was pulled over for speeding. A highway patrolman ... MORE
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America's First Marijuana Stores Open In Colorado
Rocky Mountain high gets a new meaning. America's first retail stores selling marijuana open for business in
Colorado on Wednesday, putting the western state in the vanguard of the
country's evolving attitudes on legalizing the drug. Officials in the state famous for its ski resorts and breathtaking
mountain vistas have issued 348 retail ... MORE
Uruguay May Have Started Marijuana Legalization Storm
The idea is spreading in Latin America. It’s barely been a month since Uruguay moved to legalize marijuana, and yet the effects of the decision are already being felt well outside of its borders. Neighboring Argentina, a long-time proponent of keeping marijuana illegal, gave its first indication that Uruguay’s pivot has tempted it to at least ... MORE
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Poll Finds Falling Resistance To Marijuana Legalization
by Jacob Sullum. A new A.P. poll finds that the number of Americans who oppose marijuana legalization has fallen dramatically in the last few years. In a survey completed last week, 29 percent of respondents said they opposed “legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use,” compared to 55 percent ... MORE
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Greg Beato: The Benefits Of Unregulated Pot
The domesticating influence of capitalism. Last September the Washington State Liquor Control Board published a 43-page list of proposed guidelines for the sale of recreational marijuana. A few days later, Colorado issued an even longer set of rules, 136 densely packed pages in all. In the realm of legal, commercialized cannabis, ... MORE
Uruguay Becomes 1st Country To Legalize Marijuana Trade
By Malena Castaldi and Felipe Llambias, Reuters. Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization. A government-sponsored bill approved by 16-13 votes in the Senate provides ... MORE
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2014: Another Chance To Legalize Pot In California
Where to sign the petition in California. Possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California is an
“infraction” punishable by a $100 fine. In other words, state law
treats pot smoking as a transgression akin to jaywalking or fishing
without a license. Yet growing and selling marijuana are felonies
that can send you to prison for years. ... MORE
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The War On Pot Is Over! (If Obama Wants It)
by Nick Gillespie. Years from now, 2013 isn’t going to remembered as the year when Obamacare went down faster than a Clinton-era White House intern, President Rand Paul made a name for himself by filibustering against drone strikes and secret kill lists, or Miley Cyrus twerked onstage as sexily as a Rhesus monkey with electrodes ... MORE
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