by Todd Campbell. California and Florida could both be liberated by next year. Marijuana advocates have been gaining momentum in states that have yet to legalize marijuana, but supporters and those interested in the legalization efforts are undeniably watching most closely to see what happens in California and Florida. Those two states have different ... MORE
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59 Million More Americans Could Access Marijuana In 2016
by Todd Campbell. California and Florida could both be liberated by next year. Marijuana advocates have been gaining momentum in states that have yet to legalize marijuana, but supporters and those interested in the legalization efforts are undeniably watching most closely to see what happens in California and Florida. Those two states have different ... MOREJacob Sullum: Did Marijuana Make Him Do It?
What passes for the prohibitionist's cautionary tale. Between 1911, when Massachusetts became the first state to ban marijuana, and 1937, when Congress made pot prohibition the law of the land, cannabis acquired a reputation as a "killer drug" that drove people to irrational acts of violence. Since 2012, when Colorado became the first state ... MOREDon’t Forget The Jury’s Power To Rule On Moral Grounds
by James Weeks II. In recent years, many people have fallen victim to government tyranny, everything from drug offenses to tax resisters. Historically, going back to the Magna Carta, it has been the job of the jury to stand in the way of government tyranny and judge the law as well as the case. Jury nullification was used to deny convictions ... MOREMarijuana Legalization: Disaster or Catastrophe?
by Jacob Sullum. Drug warriors are desperate to make repeal of pot prohibition look like a mistake. In 2012 Coloradans approved Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use, by avote of 55 percent to 45 percent. Last February a Quinnipiac University poll found that 58 percent of Colorado voters supported that decision, while 38 ... MOREJohn Stossel: Law And Border
How many wars can we fight? Our presidential candidates demand "stronger action" against both illegal immigration and illegal drugs. But those goals conflict. The War on Drugs makes border enforcement much harder! America's 44-year-long Drug War hasn't made a dent in American drug use or the supply of illegal drugs. If it had some positive ... MORELearn About Jury Nullification: Medical Marijuana Patient Could Spend Close To 100 Years In Prison For Pot Charges
by Maria Ines Taracena. The thought of possibly spending close to 100 years in prison terrifies Kyle Catlin. But he's mostly concerned about his mom. She's not in the best of
health. If something were to happen to her, "I may not even be allowed
to leave prison to go to my mom's funeral, and that's super fucked up,"
he says. "I'm probably not gonna ... MOREVIDEO FLASHBACK: War On Drugs Is A Failure (2013)
Featuring Ron Paul, Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee.
Jacob Sullum: 5 Popular Drugs Scares Vs. Reality -- The Disconnect Between Drug Use And Public Alarm About It
Dangerous drug use is on the decline. Last year I noted the disconnect between rising public alarm about methamphetamine and falling rates of use. By 2005, when Newsweek identified "The Meth Epidemic" as "America's New Drug Crisis" in a sensational cover story, illicit methamphetamine use had been declining for years. A new ... MOREKatherine Mangu-Ward: Plastic Bags Are Good
Another thing prohibitionists get wrong. Here is a list of things that are thicker than a typical plastic grocery bag: A strand of hair. A coat of paint. A human cornea. High-density polyethylene is a miracle of materials science. Despite weighing less than 5 grams, one bag can hold 17 pounds, well over 1,000 times its own weight. At about a penny ... MOREJacob Sullum: Where Can You Smoke Legal Pot?
Out from the shadows. When the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts unveiled the text of its 2016 legalization initiative this month, the group highlighted several features of the measure but omitted the most interesting one. The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act would allow consumption of cannabis ... MOREClaire Bernish: What Happened When Gloucester, Mass. Stopped Arresting Drug Addicts, And Offered Help Instead
Government as public servants, what a novel idea. Situated on the coast of Massachusetts, Gloucester’s claims to fame include its status as “America’s original seaport,” as well as being the real-life location on which events in the movie The Perfect Storm (2000) were based. Now, the small town has a new reason to be the center of attention: ... MOREThese 17 States Could Have Legalized Marijuana Soon
by Kyle Jaeger. A marijuana legalization initiative in Ohio received enough signatures
to get on the November 2015 ballot, Secretary of State Jon Husted
announced on Tuesday, much to the excitement of the measure's pro-pot
supporters. If it passes, Ohio will become the fifth state (plus the
District of Columbia) to allow people 21 or older to ... MOREAugur Could Be The Greatest Gambling Platform In History. Is There Anything The Government Can Do To Stop It?
by Jim Epstein. The wisdom of the crowds. An online gambling platform could do to the neighborhood bookie what electric refrigerators did to the ice delivery man. Coming this fall, Augur will allow participants to wager money on any future event of their choosing. Software will set the odds, collect the bets, and disperse the winnings. The price alone ... MORE
Drug War Update - Jacob Sullum: Texas Cops Sexually Assault Another Motorist In The Name Of Pot Prohibition
Another warrantless roadside cavity probe. What is it with Texas cops and roadside vaginal searches? Last May I described
three strikingly similar cases in which Texas troopers fruitlessly
looked for marijuana in the private parts of women pulled over for minor
traffic offenses. The incidents were outrageous enough to inspire a new ... MOREAnti-Pot Hard-Liner Chris Christie Admits The Drug War Is A 'Failure,' Even Though He More Or Less Wants To Restart It
by Matt Ferner. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on Monday that the war on
drugs has been a "failure" -- even though he has vowed to enact a
federal crackdown on marijuana, a substance that has been a primary
target of the drug war for decades. "This is a disease and the war on drugs has been a failure -- well-intentioned, but a failure," Christie ... MORE
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