Coming soon to France? (wikimedia.org)
Marijuana-Based Medicines Okayed in France
France has taken a major step toward okaying marijuana-based medicines.
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Angela Garmley (courtesy attorney McCracken Poston)Sex, Lies, and a Georgia Drug Frame-up [FEATURE]
Clarence Walker presents a Southern gothic tale of lust, judicial privilege, retaliation, planted drugs, and crooked cops. -
Rockin' the joint at Yazoo City FCI. That's Emery on bass on the left. (cannabisculture.com)Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison
Canadian "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery has been sent to solitary in a US federal prison over what looks like a bogus "investigation" into who (or what) took photos of he and prison bandmates practicing. -
US District Court Judge Mark Bennett, Northern District of Iowa (iand.uscourts.gov)Iowa Federal Judge Criticizes Harsh Methamphetamine Sentences
A US district court judge has lambasted federal meth sentencing guidelines as harsh, unfair, based on politics instead of science, and "fundamentally flawed." He's not the only one. -
flag Vermont_2.jpgVermont Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
Vermont becomes the latest state to decriminalize marijuana possession as Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed a decrim bill into law Thursday. -
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Shumlin.jpgVermont Governor Signs Overdose Prevention Bills
Good Samaritan and Naloxone bills were signed into law in Vermont Wednesday. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_84.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. -
pile-of-cash_116.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
It's judges gone wild! Plus sticky-fingered narcs, lying narcs, crooked deputies, and more! -
Blacks are 3.7 times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than whites. (aclu.org/marijuana)Blacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds
The war on marijuana is disproportionately waged against Black America, the ACLU finds in a new report based on federal statistics. And it costs a whole lot of money and isn't achieving much.