Pelosi Condemns Medical Marijuana Crackdown
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has joined the chorus of critics condemning the Obama administration's crackdown on medical marijuana businesses.
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Pelosi Condemns Medical Marijuana Crackdown
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has joined the chorus of critics condemning the Obama administration's crackdown on medical marijuana businesses. Will that catch the president's attention?
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New Hampshire Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Killed
Faced with a veto threat from Gov. John Lynch (D), the New Hampshire Senate voted Wednesday to kill a marijuana decriminalization bill that had already passed the House.
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Nancy Pelosi Condemns Federal Attacks on Medical Marijuana
Yesterday we reported that advocates had presented House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi with a petition asking her to help end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana.
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Drug Czar Denies that Marijuana Users Are Arrested and Forced into Treatment
[inline:drugczar.jpg align=right]On Tuesday, I had a chance to question the drug czar about his enthusiasm for drug treatment at an event in D.C. Mike Riggs at Reason has good coverage of the exchange.
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Is the D.A.R.E. Program Good for America's Kids?, from ProCon.org
ProCon.org is a set of in-depth web sites presenting information and views from on current issues, several with relevance to drug policy. The Chronicle is currently running a series of info items from ProCon.org -- this one from dare.procon.org -- and we encourage you to check it out.
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Medical Marijuana Update
President Obama is taking flak from comedians and politicians alike over the federal crackdown on dispensaries. Meanwhile, raids and legal battles continue to rage across the country.
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This is Maria. She Will end the War on Drugs.
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Jimmy Kimmel Gets the Entire American Press to Admit Smoking Pot
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The Drug Czar's False Statement About Marijuana and Hemp Should be a Bigger Scandal
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The Ugly Truth About Obama's War on Medical Marijuana
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As the media turns up the heat on Obama's medical marijuana crackdown, one of the excuses he's giving is that they're just going after businesses that are violating state laws.