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Marijuana Discord on the French Left
France's Socialists don't want to legalize marijuana, but their likely coalition junior partners, the Greens, do. It's a start.
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Bill O'Reilly Opposes Marijuana Decrim Because it Might Reduce Racial Profiling
This week's exciting news that Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg are backing an effort to end New York City's mindless marijuana arrest crusade didn't exactly result in a round of applause at the FOX News studios. Here's Bill O'Reilly babbling about it.
If You Think Marijuana Isn't an Important Issue, You're Dead Wrong
The newest tactic of legalization opponents is to roll their eyes and pretend that reforming our drug laws is a frivolous issue. My latest Huffington Post rant attempts to demolish that argument. Let me know what you think.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Medical Marijuana Bill Goes to New Hampshire Governor
The New Hampshire legislature has sent a medical marijuana bill to the governor's desk, but the governor has threatened a veto, and the push is on to either find a veto-proof majority or get the governor to change his mind.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Connecticut becomes the 17th medical marijuana state, localities in various medical marijuana states continue to try to keep a lid on the green medicine, and two raids go down and 34 warning letters go down in LA County right at press time.
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Another Poll Shows Majority Supports Legalizing Marijuana
A new Angus-Reid poll is the latest to show majority support for legalization. It also found broad support for the idea that the drug war is a failure, but not for legalizing other drugs.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
What's the matter with Kansas? Two corrupt cops stories out of the Jayhawk State this week, but also tales out of Arkansas, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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Obama and Romney Can't Ignore Marijuana Anymore
[inline:marijuanaflower.jpg align=right]It's kinda hard to pretend pot doesn't exist when almost everyone is talking about it. This week, both Reuters and Associated Press dropped big stories about the implications of marijuana policy on the presidential election and the whole discussion is making Obama and Romney look a little silly.