Personal Marijuana Use

Support for marijuana legalization is reaching the tipping point. (image via Wikimedia)

Poll Finds Majority Support Marijuana Legalization

For the third year in a row, Angus Reid polling shows majority support for marijuana legalization. That is more optimistic than other national polls, but only slightly more optimistic.

Could this man be the Rosa Parks of the marijuana legalization movement? (Image: Dana Walker)

WA Man Refuses Marijuana Fines, Chooses Jail

Marijuana civil disobedience came to a Washington state courthouse last week. That's an idea that needs to spread!

toni-preckwinkle.jpg

Chicago to Stop Jailing Marijuana Users?

The Cook County Board president wants police to quit wasting time jailing small-time marijuana offenders, and the police may just take a half-step in that direction.

drugs_and_drug_policy.jpg

Chronicle Book Review: Drugs and Drug Policy

A trio of academic experts have come up with a drug policy book you're going to want to read, even if only to argue with it. Especially to argue with it.

Obama Says Drug Users Must Be Treated as Criminals

No, those weren't his exact words, but his exact words don't sound much better. My latest piece at Huffington Post explores the inherent contradictions that spring forth from the president's most recent contribution to the drug policy debate. Check it out.

Pot leaf_9.jpg

Canada Marijuana Arrests Jump Dramatically

Marijuana arrests jumped in Canada last year, and activists want to know why.

You could grow 25 of these tax-free under a new California initiative. (image courtesy the author)

California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Approved for Petitioning

The first horse is out of the gate in the California 2012 marijuana legalization initiative sweepstakes.

If You Think Supporting Marijuana Legalization Is Political Suicide, You're Wrong

Longtime readers know I've been banging this drum for a while, but I think I hit it pretty hard in this new piece at Huffington Post. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Pot leaf_8.jpg

Western Australia Toughens Marijuana Laws

Marijuana law reform is headed in the wrong direction in Western Australia under the leadership of the "tough on drugs" Liberal-National Party government.

Pot leaf_7.jpg

La Crosse, Wisconsin, Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

The possession of up to a quarter ounce of marijuana is now decriminalized in La Crosse, Wisconsin. But police can still charge you with a criminal misdemeanor under state law, if they so choose.

Subscribe to Personal Marijuana Use