ACLU Blocks Missouri College From Drug Testing Students

 Posted by at 9:25 AM on September 17, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  2 Responses »
Sep 172011
 
ACLU Blocks Missouri College From Drug Testing Students

by Phillip Smith A Missouri technical college’s plan to force incoming students to undergo suspicionless drug testing is on hold after the ACLU of Eastern Missouri successfully sought a temporary injunction in federal court in St. Louis Wednesday. With assistance from Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Linn State Technical College students to challenge the constitutionality of the drug tests. Federal courts consider a drug test to be a search under the Fourth Amendment and have allowed only limited exceptions to [Continue Reading]

Beauty, Brains, and Body modification: An Interview With The ‘I am Goddess’ Modeling Agency

 Posted by at 9:16 AM on September 17, 2011  Interviews  No Responses »
Sep 172011
 
Beauty, Brains, and Body modification: An Interview With The 'I am Goddess' Modeling Agency

Beauty is skin deep with shades, hues, and hints of metal — This is what came to mind when I met the Goddesses of I am Goddess Modeling Agency. Their beauty turns men into boys and boys into dysfunctional men — They have that thing that that makes it feel good to be a man (or any other lover of beautiful tattooed modified women) inside. Their “At the Gates” series is definitely a man’s (and woman) guilty pleasure but don’t take my word for it, visit them on Facebook. Recently [Continue Reading]

Top Oregon Sheriff Targets State Medical Marijuana Law

 Posted by at 8:30 AM on September 16, 2011  Medical Marijuana Policy  3 Responses »
Sep 162011
 
Top Oregon Sheriff Targets State Medical Marijuana Law

By Mark Miller The President of the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association openly criticized the state’s medical marijuana program this week. Influential Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin characterized the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) as “out of control” because the vast majority (90%) of legal medi-pot cardholders utilizes medicinal cannabis to treat pain and not for cancer and glaucoma as Sheriff Bergin alleges was the intention of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA), passed by state voters in 1998. However, a simple examination of the OMMA rules online establishes that “severe [Continue Reading]

22nd Annual Boston Freedom Rally Coming This Weekend

 Posted by at 12:55 AM on September 16, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  No Responses »
Sep 162011
 
22nd Annual Boston Freedom Rally Coming This Weekend

The Massachusetts’ affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, MassCann/NORML, will hold its 22nd annual Freedom Rally this Saturday, September 17, at the Boston Common in downtown Boston. The noon event, which is anticipated to draw over 50,000 attendees, is the largest public marijuana law reform gathering on the east coast. Speakers at this year’s event include: NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, NORML Founder and Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, NORML Women’s Alliance Director Sabrina Fendrick, MassCann/NORML President Michael Crawford, NORML Board Member Keith Saunders, MassCann/NORML [Continue Reading]

Marijuana Arrests Decline In California In 2010

 Posted by at 9:14 PM on September 15, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  No Responses »
Sep 152011
 
Marijuana Arrests Decline In California In 2010

California reported a moderate decline in marijuana arrests in 2010, according to the latest figures from the Criminal Justice Statistics Center. http://ag.ca.gov/cjsc/publications/candd/cd10/preface.pdf There were 16,585 felony and 54,849 misdemeanor marijuana arrests, down from 17,008 and 61,164 respectively in 2009. This marks the second year in a row that arrests have declined, after posting a recent high in 2008. Hispanics accounted for 35% of felonies and 42% of misdemeanors; blacks for 25% of felonies and 16% of misdemeanors; and whites for 33% of felonies and 36% of misdemeanors. Males accounted for [Continue Reading]

ACLU Of Colorado Endorses 2012 Marijuana Regulation Initiative

 Posted by at 8:30 PM on September 15, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  No Responses »
Sep 152011
 
ACLU Of Colorado Endorses 2012 Marijuana Regulation Initiative

We’re pleased to announce that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado has officially joined the coalition in support of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012. The ACLU of Colorado is the state’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, dedicated to protecting, defending and extending civil rights and civil liberties for all people in Colorado. It will lend greatly to expanding the campaign throughout the state and building public support for ending marijuana prohibition. With the addition of the ACLU, the coalition is quite well-represented by advocates [Continue Reading]

Feds Target CBS Correspondent’s House In Botched Marijuana Bust

 Posted by at 8:19 PM on September 15, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  No Responses »
Sep 152011
 
Feds Target CBS Correspondent's House In Botched Marijuana Bust

By Steve Elliott of Toke of the Town A team of heavily armed Federal Bureau of Investigation agents looking for marijuana on Wednesday morning wrongly raided the home of new parents Alex Clemens and Priya David in Alameda, California. David, a CBS News correspondent, and her husband Clemens were at home with their newborn child when they heard a banging on the door just after 7 a.m., reports KCBS. “Our first thought was the neighborhood is on fire,” Clemens said. “I see what turns out to be eight uniformed, armored, [Continue Reading]

Campaign Bulletin Issued By Marijuana Activist Ed Rosenthal

 Posted by at 7:18 AM on September 15, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition  1 Response »
Sep 152011
 
Campaign Bulletin Issued By Marijuana Activist Ed Rosenthal

America Needs The Party Party by Ed Rosenthal The Republicans are at it again. They are announcing new plans to create jobs in the US. Last month Obama appointed a GE official to show America how to help America create jobs. This creep was the perfect candidate, GE had reduced its workforce by 25 percent in the past two years. Romney says that the solution to low wages and lack of jobs is to decrease, yes, decrease taxes on the rich. So that working poor people can work just a [Continue Reading]

Several Drug Policy Bills On Capitol Hill This Year

 Posted by at 1:47 AM on September 15, 2011  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Medical Marijuana Policy  2 Responses »
Sep 152011
 
Several Drug Policy Bills On Capitol Hill This Year

By Phillip Smith There are nearly two dozen pieces of drug policy-related legislation pending on Capitol Hill, but given a bitterly divided Congress intently focused on the economic crisis and bipartisan warfare in the run-up to the 2012 election, analysts and activists are glum about the prospects for passing reform bills and even gloomier about the prospects for blocking new prohibitionist bills. But while drug reform in the remainder of the 112th Congress may take on the aspect of slow-moving trench warfare, there is work to be done and progress [Continue Reading]

Cannabis Therapy Institute Launches THC/DUI Education Campaign

 Posted by at 8:59 PM on September 14, 2011  Medical Marijuana Policy  No Responses »
Sep 142011
 
Cannabis Therapy Institute Launches THC/DUI Education Campaign

CTI LAUNCHES THC/DUI EDUCATION CAMPAIGN CTI is launching a THC/DUI awareness campaign based on fact, not fear. The campaign is inpired by the FDA warning for Marinol (synthetic THC). The CTI THC/DUI awareness campaign can be summed up with these phrases, “Use cannabis responsibly. If you medicate, then wait.” The length of time a patient will have to wait after they medicate depends on many factors. But once a patient gets used to the effects of THC, they are likely to be able to drive safely. This campaign, and the [Continue Reading]

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