AltWeeklies Wire
Choosing Sciencenew
This week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors delivered an important victory for medicine in defiance of the Bush administration's War on Science.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
05-12-2006 |
Commentary
The 4/20 Advisorynew
The FDA's recent pronouncement that pot has no medical value has generated outrage from Congress to The New York Times.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-12-2006 |
Science
Bad Eyes and Good Medicinenew

The Drug Enforcement Agency and Health and Human Services seem poised to approve a rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule One to something less severe, opening it up for legal medical use on the federal level.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettmann |
03-30-2006 |
Science
Advocates of Curative Cannabis Don't Back Downnew
Monday's Supreme Court ruling against medical marijuana left proponents looking for other ways to promote their cause.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
06-10-2005 |
Science
Dumb As a Potted Plantnew
California legislator Mark Leno aligned himself with potheads by introducing a bill that would create special agricultural licenses allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
Medical Marijuana Keeps On Rollingnew
Pot for patients may run into trouble with the Supreme Court, but the issue is gaining in popularity in New York State.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
12-08-2004 |
Science
Evicted for Medical Marijuana?
A Central California woman fights her local Housing Authority for the right to grow medical marijuana in her Section 8 apartment.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Abraham Hyatt |
08-12-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Waiting to Inhalenew
San Francisco cops keep busting medical marijuana growers. One prosecutor is trying to develop less arbitrary guidelines. So where are the city's political leaders on an issue they claim to support?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ann Harrison |
06-11-2004 |
Civil Liberties