AltWeeklies Wire
The Cannabis Crackdown Hits Oaksterdamnew
The feds detain Richard Lee and raid his respected medical pot businesses in a brazen move that may backfire.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-05-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: Oaksterdam University, Marijuana, NORML, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dale Gieringer, Richard Lee, Harborside Health Center, Prop 19, Stephen DeAngelo, Dale Sky Jones, Debby Goldsberry, Melinda Haag, Rebecca Kaplan, David Goldman, Americans for Safe Access San Francisco, Coffeshop Blue Sky, Jeff Jones, Oaksterdam Museum, the Oaksterdam Gift Shop, US marshalls, Freedom Fighter of the Year, High Times
Weed Whacking Californianew
The federal crackdown that shredded medical marijuana this year looks like it'll last at least until the 2012 presidential election.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2011 |
Drugs
Weeded Out: Medical Marijuana in D.C. Requires Federal Waivernew
Opening a pot shop in D.C. means signing a paper that says you're a criminal.
Washington City Paper |
Martin Austermuhle |
09-01-2011 |
Drugs
Buzz Killersnew
Two groups want to legalize pot in Ohio. So why aren’t they talking to each other?
Cleveland Scene |
Maude L. Campbell |
08-23-2011 |
Drugs
Nation's Leading Pro-Marijuana Group Is Too White to Succeednew
Image is everything, and the absence of minorities within NORML has created the perception that the organization is primarily working to ensure that the white pot smokers of the world can get high without worry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
04-25-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: NORML, Marijuana Reform
California's Prop. 19 Didn't Resonate With Minority Votersnew
Election results and exit polling data show that blacks, Latinos, and Asians who voted for Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer went against marijuana legalization.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-15-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: NORML, Proposition 19
Incense Nonsensenew
Anyone can buy a new and little-understood drug called K2 — even your kids.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-30-2010 |
Drugs
Will Oakland's Giant Pot Farms Be Green?new
The massive indoor medical cannabis grows will consume huge amounts of electricity. But will the city make sure they don't add to greenhouse-gas emissions?
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-29-2010 |
Environment
Growing Painsnew
An Oregon ballot measure is tearing a rift in the marijuana reform movement.
The Portland Mercury |
Stefan Kamph |
07-22-2010 |
Drugs
Medical Marijuana Activists Unhappy With Proposed New Regulationsnew
Local medical marijuana activists are expressing displeasure with proposed new legislation that would change the state’s medical marijuana law. The activists gathered Tuesday at Gone Wired Café on Michigan Avenue in Lansing after the proposed legislation was discussed in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
City Pulse |
Neal McNamara |
01-21-2010 |
Science
Drugs of Choicenew
Some former cops argue that all drugs -- not just pot -- should be legal.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-26-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on Drugs, NORML
Two Bills in Congress Aimed at Drug Users Who Drivenew
Soon, a driver may be convicted of "Driving Under the Influence of Drugs" or "drugged driving" if they've used illegal drugs at any time from a few minutes to as much as a month prior to getting behind the wheel.
Pasadena Weekly |
Dean Kuipers |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
