At the recent Drug Policy Alliance Reform Conference, I had the pleasure of chatting with long-time drug policy expert Sanho Tree. He was interviewed in February 2014 by Alternative Radio while he was visiting Colorado shortly after the first retail stores opened…. Read More ›
Washington State
Congressman says marijuana prohibition has been a spectacular failure (Video)
In under 4 minutes, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer from Oregon lays out how marijuana prohibition has been a “spectacular failure” and offers a preview of reform legislation he will soon introduce. Thank you to the Marijuana Majority for this and more videos from… Read More ›
CPA in the News: Medical Marijuana a Challenge for Legal Pot States
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | JAN. 2, 2015, 12:33 A.M. E.S.T. Published in the NEW YORK TIMES SEATTLE — A year into the nation’s experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference… Read More ›
CO and WA Senators ask Obama Admin for clarity and guidance on marijuana
This week, Senators from Colorado and Washington sent a letter to the Obama Administration asking for clarification of its marijuana laws. They ask for consistent guidance on the application of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in states that have legalized… Read More ›
My crazy comparison of hash oil explosions to turkey fryers
I may be crazy, but every time I hear about another hash oil explosion, I’m reminded of turkey fryers. People laugh and think I’m being silly, but I’m serious. I remember when turkey fryers first came out. People were setting their… Read More ›
Washington: Hash oil explosion caught on video
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Police say a hash oil extraction operation ended poorly for a group of Puyallup residents Tuesday night when a series of explosions destroyed their car and littered their yard with piles of marijuana and more than 300… Read More ›
Marijuana policy highlights conflict between morality and liberty for the GOP
From Politico: If marijuana, long illegal under federal law, is permitted by a state, smoking pot in that state—or buying it, or selling it—is both legal and illegal at once. And although the Justice Department and its law-enforcement authorities have allowed… Read More ›
Opposing marijuana is a faulty strategy for re-election
Today on This Week, George Stephanopoulos interviewed the governors of the two states with teams playing in the Super Bowl. Coincidentally enough, these two states love their weed almost as much as they love their football, clearly demonstrating such attachment… Read More ›
Answered: Is marijuana allowed in Sea-Tac Airport?
Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport has elected to handle the issue of marijuana quite differently from Denver International Airport where marijuana of any kind and for any reason is banned on all airport property. Basically, since Sea-Tac is owned and run by… Read More ›
Medical marijuana key in custody case – Spokesman.com – Oct. 13, 2013
The Department of Social and Health Services, which took the child from Fisher’s estranged wife, ordered an assessment of Fisher before placing the baby with him. Although he has an authorization to use the drug for pain from a back… Read More ›