Americans are growing more hip to legalizing marijuana. In fact, a House bill to do just that is one of the most viewed proposals on Congress’s official legislative tracking site. But the overwhelming feeling on Capitol Hill is to leave… Read More ›
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US govt struck deal with Mexican drug cartel in exchange for info
Between 2000 and 2012, the US government had a deal with Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa that allowed the group to smuggle billion of dollars of drugs in return for information on its rival cartels, according to court documents published by… Read More ›
The Heart of the Matter: The Self-Stupifying Narcissism of the Anti-Pot Brigade
Barry Eisler nailed it! This is the heart of what’s behind many of the rules, regulations and prohibitions in our society, but clearly those related to drugs, sex and other lifestyle preferences. The inability to distinguish between subjective taste and… Read More ›
Denver City Council Passes Proclamation on Banking
Proclamation No. CP14-0001 Urging Swift Federal Action to Provide Guidance for Banking and Other Financial Institutions to Serve Legal Marijuana Businesses WHEREAS, following successive constitutional amendments enacted by the voters of Colorado to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana, the… Read More ›
Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
So you might ask, what’s the appropriate financial penalty for a bank in HSBC’s position? Exactly how much money should one extract from a firm that has been shamelessly profiting from business with criminals for years and years? Remember, we’re… Read More ›
The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests—and What To Do About It (The Nation)
The federal government has subsidized the criminalization of millions of young people simply for having a small amount of pot. Why are marijuana arrests so racially skewed? Such dramatic and widespread racial disparities are clearly not the product of personal… Read More ›
Marijuana Facts Infographic – The Hidden Agenda Behind the War on Drugs
Don’t be fooled – facts don’t lie. Marijuana was not classified as an illegal Schedule 1 Controlled Substance because of it’s harmful effects, but rather because of greedy big business and the Nixon administration and their War On Controlling the… Read More ›
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