420
- How 420 became code for marijuana
- Colorado legalized marijuana tax revs ahead of expectations: Moody's—"Colorado, the first state to tax legalized recreational marijuana sales, expects to bring in an estimated $98 million in revenue this year, exceeding the state's original expectations by 40 percent."
- 3 Months Later, Here's What Denver Looks Like Since Legalizing Marijuana
Medical Marijuana
- Uruguay Considers Using Medical Marijuana To Treat Cocaine Addicts In Prison
- Nurse practitioners added to list of those who can prescribe medical marijuana
- Weed Eases Anxiety, Says the Federal Government
- Corbett wouldn't legalize pot even if toddler grandson needed it
- Boston Mayor Walsh says he aims to block dispensaries—"Urges state to reject applications with errors."
- Pro-pot group files to recall Arizona senator—"A pro-marijuana group is trying to recall Arizona Sen. Kimberly Yee after she refused to hear a bill that would have helped fund research into the effects of medical marijuana on post-traumatic stress disorder."
- Missouri Rep Tells Marijuana Patient To "Get A Job And Get Off Dope"
War on Drugs
- Jesus would end the war on drugs—"Christian leaders issue Easter statement denouncing drug war and mass incarceration of minorities."
- Let's Just Get Rid of the DEA Already—"America's drug cops are determined to keep weed illegal just to maintain their jobs."
- Legalized pot 'makes us fight harder,' top DEA official tells Congressional committee
- DEA raids woman's Shorewood home after she shops at garden center
- Shocking police overreach haunts Southern city: Racial profiling, quotas and secret "conviction bonuses"—"How a federal grant incentivized a police department to go nuts on drug arrests -- and terrorize its community." Salon
- Utah cops warrantlessly search prescription drug records of 480 emergency personnel—"When searching for morphine thief, Utah cops have almost carte blanche powers to search database."
- Law professors demand cannabis legalization—"Over 120 German professors of criminal law are supporting an initiative to legalize cannabis. They have called on the Bundestag to discuss the issue. Merkel's coalition is skeptical."
- Maryland Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
Law and Disorder
- Matt Taibbi: U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals
- Remember when legal marijuana was going to send crime skyrocketing?
- LAPD officer gets community service, probation for lying under oath—"A Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Wednesday to community labor and three years' probation for falsely testifying about the details of a 2008 drug arrest."
- Dashcam from traffic stop of driver from legalized marijuana state—"Roseen believes he was profiled by the trooper because he had a Washington driver's license, Colorado license plates and had just crossed into Idaho from Oregon. All three of the other states have some form of legalized marijuana."
- "Free Jeff Mizanskey" Efforts Continue with Billboards and 360,000 Signatures
- 5 Accused of Trafficking Drugs, Using Day Care as Cover
- Woman, unhappy with pot purchase, calls cops
Prison
- Feds to Reconsider Harsh Prison Terms for Drug Offenders
- US Panel Votes to Reduce Drug-Dealing Sentences
- California Governor Jerry Brown Grants Dozens Of Drug Pardons
- Louisianan Given 13-Year Prison Sentence for Possession of Two Marijuana Cigarettes
Mexico
- Tracing the U.S. heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis output falls WaPo
- The Grisly Reality Behind Soaring Lime Prices—"Mexican cartels are making the citrus more expensive in the United States."
- Mexican drug lord's insider notes may set him free after 10 years—"Vicente Zambada, son of Sinaloa kingpin, struck deal with US to inform on cartels in exchange for reduced sentence."
- Mexico catches No. 2 in once-powerful Beltran Leyva drug cartel
- Mexico prepares first illegal drug financing blacklist—Is HSBC on that list?
- Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border
Easter
- Yes Candida, Christians Did Steal Easter—People like Candida push ignorance to hide the truth.
- Spanish village called 'kill Jews' mulls name change
- There Are No Errors in the Bible, Says Christian Pastor Who Clearly Hasn't Read the Bible
- Papyrus fragment put to test—"None of the testing has produced any evidence that the [Gospel of Jesus' Wife] fragment is a modern fabrication or forgery."
Church and State
- Louisiana Lawmakers Vote to Make the Bible the State Book
- Oklahoma School's 'Hobby Lobby Bible Curriculum' Raises Bias Concerns
- Atheist Witch Hunt: South Carolina Lawmakers Spar Over Appointed Official’s Supposed 'Godlessness'
- Warren mayor says atheist can't put up 'reason station' inside city hall
- After Being Denied "8THEIST" License Plate, New Jersey Woman is Suing State's Motor Vehicle Commission
- Media, rights groups urge court to revisit takedown of anti-Muslim YouTube video—"Media says decision allows subjects of news events to control coverage."
- Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register as a religion in Poland
Creationism
- Bill Nye says he underestimated debate's impact
- The Real Darwin Fish—"Why creationists hate Tiktaalik."
- FunnyOrDie: Creationist Cosmos
Islamists
- Islamist plot: six schools face Ofsted special measures—"Six schools implicated in the so-called 'Trojan Horse' plot by extremists to 'Islamise' secular state education face being placed in special measures."
- State schools isolate non-Muslims—"Schools in Birmingham discrimate against non-Muslim students and restrict GCSE teaching to fit in with Islamic beliefs, according to official report."
- 'Sinful': Video of British Muslims dancing to Pharrell Williams's hit Happy comes under attack
- Poster dictates music haram in UK school
- 1,000 Christian, Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam every year in Pakistan: report
- China official says Islamists seek to ban laughter and crying
