- How the Myth of the 'Negro Cocaine Fiend' Helped Shape American Drug Policy—"In 1914, a racist fiction helped sell one of the nation's first drug laws; 100 years later, it's still with us."
- Russell Brand: Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws—"In Hoffman's domestic or sex life there is no undiscovered riddle – the man was a drug addict and, thanks to our drug laws, his death inevitable."
- Britain's war on drugs 'unwinnable', says Nick Clegg—"... and that Britain must end the 'conspiracy of silence' surrounding the issue."
- Ex-officer: War on drugs 'far worse' than a failure
- Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.—Politifact says TRUE.
- Obama Wants to Commute More Drug Sentences—"The administration is urging lawyers to help get low-level offenders out of prison faster." Even the Republicans seem amenable.
- Senators Take Major Step Toward Ending Drug War—By "overhauling the federal government's drug sentencing law."
- War on drugs meets rule of law at Supreme Court—"The war on drugs ran afoul of the Supreme Court Monday. The justices ruled unanimously that a heroin dealer cannot be held liable for a client's death if the heroin was a contributing factor, not the sole cause."
- Indiana Senate panel paves way for growing hemp—"The bill's sponsor, Sen. Richard Young, D-Milltown, said hemp fields flourished in Indiana before and during World War II, but petrochemical industries and other industries later lobbied against hemp – which can also be used to make fuel – to cut competition."
- Victory for Hemp Farmers as U.S. House of Representatives Legalizes the Cultivation of Hemp
- 3 Enemas Later, Still No Drugs—"Inequality in America is much more than just an income issue. It's also about our dignity and access to justice." NYT
- Texas Grand Jury Rejects Murder Charges For Man Who Shot Deputy During No-Knock Raid—"Their warrant to raid him was over some alleged marijuana plants an informant said he was growing, as well as some 'illegal guns' the informant said he owned."
- Woman's death in Sherman County jail in Kansas is investigated
- Ind. woman gets 2-day sentence, serves 5 months
- Drug cops want open access to your medical records WaPo
- If the Drug War Is Failing, Where'd All the Cocaine Go?
- Mexico legalizes vigilantes, nabs cartel leader
- Drug war: Chilling note found alongside severed heads in Mexico
- Mexican cartel smuggling cocaine into Hong Kong amid booming demand for drugs SCMP
- Obama Says Easing Marijuana Restrictions a Job for Congress—"Implies he might support doing so, but doesn't say so explicitly."
- DEA Chief Slams Obama For Pot Remarks: Reports—Michele Leonhart ought to be canned.
- The President Forgets To Lie About Marijuana, And Prohibitionists Are Outraged
- Mark Kleiman Concedes That Obama Has The Power To Reclassify Marijuana Yet Claims It's Ignorant To Say So—As Rep. Cohen stated: "It is ludicrous, absurd, crazy to have marijuana at same level as heroin. Ask the late Philip Seymour Hoffman if you could. Nobody dies from marijuana. People die from heroin."
- Deputy Drug Czar Admits Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol
- Nope, Still No Such Thing as a Fatal Marijuana Overdose
- US marijuana policy edges toward acceptance
- Justice Dept. to adjust banking rules for legal marijuana shops
- Facebook and Google won't sell ads for legal weed
- California Teacher Arrested for Serving Pot-Laced Food at Potluck—Fucking idiot.
- Poll results: 71 percent of respondents say Alabama should legalize marijuana
- New Mexico Lawmaker Introduces Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana—Will it bring in the revenue?
- Missouri lawmaker files marijuana legalization bill
- N.J. senator says it's 'high time' to legalize marijuana
- Oregon Governor Signals Support For Legal Marijuana
- California marijuana legalization supporters to start collecting signatures for ballot measure
- Alaska moves toward August vote on legal pot
- Uruguay Pres. up for Nobel Peace Prize for marijuana legalization
- TX Gov. Rick Perry for decriminalization of pot—Not legalization yet, but it's a step.
- D.C. Council Gives Preliminary Approval to Decriminalize Pot
- Bill decriminalizes less than 1 ounce of marijuana in Wyoming
- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks favourably of marijuana decriminalization—He knows what he's talking about. ;)
- New Hampshire Senator Threatens Constituent For Supporting Marijuana Decriminalization
- Wisconsin to Get Tougher on Pot Possession—But not if a state rep gets her way.
- Guam: Attorney says Organic Act prohibits legalization of marijuana
- Senator: I Will "Sit On" Michigan's Pro-Marijuana Bills
- Pot buyers add more than $1M to Colorado tax coffers
- Drug Dealers Unfazed By Legal Pot In Colorado—"Despite the state's new laws, smokers are still purchasing pot through their dealers. 'It's human nature; nobody wants to be on a list.'"
- "Need Room to Grow?"—"Marijuana-friendly real estate agents and other enterprising businesspeople looking to make a bundle from Colorado's weed industry."
- Now Playing in Denver: Reefer Gladness—"Denver pot entrepreneurs are so determined to set a good example, they're acting like Shakers." NYT
- TSA seizes pot edibles at Aspen airport, sheriff won't file charges
- Michigan's Medical Marijuana Program Has $23,000,000 Surplus
- Massachusetts licenses its first medical marijuana dispensaries
- Medical Marijuana Strain Has Hundreds Of Parents Flocking To Colorado—Leaving Charlotte to get Charlotte's web.
- Children with epilepsy waiting for medical marijuana—"Mass. General treats more than 2,000 children with epilepsy who have seizures that are resistant to medications, but federal regulators have authorized the CBD study to enroll only 25 children at each site." Boston Globe
- A New Study Says Medical Marijuana Reduces Suicide
- Medical marijuana to go to ballot, Florida Supreme Court rules
- Medical marijuana petition circulating in Nebraska
