Group Joins Police Officers in Calling for Move Toward Legalization
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Blacks in Government (BIG), a group representing the interests of African-American government employees at the federal, state, county and municipal levels, ov…
The Dickinson County Compassion Club is a local non-profit educational and patient support group that meets monthly in the Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain. The Tools for Schools Program is the DCCC’s second and most ambitious community help project to date. In the past, the DCCC has held successful book drives for the Friends [...]
By David Jay Brown Oil extracted from the marijuana plant has been shown to have extraordinary cancer-fighting properties. A number of recent studies have confirmed the cancer-fighting, tumor-shrinking value of medical marijuana. Although the first study to demonstrate that cannabis has anti-carcinogenic properties was done back in 1974 by the U.S. National Institute of Health, [...]
Why is this ok with everyone, and if it isn’t, why aren’t we furious, focused and organizing in unprecedented form? I just finished watching a WXYZ news report on people moving out of the city because they couldn’t take the lack of protection to their homes in some of the best areas of Detroit. One [...]
Michigan Association of Compassion Centers tell AG Schuette: defend patient’s rights and safe access By Rick Thompson 8/10/2011 Today Michigan’s Attorney General held a press conference to announce the initiation of legislation designed to further restrict the opportunities and rights given to the seriously ill by the citizens of this great state in 2008. Bill [...]
Carel Edwards is the former head of the European Commission’s Anti-Drug Policy Coordination Unit. His insightful blog – Opium Wars – is focused on the politics of the global drug war. Here is an except from his latest post:
How long will it take for …
By Noah Mamber, Marijuana Policy Project Legislative Analyst August 7, 2011 After sailing through the House (97-2) and Senate (38-0), a sensible sentencing reform bill was signed into law by Gov. Steve Bashear (D) yesterday. H.B. 463 will reduce personal possession of less than eight ounces of marijuana from a Class A misdemeanor, with a [...]
Former Law Enforcers Say Marijuana Prohibition Has Failed and Harms Public Safety
DENVER, CO – Police officers, judges and other criminal justice professionals who once enforced Colorado’s marijuana prohibition laws are now helping …
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