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Jonah Raskin : Prop 19 Up in Smoke
Photo by Lucretious / stock.xchng.Up in smoke:Cannabis initiative post mortem By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — I spent Election Day at Prop 19 Headquarters in Oakland, California, and witnessed the final, tumultuous … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, California, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Prop 19
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Harvey Wasserman : It’s High Time to End Marijuana Prohibition
Brian and Stewie campaign to legalize marijuana. Image from Family Guy.It’s time to end prohibition:Legal marijuana or bust!!! By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 1, 2010 The simple truth about America’s marijuana prohibition: any law that allows … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, California, Criminal Justice, Drug Law Reform, Drug War, Harvey Wasserman, Hemp, Law Enforcement, Marijuana, Prohibition
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Harvey Wasserman : Hemp Is no Paper Tiger
Image from Hemp & Chocolat.California’s Prop. 19:With legal pot comes legal hemp,history’s most profitable industrial crop By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2010 Hemp is the far bigger economic issue hiding behind legal marijuana. If the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, American History, California, Drug Law Reform, Farming, Harvey Wasserman, Hemp, Marijuana
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Jonah Raskin : The California Cannabis Countdown
Supporters of Proposition 19 rally in Bay Area. Photo by Bill St. Clair / SF Weekly.California counting down to November 2:Marijuana initiative leading in polls By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2010 Thousands and thousands of … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Tom Hayden
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Paul Krassner : Censorship at Facebook
Unfriending the control freaks:Censorship at Facebook By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 Those control freaks who run Facebook are doing it again. This time, as you probably know, they’re not allowing the image of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Drug Law Reform, Facebook, Marijuana, Paul Krassner
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High Hopes Dashed : Washington Pot Campaign Fizzles
Photo by cameronpujo / Photobucket.Petition effort falls short:Pot won’t be on Washington ballot By Vernell Pratt / The Rag Blog / July 9, 2010 VASHON ISLAND, Washington — High hopes for a petition campaign to legalize marijuana in Washington state … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Marijuana, Vernell Pratt, Washington
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Legalize Pot? : Going for the Ballot in Washington
Crowd at last year’s Seattle Hempfest, the world’s largest marijuana event. Photo by NORML.Sensible Washington heads petition drive:Washington state initative to legalize pot By Vernell Pratt / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 [California may not be the only … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Marijuana Made Simple
Poster for the movie Homegrown, based on a story by Jonah Raskin.A primer:Marijuana made simple By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2010 Author, activist, educator, former Yippie, and marijuana aficionado Jonah Raskin will be Thorne Dreyer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Drugs, Film, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
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Cannabis in California : The Growing Storm
Marijuana campaign image from Photo Bucket.Cannabis is on the ballot:All eyes are on California By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / March 26, 2010 The man in the dark slacks and the blue jacket counted out 100 $100 bills … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Drugs, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
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Women : The Secret Weapon of the Marijuana Reform Movement
Art from Anne of Carversville.The secret to legal marijuana?It may just be women Public acceptance of pot is at an all-time high, and the fact that women have drastically changed their attitudes may be what is most fascinating about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Prohibition, Social Movements, Substance Abuse, Women
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Cannabis Café : Getting High in Portland
Portland’s Cannabis Cafe opened on Friday the 13th of November, 2009. Photo from The Portland Mercury.Dutch-style pot shop:Cannabis Café is medical marijuana salon …the cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Justice Department, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, NORML, Obama Administration, Oregon, Portland
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Mexico : Drug Decrim and the 10,000-Ton Monkey
Pot smoker in Mexico City. Mexicans consume an estimated 342 tons of marijuana a year. Photo by Castillo / AP.Legalization is the only answer…Mexico’s massive drug problem As poet Juan Pablo Garcia posited long ago in his 1985 Pacheco (marijuana … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Marijuana, Mexico, Organized Crime, War on Drugs
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