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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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Dick J. Reavis : The Conspiracy in the Attic
Above, Dick Reavis now. Photo from San Antonio Current. Below, Dick Reavis then, in 1966 demonstration by Sexual Freedom League on University of Texas campus. Montage image scanned from The Daily Texan.The conspiracy in an Austin attic:My first rad-confab I … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Civil Rights Movement, Dick J. Reavis, Marijuana, SDS, Sixties, UT-Austin
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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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David P. Hamilton : Our Corporate Rulers and their Bankrupt Drug War
Image from Democratic Underground.Why our leaders wage war on drugsAnd why this war is doomed By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2010 Ted McLaughlin recently wrote an article for The Rag Blog (“Prohibition II: A … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, David P. Hamilton, Hemp, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Ruling Class, War on Drugs
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Prohibition II : A Trillion Dollars Down the Drain
Cartoon from WeedPolitik.40 Years of War on Drugs:A trillion bucks and things are worse By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2010 Back in 1970, President Richard Nixon was having a lot of trouble trying to get … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drug Abuse, Drug Legalization, Drug War, Marijuana, Prohibition
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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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