Obama's Poll-Following Marijuana Metamorphosis
The president's shifting pot positions reflect changes in public opinion.
The president's shifting pot positions reflect changes in public opinion.
He admitted to selling the oxys for $80 to a police informant in 2007.
The senators cosponsor a bill that protects patients and providers from federal harassment.
President Obama says marijuana shouldn't be a priority for young people, but all the young people whose lives have been ruined by the drug war would disagree.
The president thinks repealing pot prohibition should be young Americans' lowest priority.
Nebraska sheriff says rising pot potency shows the folly of legalization.
Zero tolerance: Virginia school officials stand by their wrongful expulsion of an 11-year-old boy.
Indian tribes mull marijuana business opportunities.
Miami TV station warns that alpha-PVP is extremely dangerous and extremely popular.
Tribal leaders explore the business opportunities created by the erosion of marijuana prohibition.
Officials consider ways to circumvent a congressional spending restriction.
Republican presidential candidates find a way to achieve a tricky balance.
Drug addiction is not caused by the effects of drugs alone.
Justin Smith, who says he must enforce the federal ban on marijuana, takes a different view of federally mandated background checks.
For Republicans, letting states go their own way is principled and popular.
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig argues that sentencing reform "won't work" without more welfare spending.
Calvon Reid dies in Cocunut Creek, Florida, after being Tased multiple times. 911 called when he asked someone for a ride to the hospital.
Their lawsuit argues that the Constitution requires them to bust pot smokers.
A man suffering from anorexia successfully argued that he needs cannabis to stay alive.
A Texas legislator makes a Christian case against drug prohibition.
Jurors reject four out of five charges against the remaining Kettle Falls Five defendants.
They sold 74 tons of buds, mostly to patients.
The new ordinance limits marijuana use to private residences.
Legalization will bring an epidemic of stoned bunnies, or something.
The Kettle Falls Five trial begins with a defection.
Despite a prohibitionist tantrum, pot is legal in the nation's capital.
The likely presidential candidate now says states should be free to legalize.
The failure to block Initiative 71 highlights the waning influence of prohibitionists.
Because throwing shade at capitalism is easier.
Initiative 71 seems to override a law against "consumption of marijuana in public space."
Is implementing the District's marijuana legalization initiative a felony?
Decriminalization hasn't destroyed the city of Philadelphia, but only drug warriors would be surprised.
Has Chuck Grassley ever seen a prison sentence he thought was too long?
The percentage supporting legalization is, if anything, higher than before it took effect.
Provisions allowing possession, sharing, and home cultivation take effect today.
Medical marijuana patients face 10 years or more in federal prison.
Medical marijuana growers face forfeiture.
Good-for-nothing teenagers gotta smoke something.
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" spoke out prior to her son's recent conviction.
Wasserman Schultz insists there was no proposal for her to switch sides on medical marijuana.
States would still be free to ban the drug.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz's flip-flop flier may reflect shifts in public opinion.
Tobacco used to be the weed that made you stupid and lazy.