Montana Activists May Follow Other States' Lead on Legalizing Marijuana
The more the merrier
The more the merrier
Over the weekend at the Wash Post, George Will says that the GOP needs to channel its inner libertarian.
Now that Colorado and Washington state have legalized recreational marijuana, it's time to consider what Washington, D.C. will do about it.
The nation's drug warriors plow ahead, driven by fear of a world where addicts clog the gutters.
One of the great joys of the Internet age is the voice it gives to myriad people whose opinions previously remained silent.
Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds, responding to wailing and gnashing of teeth among many conservatives in the wake of last week's election.
Prosecutors already reacting to outcome of Tuesday's vote
33,000 have gotten cards
Seems like a reasonable proposal
Executing a drug warrant, natch
The party's message is confused, contradictory, and unconvincing.
Says that voters may have to approve taxes up to 15 percent
Tracks the "modus operandi" of criminal gangs
Now they'll actually get a chance to study the stuff
Incident involving man at halfway house caught on video, but not released
"Enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged," says spokes-narc
Six cities scale down their drug wars
A handful of cities also voted to decriminalize possession
Amendment 64, the marijuana legalization initiative that Colorado voters approved yesterday, must be signed into law within 30 days by Gov. John Hickenlooper, who has indicated he will do so.
That president you just re-elected, he's kind of waging a war on states with laws much more conservative than ours is
Despite the passage of ballot initiatives in Washington and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, "the Drug Enforcement Administration's enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged," a DEA spokesperson told Reason this morning.
A cop with an accommodating canine can search whatever he wants.
Of the three states looking to legalize marijuana today, Oregon is probably the least likely to do so. But that hasn't dampened the spirits of the people behind Measure 80.
According to a local news station in Washington state, DARE America, the anti-drug group that uses school resource officers to teach elementary and middle school children about the dangers of drugs, is dropping marijuana from its curriculum.
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