Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to curb obesity by restricting soft drink sizes has gone into effect today. The Board of Health voted 6-to-1 to enact the ban, which limits the size of sugary soda drinks to 16 ounces at the city’s restaurants and concession stands.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to curb obesity by restricting soft drink sizes has gone into effect today. The Board of Health voted 6-to-1 to enact the ban, which limits the size of sugary soda drinks to 16 ounces at the city’s restaurants and concession stands.
The Russ Belville Show analyzed census data and recent media reports on the arrests of African-Americans for marijuana possession and found that in at least eleven of the top 25 US cities by population, the percentage of marijuana arrests of blacks are 38% to over eight times greater than the percentage of black population in those cities.
The Republican-controlled NY Senate says there are much higher priorities for them to tackle in the last few days of the legislative session than Gov. Cuomo’s decriminalization bill.
The Republican majority on the New York State Senate is not satisfied with the Governor’s proposal to decriminalize marijuana in public view.
Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray has let officials know in his city he is ready for them to concentrate on implementing the medical marijuana program in DC, but he also wants DC officials to keep their options open when it comes to dealing with recreational use of marijuana.
Paul Stanford from THCF on his legalization initiative for Oregon and new IRS lien for $2.7 million against his business; Radical Rant: What Happened With My Last Show?; music by Cab Calloway
Sadly, the first major American city to decriminalize marijuana back in the 70’s is also the marijuana arrest capital of the world today. New York City has an ugly history of arresting people for small amounts of marijuana in the decriminalized city by stopping them and asking them to empty their pockets. The practice has become known as the “stop and frisk” and it’s practice has lead to overwhelmingly racist crime statistics in the Big Apple.
Prohibiting things to adults is what we do to deal with adult behavior we don’t like. It’s a simple, politically-expedient, feel-good way of pretending to address a problem. Some people who do drugs get out of control? Ban drugs! Some people who are armed kill others? Ban guns! Whatever it is, abortion, fur, a movie, a song, leaf blowers, Wal-Mart, or medical marijuana dispensaries, somebody in America has a non-profit and a Facebook page dedicated to banning it. Except maybe the “Ban Facebook” people.
