You can’t whine about how you’re the executive branch and you just have to enforce what Congress gives you, while not supporting the efforts of Congress to help you make marijuana the low prosecutorial priority you claim you want it to be.
You can’t whine about how you’re the executive branch and you just have to enforce what Congress gives you, while not supporting the efforts of Congress to help you make marijuana the low prosecutorial priority you claim you want it to be.
A decidedly non-marijuana show as Russ reacts to the tragic shooting of 20 children and 10 adults in Connecticut; music by Nightstalker
Defense Attorney Patrick Nightingale from LEAP on bringing legalization to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Review of studies on marijuana and driving; Stupid Prohibition Stories with a guide on how to go to prison; music by HDI Records.
Today the FBI released their latest Uniform Crime Report which shows an 11% drop in marijuana arrests from the prior year. Police agencies reported an estimated 757,969 marijuana arrests, which made up almost half of the over 1.5 million drug arrests for 2011.
In an interview with Colorado station KRDO-TV, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says he believes it’s up to the states to decide whether to legalize medical marijuana.
Public Policy Polling (PPP) released its latest poll Tuesday showing that Amendment 64, the initiative to legalize marijuana in Colorado, is supported by 47% of the voters, with 38% against and 15% undecided.
Responding to an online petition, the Obama Administration today released the formula used to manufacture ethanol in what is believed to be the first active drug lab at the White House.
We need YOU there in the Park Blocks on SW Park Avenue between SW Columbia and SW Clay this Tuesday, July 24th, beginning at 10am. Mr. Obama’s fundraiser is at Noon and we want a HUGE crowd to show the local live Noon news cameras.
President Obama invoked his executive privilege to withhold documents and communication records from a Congressional Oversight Committee who has been seeking answers over the death of Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry.
Voters in Washington State and Colorado will be deciding whether to legalize marijuana use for all adults 21 and older, even the healthy ones, with no license, registration, doctor’s evaluation, or fee. And the polls show the public is on our side.
President Obama this morning evoked his executive privilege to withhold documents and communication records from a Congressional Oversight Committee who has been seeking answers over the death of Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry.
If you live in California, every single marijuana smoker there could vote for Dr. Jill Stein and the state will still give its 55 electoral votes to Obama. Every toker in Texas could vote for Gov. Gary Johnson and the state will still give its 38 electoral votes to Romney.
El Paso voters ousted Rep. Sylvestre Reyes in a Democratic primary, in favor of the council member who had pushed for a resolution calling on the feds to discuss legalization of drugs, Beto O’Rourke.
A new poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project has found that a majority of everybody in America wants President Obama to leave the states alone if they have legalized medical marijuana. Almost fifteen out of twenty (74%) Americans surveyed agreed that President Obama should “respect the medical marijuana laws in these states” and only three in twenty (15%) believed the president should “use federal resources to arrest and prosecute individuals who are acting in compliance with state medical marijuana laws”.
I just wanted to bring back this audio clip, a blast from the past, to remind folks that while HuffPo and Penn Jillette are just starting to make this kind of noise, I’ve noted for a long time: Mr. President, you were just one bust away from being Barry the Drug Criminal.
If you support marijuana legalization and live in Montana, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, or Florida and are considering not voting for President Barack Obama this November, you are voting for a President Mitt Romney.
As I used to say on another show, President Barack Obama was just one bust away from being Barry the Drug Criminal.
