To open the New Year, I was presented with a bouquet of reefer madness so pungent it compelled me to write it up three days before the end of my vacation. Oregon State Senator Doug Whitsett wrote “Marijuana: more potent now and unquestionably addictive” in the Oregon Catalyst. I retort and debunk.
To open the New Year, I was presented with a bouquet of reefer madness so pungent it compelled me to write it up three days before the end of my vacation. Oregon State Senator Doug Whitsett wrote “Marijuana: more potent now and unquestionably addictive” in the Oregon Catalyst. I retort and debunk.
When the medical marijuana program is treating only less than 6% of the potential conditions it could alleviate, it is an indictment of the state’s failure to protect and serve its most vulnerable citizens.
Rick Steves brought his A New Approach to Marijuana Tour to Vancouver, Washington, in support of Initiative 502, the measure to legalize marijuana.
Researchers identifies the role of endocannabinoids in “Fragile X Syndrome”, a rare disorder that is the most commonly known genetic cause of autism.
If Dr. Sabet’s reasoning makes your head hurt, try working through it backwards. He says legalization of marijuana would increase abuse, thereby increasing arrests, thereby leading to more costs. So, then, if we went returned to a strict new alcohol prohibition where anyone caught with a beer can be arrested and jailed, fewer people would abuse alcohol, we’d make fewer arrests for alcohol, and we’d have lower criminal justice costs for alcohol.
A thorough debunking of the playbook the prohibitionists are going to use in the face of three states attempting legalization (Colorado, Washington, Oregon) and four states attempting medicalization (Massachusetts, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Montana’s referendum to restore medical marijuana).
What Gov. Christie and the rest of the “Kinder Gentler Drug Warriors” can’t comprehend is that most people who use drugs do so like most people who use alcohol: occasionally, responsibly, have a good time, and then go back to being productive members of society.
Comedian, actor and activist, Tommy Chong revealed this weekend on CNN that he is seeking treatment for prostate cancer.
