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Drugs

NYPD Admits: Illegal Weed Made Our Jobs Easier

“I detect the odor of marijuana” is the magic incantation used by law enforcement to make your 4th & 5th Amendment rights disappear.

2021-05-12 No Comments

Politics

Oops! “Tragedies Happen” When Idaho Cops Kill Homeowner in His Own Yard

If cops can just fire their weapons at will into innocent peoples’ homes when residents like Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend use the Second Amendment to defend their homes, and cops can just shoot innocent homeowners in their backyards like Joseph Johnson when they use the Second Amendment to defend their homes, what good is the Second Amendment?

2021-02-16 1 Comment

Politics

Idaho’s Legislature Attacks Marijuana, Abortion, Social Distancing, Vaccinations, and Rent Control

The Senate has already made national news for the efforts of an ironically-named State Sen. C. Scott Grow trying to pass a constitutional amendment to forever ban medical marijuana.

2021-02-02 1 Comment

Politics

Desperate Idaho Legislator Proposes Constitutional Ban on Marijuana Legalization

“This legislation will ensure illegal drugs stay illegal.” That’s the thrust of C. Scott Grow’s amendment to enshrine drug prohibition forever into the Idaho Constitution.

2021-01-21 No Comments

Politics

What Defending the Constitution Means

I was stunned, but not shocked. I’ve grown up among these people. This result was inevitable. I’m only surprised it’s taken until 2021 for this festering boil of unaddressed racism and willful ignorance to finally erupt in open treason.

2021-01-11 No Comments

Drugs

Marijuana Activists Who Died in 2020

Marijuana activists we lost in 2020 include Subcool, Charlotte Figi, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Jules Stobbs, Cliff Robinson, Kevin Zeese, and Dan Baum.

2020-12-30 No Comments

Data

Idaho Marijuana Sales Top $100M in Ontario, Oregon

Data from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission show that the legal marijuana shops in the tiny Oregon/Idaho border town of Ontario have topped over $103 million in sales in just over sixteen months of operation.

2020-12-21 No Comments

Religion

LDS Church Clarifies Approval of Medical Marijuana Use

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has updated its general handbook to clarify that while it supports its faithful in their physician-approved use of medical marijuana, it “does not approve of vaping marijuana unless the medical provider has authorized it based on medical necessity.”

2020-12-21 No Comments

Data

High School Drug Use Rates Lowest Ever Recorded

This year, high school drug use rates in the United States are the lowest ever recorded. In fact, every year for the past four years has set a record for the lowest monthly drug use rates by high school seniors.

2020-12-15 No Comments

Swastika stickers defacing the Idaho Anne Frank Memorial

Religion

Idaho Nazis Deface Anne Frank Memorial With Swastikas

One thing that has always struck me about Idaho’s bigotry is that it is aimed at people most Idahoans probably rarely encounter.

2020-12-09 No Comments

Politics

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Slams Democrats on Marijuana Cowardice

“[The Democratic Party’s] platform on weed is now officially and politically to the right of the state of South Dakota,” notes Fetterman. “I’m in the camp that says that if you’re to the right of South Dakota on anything, you should use that as a moment to recalibrate your core values.”

2020-12-09 No Comments

Politics

Home Grow Must Now Be Marijuana Legalization’s Deal Breaker

It is time for marijuana reformers to demand home grow provisions in any proposed marijuana legalization. The 2010s have shown us that home grow delayed is home grow denied.

2020-12-08 No Comments

Radical Rants

NYPD Admits: Illegal Weed Made Our Jobs Easier

Oops! “Tragedies Happen” When Idaho Cops Kill Homeowner in His Own Yard

Idaho’s Legislature Attacks Marijuana, Abortion, Social Distancing, Vaccinations, and Rent Control

Desperate Idaho Legislator Proposes Constitutional Ban on Marijuana Legalization

What Defending the Constitution Means

Marijuana Activists Who Died in 2020

Idaho Marijuana Sales Top $100M in Ontario, Oregon

LDS Church Clarifies Approval of Medical Marijuana Use

High School Drug Use Rates Lowest Ever Recorded

Idaho Nazis Deface Anne Frank Memorial With Swastikas

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Slams Democrats on Marijuana Cowardice

Home Grow Must Now Be Marijuana Legalization’s Deal Breaker

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