Civil Rights

Rallies, Vigils Mark 40 Years of Failed Drug War [FEATURE]

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 19:12

It was 40 years ago Friday that President Richard Nixon (R) declared illegal drugs "public enemy No. 1" and ushered in the modern war on drugs. Four decades, millions of drug arrests, and a trillion doll…

Category: Civil Rights, In The News, Legalization

Oregon Supreme Court: Medical Cannabis Patients Have Second Amendment Rights Too

Thursday, May 19, 2011 17:19

Great news today from Oregon’s Supreme Court (as compared to SCOTUS!) regarding personal responsibility and liberty in ruling for a medical cannabis patient who was denied their full Second Amendment rights simply because they use cannabis.
The case was largely championed by NORML Legal Committee member and Amicus chair Leland Berger of Portland and from legal [...]

Category: Civil Rights, In The News

California Blacks Disproportionately Busted for Marijuana, Report Finds [FEATURE]

Friday, October 22, 2010 20:09

In a new report released Friday, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and the California NAACP charged that African-Americans have been disproportionately targeted in low-level marijuana possession arrests. The report, …

Category: Civil Rights, In The News, Legalization

Cop Cleared in Killing of Unarmed Man in Marijuana Raid

Sunday, August 22, 2010 13:32

The Las Vegas police officer who shot an unarmed Trevon Cole during a June drug raid over small-time marijuana sales was justified, a coroner's inquest found Saturday night. The ruling came late in the evening…

Category: Civil Rights, In The News

Raid Victim Family May Hit Vegas Police with RICO Suit

Thursday, August 19, 2010 18:05

(This article includes minor updates from the original version published 8/19/10.)

Andre Lagomarsino, the attorney representing the estate of Trevon Cole and his fiancé, Sequoia Pearce, said last Thursday he is …

Category: Civil Rights, In The News

Oakland Pot Expansion a Step Closer

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 17:16

California — Oakland inched toward a plan to allow industrial-scale production of medical marijuana, sparking a lively debate between supporters and opponents who filled the Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday evening. The proposal crafted by City Councilmembers Larry Reid and Rebecca Kaplan would prompt the first major expansion six years [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

Race & Reefer — the African American Vote in California’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:53

Race & Reefer — the African American Vote in California’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative

Pro­po­nents and op­po­nents of Cal­i­for­nia’s Con­trol and Tax Cannabis mar­i­jua­na le­gal­iza­tion ini­tia­tive, now known of­fi­cial­ly as Propo­si­tion 19, are go­ing af­ter the African Amer­i­can vote.

Category: Civil Rights, Government, Legalization

Marijuana Can Send A Brain To Pot

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:40

At age 17, sitting in the basement with friends smoking pot, Don Corbeil first noticed all the cameras spying on him.  Then he became convinced a radioactive chip had been planted in his head.  “I thought I was being monitored like a lab rat,” he explains. It never occurred to him that marijuana could be [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

Bill Would Legalize Marijuana As Therapeutic Option

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:40

They’re lighting up joints in Bryn Mawr and Squirrel Hill after putting the kids to bed. At Abay, an ultra-hip eatery in East Liberty, pro-medical marijuana activists are recruiting and organizing new members over martinis. And in Harrisburg, some legislators are pushing for passage of a bill that would make Pennsylvania the 15th state [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

Medical Marijuana Too Easy?

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:40

In between Jay-Z and Lady Gaga songs on Redding’s hip-hop and pop music station, an advertisement proclaims that for just $149, a new doctor in town will evaluate a patient for medical marijuana. Dr.  Ahimsa Porter Sumchai’s advertisement would have been unthinkable until nine months ago, when President Barack Obama directed federal [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

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