The recent vote defeating California’s Proposition 19, legalizing the use of marijuana regrettably prolongs a drug policy that does not work. Low-level users will continue to be targeted rather than the drug cartels and drug lords who run fr…
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The Prohibition of Marijuana Only Seems to Cause More Use
November 25, 2010 | 2 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsLA And Orange Counties Ban Medical Marijuana Shops
November 24, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
Supervisors in Los Angeles and Orange counties moved in sync Tuesday to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated territories. The bans, affecting an area with 1.5 million people in L.A. County and 120,000 in Orange County, were approved …
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Donate Today for a Brighter Future Beyond Prohibition
November 24, 2010 | 2 views | No Comments
What a year it's been!
If you've been reading Drug War Chronicle or our Speakeasy blog, you know how encouraged we are by California's Prop 19 marijuana legalization initiative — the positive media…
Posted in NewsNow For Some Good News: “Harris Holds Big Lead Over Cooley In Undecided California Attorney General Race”
November 23, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
Officially, the California race between Steve Cooley and Kamala Harris for Attorney General remains ‘undecided.’ But the totals from the latest vote count appear to tell a different story.
Harris holds big lead over Cooley in undecided California attorney general race
via Southern California Public Radio
Kamala Harris picked up more than 9,000 votes yesterday in the still-undecided [...]
Posted in NewsNorCal Cities Bring Pot Growing Into The Light
November 21, 2010 | 2 views | No Comments
As numerous cities get set to levy voter-approved taxes on medical marijuana retailers, some municipalities in Northern California are already moving aggressively toward creating government-sanctioned marijuana farms to help supply them.
Cities ho…
Posted in NewsThe Drive To Legalize Pot Encounters Speed Bumps
November 19, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
California has long been a leader of American social and cultural trends. But when it comes to further liberalizing marijuana use, the state may have sent a signal to the nation not by what it did but by what it didn’t do. On Election Day, it …
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