Reefer Madness

Feds remain illogically steadfast in opposition to medicinal marijuana

"...the July 12 subcommittee hearing. The ONDCP opposition to medi-mari is based on government insistence that medi-pot laws "don't..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Previously losing at Supreme Court on narrow ruling, Raich now argues medical necessity

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Undeterred by the courts, the feds continue California grower raids

"...facing the possibility of two life sentences for his medi-mari growing enterprise...."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Bill would protect medical marijuana users

"...bid to ban the feds from interfering with state-sanctioned medi-mari use is still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court,..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 10/30/11

Your drug war news

"...in commerce that falls outside the state's medi-pot laws. Medi-mari advocates, however, see that the Obama administration has turned..."

Oct. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Ninth Circuit Rules Against Raich

"...to be free from fed narco harassment for using medi-mari in compliance with California state law has gone all..."

March 23, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Easing Pot Penalties

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank files two pot-law reform measures

"...applying any FDA provision to restrict the use of medi-mari in states where it is legal. (The bill would..."

June 29, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Physicians Back Law Change for Marijuana

Doctors support rescheduling of marijuana and call on feds to protect medi-pot patients.

"...it supports the "current process for obtaining federal research-grade" medi-mari. That process has been roundly criticized by other researchers...."

Feb. 18, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Polls show medical pot has strong public support

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Judge supports bid to grow research pot

"...the results, which acknowledged the potential "therapeutic benefit" of medi-mari...."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

HB 658 seeks to legalize medical marijuana in Texas

"...treatment option with their patients. Patients and others support medi-mari "not because they want to have a party, not..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

FDA says idea that marijuana has any medicinal value is hoax

"...newton.nap.edu/html/marimed) concludes, in part, that the scientific data indicates medi-mari has potential "therapeutic value" for patients suffering with a..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Rowdy West Coast Raid; and Poll Indicates Populace is Mellowing About Pot

"...small medi-pot growers collective run by Palm Desert, Calif., medi-mari patient Gary Silva in a March 14, early morning..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Chronic Goes On

Top 10 drug war stories

"...closely watched medi-pot cases, brought by seriously ill California medi-mari patient Angel Raich, ruling 6-3 that the feds may..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Reefer Roundup

Drugs in the news

"...is the 15th state to enact some form of medi-mari...."

Nov. 17, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Even More Popular Than Obama

Voters turned out in record numbers for a certain plant

"...ill patients and the first Midwestern state to approve medi-mari legislation. Indeed, in those two blue states, the pot-law..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

POTUS Candidates on Pot, Pt. 2

Barack Obama supportS a ban on using federal resources to raid and prosecute seriously ill patients that use medi-pot.

"...use medi-pot in compliance with state law, according to medi-mari advocates, Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana. Obama was the..."

Aug. 22, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Another Anti-Pot Presidential Appointment?

Obama's reported pick to head the transition at the ONDCP is a medi-pot foe.

"...medi-pot again, during the Michigan campaign to enact a medi-mari law. Vereen, director of community based public health at..."

Nov. 24, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Toke the Vote

Reefer Madness looks at pot ballot measures around the country

"...states – Arkansas, Massachusetts, and Montana – will consider medi-mari initiatives, while voters in four cities in Michigan (Detroit,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Marijuana Coast to Coast

Hot pot news from California and Washington, D.C.

"...series of social programs – including needle exchange and medi-mari laws...."

July 8, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Top 10 Joints

"...stand – which should help strengthen enforcement of the medi-mari laws in 13 states where it is legal...."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

April 7, 2006 News Feature

Don't Fear the Reefer!

Momentum builds for Lone Star legalization of marijuana

"...legal for any purpose, and another 28% favor legalizing medi-mari – thus, a clear 77% of all voters (a slight..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 7/4/11

Your patriotic drug news roundup

"...stakes and into the 16 states that have legalized medi-mari growing and possession by qualified persons. "I want to..."

July 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup 12/14/2010

News from the front line of the War on Drugs

"...would grow and process pot to be sold to medi-mari dispensaries across the state. If the city were to..."

Dec. 14, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Jersey Lawmakers Become Drug-Law Reformers?

Garden State to change drug war landscape

"...After more than a year of wrangling, the Jersey medi-mari bill also passed with bipartisan support, and Corzine said..."

Jan. 12, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

UT students pass initiative calling for equalization of penalties associated with pot and alcohol use, plus other weed news

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Marijuana busts clog the justice system, and UT students want to "equalize" pot and alcohol penalties

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch: Czar Stumps to Save Oregon

John Walters turns up the heat against medical marijuana initiative

"...law definition of "attending medical personnel" who can qualify medi-mari patients. The provisions of the so-called Oregon Medical Marijuana..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pot at the Polls

Things not looking too good for pot-law reform measures

"...lose today – making S.D. the only state where medi-mari reforms have failed not once, but twice. Voters there..."

Nov. 2, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

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