War on Drugs

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Alexandria, VA — As animosity toward police reaches a boiling point in America, cops and even police accountability activists continue to ignore the reason for the divide. People are tired of being harassed, extorted, kidnapped, caged, and killed for possessing or ingesting an arbitrary substance that makes them … Read more

Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service Stressing the failure of the war on drugs and the dangers of the marijuana “black market,” California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday an initiative to legalize recreational pot has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Joined by a Republican congressman and a coalition of former law … Read more

Nich Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — With California voters preparing to decide on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this November, a state lawmaker pushed a bill to allow landlords to ban medicinal pot use in their rental units. Assembly Bill 2300 would expand a current state law that gives landlords the … Read more

Victoria Prieskop | Courthouse News Service ALBUQUERQUE (CN) — Though sheriff’s officers in Albuquerque had had the man they wanted in custody for hours, they made a “military style assault” on two houses with two SWAT teams and an armored car “with a gunner manning a turret,” a disabled black man claims in court. Donald … Read more

Elizabeth Montag | True Activist A new group of over 50 doctors around the United States is calling for the legalization of marijuana, not only for medical use but for recreational purposes. The nonprofit organization, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), is the first national medical organization to advocate total legalization, backing up their goal with sound … Read more

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project New York, NY — As the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) gets ready to convene a special session in New York to address the world’s drug problem, more than a thousand leaders from around the world have called to end the War on Drugs. A … Read more

Durham, NC — A video has surfaced online showing police abuse a family inside their own home. According to preliminary reports, police did not have a search warrant. They entered the private residence without a warrant because they claimed to “smell weed,” reports say. Toward the beginning of the video a teen boy can be … Read more

Ted Wheeler | Courthouse News Service The Kansas Court of Appeals overturned a conviction for marijuana cultivation by finding that clippings from a parent marijuana plant shouldn’t be viewed legally as plants. “There is a difference between what might be and what is,” quipped Judge Stephen D. Hill in Friday’s ruling. Ultimately, the state appeals … Read more