Nine years ago, Alex Rogers, co-owner of Marijuana Politics, was released from a German prison, where he had finished serving a six-month sentence for cannabis related offenses. He was 35 years old and completely broke. He had been living in Europe for seven years and upon his release from prison, […]

As he made clear in his announcement speech, Donald Trump has taken an interest in crimes happening along the U.S.-Mexico border. Making the case for the construction of a “great wall” between the two countries, he complained that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs” and “crime” to the United States as […]

As marijuana policy becomes a major issue in the 2016 presidential race, Rand Paul has made a name for himself as a champion of reform within the Republican party — but while he reaps the political benefits of appearing sensible on marijuana laws, it’s still unclear where the Senator stands on […]

While never making marijuana policy a major part of his policy platform in the past, it seemed likely that the progressive Sanders would be a supporter of sensible marijuana laws. Researching his stances, as much as forty years ago, and the fact that his home state of Vermont has been […]

Colorado vets protest PTSD denial with free marijuana after the Colorado Board of Health voted down a proposal to add post-traumatic stress as a qualifying condition under the state’s medical marijuana law. The denial by the Colorado board is similar to the denial of PTSD as a qualifying condition for […]

Rachel Alexander is a columnist at the conservative web site Town Hall. Today, in a piece entitled, “No One Serves Jail Time for Smoking Pot”, this former county prosecutor and editor of The Intellectual Conservative explains that “Smoking pot has actually been ‘de facto’ legalized across the U.S. The police […]

Last week marked the opening of Nevada’s first medical marijuana dispensary, Silver State Relief, where qualified patients can purchase marijuana-based remedies to treat conditions like cancer, pain, and PTSD. Silver State Relief opened up Friday morning in Sparks, Nevada, a few miles away from the city of Reno. The dispensary […]

The news media will certainly focus a lot on marijuana in the 2016 election. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that marijuana is covered a lot in the media these days. Many mainstream media outlets, once strong opponents of legalization, have now embraced marijuana with spin-off publications […]

The new DEA Chief thinks heroin is “probably” more dangerous than marijuana and admits that he is not an expert on drugs (obviously). Clearly, anyone with half a brain, or has watched Trainspotting, knows that heroin is a much more dangerous drug than marijuana. More than 8,000 people died in […]

UPDATE: Chris Christie has doubled-down on his Reefer Madness rhetoric and has become a caricature of a serious presidential candidate.  UPDATE 2.0: Christie flip-flops and says that the Drug War is a “failure”?!? While delivering a speech on Thursday, New Jersey Governor and presidential hopeful Chris Christie doubled-down on his […]

I must admit that I get some pleasure when prohibitionists make mistakes. After years of Reefer Madness propaganda and the perpetuation of the “dumb stoner” stereotypes, it just makes me feel good when those that have pushed the Drug War upon the American public goof themselves. One of the best […]

UPDATE: Ronda Rousey defends her title with a 34 second knockout of the previously undefeated Bethe Correia, invoking memories of a young Mike Tyson.  Former Olympic judo medalist Ronda Rousey is the most dominating fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s most preeminent mixed martial arts (mma) promotional […]

As we have been reporting for the past few months, Chris Christie is the worst kind of Reefer Madness prohibitionist: the radical type that is willing to use military-style SWAT raids against nonviolent American who utilize cannabis, even in states that have legalized marijuana. He has even called marijuana users […]

Judge Jim Gray is one of the last people that you would expect being a proponent for ending drug prohibition. Judge Gray is a true conservative who has become one of the top spokespeople for the drug law reform movement for over three decades now. He has experience as a […]

Chris Christie is making a habit of attacking states’ decisions to legalize marijuana, which he threatened to revoke this week should he become president. With the Republican debates only a week away, the New Jersey Governor is trying to stand out from other presidential candidates, and he has little time […]