I received the following e-mail from one of my favorite organizations and felt I should pass it along. I hope all TWB readers are having
By Phillip Smith After several years of jostling since the defeat of Proposition 19 in 2010, the smoke has cleared in California and it now
Earlier this week I gave Jeff Mizanskey the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award.’ Jeff served over 22 years of a life sentence in prison in Missouri for
If you are in the giving spirit, and I hope that you are, you should consider making a donation to Students for Sensible Drug Policy
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently eased some of the regulatory requirements imposed by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for those who are
The CARERS Act would do a number of things to help suffering patients that find relief from using medical marijuana. Cannabis Radio has a petition
By David Borden I am writing to update you on StoptheDrugWar.org’s current mission, and to ask your help with a tax-deductible or other donation during
About a year ago Oklahoma and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado. The lawsuit alleged that Colorado’s marijuana legalization law was harming
A national medical marijuana advocacy organization published a memo and model ordinance on Monday for California cities and counties recommending that they regulate the cultivation
Medical marijuana reform is spreading all over the world. The latest example of that is the nation of Colombia. Today the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos,
Hemp is one of the most versatile plants on earth. It can be made into so many things that I don’t know that there’s a
Whenever I hear that someone is opposed to medical marijuana, I always wonder why they don’t believe in compassion. Because that’s what medical marijuana is
The Drug Policy Alliance formally requested the Louisiana Governor today to grant Bernard Noble a gubernatorial reprieve and release Mr. Noble from prison, where he
Before I went to work today, I posted an article highlighting the (at that time) upcoming vote on marijuana decriminalization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was
Last week on Wednesday the Pittsburgh City Council voted 6-1 to move forward with a marijuana decriminalization measure. Over a year ago the City of
It’s nearing the end of the year, and so it’s time to start reflecting back on what has happened in the marijuana world over the
I wrote an article earlier today that touched on a period of time back when I grew marijuana. It was the mid-late 2000’s, when the
Marijuana edibles are very popular. I once seen a statistic that stated 40-50% of all legal marijuana-related product sales in America are of edibles. I wouldn’t
Growing marijuana was one of the funnest things I ever did. I haven’t grown for awhile, but about a decade ago I had a fairly
Robert ‘Bobby Tuna’ is one of my all time favorite people. Mr. Platshorn served the longest non-violent, marijuana-only prison sentence in American history. Roughly 30
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speakers Judge John Delaney (Ret.) and Ltd. Joanne Naughton (Ret.) tell their remarkable stories of personal revelation and transformation. Law Enforcement
By Phillip Smith President Obama today commuted the federal prison sentences of 95 men and women, all but two of them drug offenders serving draconian sentences.
By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Self-reported marijuana use by teenagers has declined since 2010, according to annual survey data compiled by the University of
Congress passed a must-pass spending bill this morning that includes language that stops the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice from spending money to block the
