Pacifist Cannabis minister Reverend Roger Christie has been held without bail at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center since July 8, 2010. He's been denied bail 7 times. His trial on federal drug trafficking charges has been set back to July 23, 2013.
Hawaii News Daily deplores Christie's incarceration without bail as a miscarriage of justice. You can learn about the case of Roger Christie and the Green 14 here.
From Thursday, June 7th through Saturday, June 9th, the Texas Democratic Party held their state convention in Houston, Texas. Along side other election related business such as selecting delegates, they also voted on their party platform for 2012. One of the issues added this year was support for marijuana decriminalization. Below you can read...
The Chicago Sun-Times discusses the proposal to decriminalize minor possession of marijuana in Chicago.
Thanks to Dan, who pointed out this bit:
From the DEA’s perspective, the battle over drugs in Chicago is on a much higher level.
“I am at war with the Mexican cartels,” Riley said.
Chicago’s drug market run by street...
A must-read in yesterday’s L.A. Times: A former L.A. cop calls for legalizing drugs
Of course, we’re all familiar with the excellent Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and Stephen Downing does an excellent job making their case.
The way he sees it, the war on drugs hasn’t reduced drug use and the violence that accompanies...