Oh, wait…
No, that was Washington, DC in 1814. Sorry.
My bad.
Ah, here we go.
Um… no.
That’s from the fictional movie “Independence Day.”
Hmmm…
Where are all the scenes of destruction from today’s cataclysm?
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DC Legalizes Pot, Ignoring House Republicans
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District of Columbia officials are moving forward with implementing a voter-approved initiative depenalizing offenses involving the personal possession and/or cultivation of cannabis by adults, which is anticipated to take effect at 12:01am tonight.
A number of people have been talking about this article: How scientists rank drugs from most to least dangerous — and why the rankings are flawed.
I understand the concerns about rankings. Certainly, there are a lot of different ways to make comparisons, and broad charts of relative dangers are not scientifically exhaustive in their […]
Nearly six out of ten Coloradans say that they support keeping retail marijuana production and sales legal, according to statewide polling data released by Quinnipiac University. The figure is a five percent increase in support since voters approved the law in November 2012.
Last week, in what is becoming a semi-annual mainstream media ritual, news outlets around the globe published sensational headlines alleging that consuming cannabis will drives people crazy.
Legislation enacted by voters in November legalizing the personal use and cultivation of marijuana takes effect today.
Mark Kleiman delivers what may be his most tortured and convoluted attach on marijuana legalization to date.
Over at “About News,” where they ironically credit Kleiman as their “Marijuana Legalization Expert,” he writes: Racism and Reefer Madness
He starts by mentioning that Johann Hari’s book talks about the racist origins of marijuana prohibition (“it’s a […]
Reading my Facebook feed this morning, I saw a number of references to John Legend’s acceptance speech at the Oscars last night: Oscars 2015: John Legend Makes Slavery Comparison in Acceptance Speech
“We live in the most incarcerated country in the world,” Legend said. “There are more black men under correctional control today than there […]
One indisputable fact is that big-money interests have now surfaced in a number of states, seeking to influence the type of legalization adopted in specific states, and to profit from the legal marijuana market. We should not be surprised that the economic appeal of legalizing marijuana would attract the attention of people with resources. Understandably, some activists who have worked long and hard to help bring us to this point, are concerned about the entry of big money into the political equation. They fear the legalization movement has been hijacked […]
Legislation was introduced Friday in the US House of Representatives to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. House Resolution 1013, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, removes cannabis from the United States Controlled Substances Act. It also removes enforcement power from the US Drug Enforcement Administration in matters concerning marijuana possession, production, and sales — thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit.