Strong majorities of Americans believe people should be able to use, grow, and sell marijuana in states where it is legal, according to a new Reason Foundation-Rupe poll. Nearly three out of four (72%) said pot smokers should not be arrested in those states, more than two-thirds (68%) said the federal government should not arrest growers in those states, and nearly two-thirds (64%) said it should not arrest... (more)
In a special extended, unedited version of Cenk Uygur’s interview with Alex Jones, the radio host and now infamous gun advocate reacts to comments by Jon Stewart and Glenn Beck about his appearance on Pi... (more)
(CNSNews.com) – A new Justice Department study looking at violent crimes committed against "youth"--defined as Americans from 12 to 17 years of age--discovered that “serious violent crimes” committed against youth by a perpetrator using a firearm dropped by 95 percent from 1994 to 2010.
The study--"Violent Crimes Against Youth, 1994-2010"–also discovered that American youth who were victims of a serious violent crime in 2010 were six times more likely to ha... (more)
A poll released Thursday shows 57% of Hawaiians favor the idea of taxing and regulating marijuana. That's a startling 20% increase in support in just seven years -- a 2005 poll by the same group asking the same question had only 37% support.
The QMark Research poll was conducted for the Drug Policy Action Group and consisted of telephone interviews with 603 respondents. It h... (more)
Please see the top comment on Ycombinator, the US government was absolutely terrorizing this brilliant young man for releasing some copyrighted scientific journals. - Chris
A federal magistrate in Oakland Monday ruled that landlords for the Harborside Health Center cannot stop it from selling medical marijuana in their properties in the cities of Oakland and San Jose. Federal Magistrate Maria-Elena James issued an order blocking the landlords from forcing Harborside to close its doors.
Harborside is the world's largest medical marijuana dispensary, serving 108,000 registered patients at its two locations. It was targeted by federal prosecutors as par... (more)
