- 01/07/2002
-2001: A Year in the Life of Marijuana Prohibition
"House Republicans Thursday unveiled a package of bills to combat drug abuse and vowed to make America virtually drug-free by 2002 ... > read more - 01/18/2002
-The Guerrilla News Network’s “Crack the CIA” Wins at Sundance
The Guerrilla News Network’s Crack the CIA won the Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Online Fil ... > read more - 01/24/2002
-Utah Cops Skip Search Warrants
Even when Judges would approve search warrant requests cops are not bothering to ask
When Utah Police forced their w ... > read more - 02/12/2002
-STOP THE DEA! Protect Patients and Democracy!!!
Dear Friend,
At a time when our nation is concerned about the war on terrorism, the DEA is waging an all-out war on me ... > read more - 02/25/2002
-The Bush Oil-igarchy's Pipeline Protection Package
With the stench of Enron growing more acrid each day, you'd think the last thing President Bush would want is to be seen toadyin ... > read more - 03/14/2002
-Colombian Voter Revolt
If you've been getting your information about the war in Colombia from the mainstream American press I'd bet you think the vast ma ... > read more - 04/01/2002
-Medical Marijuana Ban Overturned in D.C.
A federal law that prohibited District of Columbia residents from proposing, running or voting on a ballot initiative to legalize ... > read more - 06/06/2002
-Stop the Federal War on Medical Marijuana
TODAY, in dozens of cities and towns across the United States, something remarkable happened: Thousands of people battling cancer, ... > read more - 06/17/2002
-Green Party Makes Sheriff Bid in Madison Wisconsin
He was a "Billionaire for Bush or Gore," a member of an expatriate writers group in Bulgaria and he managed a restaurant in Madiso ... > read more - 06/17/2002
-The Colombian Contras
Otto Reich, assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, wasted little time before traveling to Bogotá to congratula ... > read more - 07/10/2002
-Conservative MP Calls Marijuana Prohibition "Indefensible"
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- In the wake of British Home Secretary David Blunkett's announcement today of a major reduction in marijuana p ... > read more - 08/06/2002
-Police Support Pot Initiative
The state's largest police organization today endorsed the marijuana initiative.
The board of the Nevada Conference of ... > read more - 09/08/2002
-Feds Expand War on Medical Marijuana to Patients and Small-Scale Growers; Recent Raids Contradict DEA Claims of Low Enforcement Priority; More Arrests for Medical Marijuana than Terrorism in California
The U.S. Justice Department has begun to escalate its war on medical marijuana by
pursuing small-scale providers and personal ... > read more - 09/08/2002
-Legalize and Regulate Cannabis, Canadian Senate Committee Says; Special Report Finds Pot To Be Less Harmful Than Alcohol Or Tobacco; Calls For Licensed Distribution Of Marijuana For Recreational And Medical Purposes
Ottawa, Ontario: Members of a special Senate committee unanimously urged
Parliament to amend federal law to allow for the ... > read more - 09/12/2002
-California City Leaders To Protest Federal Pot Raids With Medical Marijuana Giveaway
Santa Cruz, CA: Local politicians will oversee the distribution of medicinal marijuana from City Hall next Tuesday in response ... > read more - 09/12/2002
-Noelle Bush, Found With Cocaine at Rehab. Center in Florida, Should Receive More Treatment, Not Jail, Says Drug Policy Alliance
Noelle's Anticipated Arrest Occurs Amidst Bush Administration's Campaign Linking Non-Violent American Drug Users to Terrorism; ... > read more - 09/20/2002
-Court Blocks D.C. Vote on Medical Use of Marijuana
Efforts to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in the District were blocked yesterday when a federal appeals court overturn
... > read more - 10/28/2002
-Initiative Asks City to Roll its Own
Proposal S Could Put S.F. in the Marijuana Business
In the latest show of defiance against the federal government's crackdown on medicinal marijuana, San Francisco could get into the ... > read more - 11/01/2002
-Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Doctor’s Right to Recommend Medical Marijuana
In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that doctors have the right to openly recommend or approve ... > read more - 11/10/2002
-San Francisco to Consider Growing Medical Marijuana, Boston Lawmakers
Local ballot proposals fared better than state-wide initiatives in 2002. San Francisco, California voters passed Proposition S ... > read more - 01/06/2003
-Humboldt Hard Lines Soften
Incoming D.A. and sheriff are expected to take less rigid stances on pot and forestry issues. District Attorney Elect Paul Gallego ... > read more - 01/28/2003
-Drug Czar Defies Nevada Election Officials
Refuses to Disclose Money Spent Against Marijuana Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- White House "Drug Czar" John Walters today refused to report how much money he spent campaigning against Ques ... > read more - 02/03/2003
-Jurors Denounce Their Own Verdict
Gonzalez, Adachi Weigh in
After she and her fellow jurors found Ed Rosenthal guilty of federal marijuana cultivation and conspiracy charges in San Francisco ... > read more - 06/06/2003
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Ed Wins!
Medical Pot Activist Walks Free
Set free by a San Francisco federal judge who sentenced him to just one day in prison, medical cannabis grower Ed Rosenthal said t ... > read more - 06/08/2003
-DEA Uses RAVE Act to Stop a Benefit to Raise Money for Marijuana Reform
Only two months after the RAVE Act was passed by Congress it has been used by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (D ... > read more - 12/19/2003
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A Victory for Medical Pot Patients
Medical marijuana patients won a landmark legal victory Dec. 16 when the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federa ... > read more - 04/28/2004
-Congress Threatens Live Music, Fans And Music Industry Fight Back
Congress is considering two bills that would hold bands, DJs, bartenders, promoters, venue owners, radio stations and others liab ... > read more - 09/19/2004
-Merced County Lacks Medical Pot Guidelines
Marijuana Prescription Holders Call for Legal Protection
Charles Igou, a 70-year-old retired Air Force veteran, neve ... > read more - 09/29/2004
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Feds Block Research on Possible Anti-Cancer Properties of Pot Components
Clinical research touted by the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research that shows marijuana's components can inh ... > read more - 02/21/2008
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SF Green Party Approves Policy on Medical Marijuana; Condemns Actions by the DEA
The San Francisco Green Party supported California's medical marijuana law
when it appeared on the November 1996 ballot as P ... > read more
