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Marijuana Policy Project

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Obama Admin Targets Free Speech With Federal Crackdown on Marijuana Advertising

    ​This week Rob Kampia, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, called President Obama "the worst president (so far) on medical marijuana." It's an debatable statement, but one that would have been even easier for Kampia to argue if he'd waited for today's news to write it.

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Ore-Gone Crazy

    Our neighbor's twisted logic when it comes to kids and marijuana.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Oregon Prosecutors Promise Medical Marijuana Crackdown, For the Kids' Sake

    Image source​The top federal prosecutor in Oregon and 33 of the state's district attorneys announced last week that they are going to put an end to prescription pot sales. The authorities say that although Oregon currently has nearly 40,000 people enrolled in its voter-approved medical marijua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Sensible Washington Files New Pot-Legalization Initiative, Despite Plea to Hold Off

    ​Undeterred by last year's failure to pass a marijuana-legalization initiative, and a plea by national pot-advocacy groups to hold off until next year for another effort, Sensible Washington is filing a new initiative this afternoon with the Secretary of State. Douglas Hiatt, chair of the orga ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana’s steady creep toward legalization nationwide.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Don't Cry for Norm Stamper

    Stamper lives on an idyllic Orcas Island retreat​The 10-year anniversary of the WTO meeting in Seattle brings inevitable reflections on the career of then Police Chief Norm Stamper. The typical story line, repeated in the Seattle Times yesterday and today, is that the disastrous affair led Sta ... More >>

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Club Pot Med

    Livid over the vague voter-enacted state law allowing use of medical marijuana, a crusading lawyer tries to untangle unintended consequences. The law has driven the supply system underground, pot patients are getting busted, and some cops, prosecutors, and judges just don't get it.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The Drug Issue

    Livid over the vague voter-enacted state law allowing use of medical marijuana, a crusading lawyer tries to untangle unintended consequences. The law has driven the supply system underground, pot patients are getting busted, and some cops, prosecutors, and judges just don't get it.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    D.C. Bud?

    The White House drug czar blows into town to talk tough, but he also signals a new attitude toward discussing pot.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Buzz

    The White House drug czar blows into town to talk tough, but he also signals a new attitude toward discussing pot.

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