A Message of Hope for the New Year
Kevin Zeese has long amazed me because of the number of things he does to make a better world. Mondays he does a radio program with Margaret Flowers called Clearing the FOG, which is one of the best...
View ArticleThe War on Weed Is Winding Down But Will Monsanto Be the Winner?
The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing a deadly danger to health, has a wide range of therapeutic...
View ArticleMonsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis
California’s “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA) is a voter initiative characterized as legalizing marijuana use. But critics warn that it will actually make access more difficult and expensive,...
View ArticleDebtors Prison Not a Tale of Charles Dickens
Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination — employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps...
View ArticleVermont Governor Blows Smoke With Legal Marijuana Veto
Vermont, of all places, offers the latest example of how marijuana makes people crazy, the people in this case being the Republican governor and most of the Republican Party. For all the “Reefer...
View ArticleDeviant Diva: Schapelle Corby Returns to Australia
In his work on celebrity, Daniel Boorstin drew a firm line under a field that has since become the mirror of its own study, in industry within media studies. The modern celebrity, he surmised, is...
View ArticleNeighbors Shut Down Illegal Cannabis Grows
Sonoma County, Northern California — One of the United States’ top four cannabis-growing counties is Sonoma County, California. In 2016, it became legal for adults to consume marijuana in California....
View ArticleThe Vast Impact of Legalizing Hemp
The Empire doesn’t understand yet what has happened. Legalizing hemp farming and hemp industries will have a profound impact on our local communities, our soil, our ecosystems and our culture at large....
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Marijuana Goes to House Floor with a Landslide Victory for SAFE Banking Act
Screen Shot from YouTube Video, Protesters rally for safe access to medical marijuana. For the first time since the war on marijuana was declared by President Richard Nixon, progressive marijuana law...
View ArticleBiden and the Pot Heads: The Return of the Drug Moralists
Promises are very much made to be broken, and the Biden administration is proving to be no exception. In a moral fit, the Biden White House has gone through the ranks of staffers with a keen eye on...
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Decriminalized Marijuana Reinvents Racism and Poisoning
The change in marijuana laws across the US raises issues far beyond, “Hey, dude, we can blow a joint now without getting busted.” The racism that permeated the age of criminalization now lurks...
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