Submitted by Rebecca Gasca on November 28, 2011
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced in 2009 he would stop prosecutions of medical marijuana in states where it is legal. That order was muddled by a second memo from his deputy David Ogden, who said the feds would prosecute growers and sellers who go big.
Submitted by Rebecca Gasca on September 26, 2011
More voices have recently joined the ACLU of Nevada over the paradoxical nature of Nevada’s medical marijuana laws. These voices echo what the ACLU of Nevada consistently said during the 2011 legislative session - the lack of a comprehensive plan to manufacture, distribute, and allow for the use of medical marijuana is alarming, especially since Cannabis (marijuana) was legalized for medical purposes in Nevada via a constitutional amendment over a decade ago.
Submitted by David Kaplan on June 29, 2011
June 17th marked the anniversary of America’s longest running war. Not the war in Afghanistan or even Vietnam, but a war that has cost us more money than Afghanistan and Vietnam combined.
Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs, making drug abuse “public enemy number one.” Yet $1 trillion later we have absolutely no victories to proclaim, no one to congratulate and more problems than we ever could have imagined as a result of our all-out War on Drugs.
