Despite his assurances on the campaign trail and a really hopeful memo in 2009 from the Department of Justice, President Obama has all but abandoned his promise of not harassing states that have passed medical weed laws and now federal prosecutors are employing a new tactic to try and foce dispensaries out of business. Read more »
Here’s an educational video from a 67-year-old woman about the hypocrisy of America’s drug prohibition entitled 420 – We Can’t Have That, which is done so fantastically bad it’s good. Her rapping style and geriatric drawl would make any subscriber to High Times happy, but that’s about it. The message is spot on though.
Pro-pot groups in Colorado aren’t taking any chances with the 2012 ballot and so they’ve proposed eight initiatives calling for the full legalization of weed.
Although Proposition 19 didn’t pass this time around, according to the latest polls, it has a better chance of winning in 2012 than Sarah Palin does.
Fox Nation is really really upset over archenemy George Soros’ support of Proposition 19 and published a scathing piece on the “leftist billionaire” that reads like a script out of Reefer Madness. They say that legalization of weed is just a gateway to the decriminalization of hard drugs and that his real intention is to “take America closer to his vision of a European-style permissive social democracy.” Read more »
Billionaire George Soros wrote a column in today’s Wall Street Journal detailing why he’s all for Prop 19. Basically, it will save money, resources, and give police the opportunity to focus their energies on real crime. It could also bring a semblance of equality to a criminal justice system that is currently out of whack and has been since pot was prohibited more than seven decades ago. Read more »
With just eight days to go before California’s Proposition 19 is voted on, the latest polls showed support decreasing, but could that be due to the method in which they were taken? According to internal numbers, it’s quite possible as individuals tended to be less supportive of the measure when responding to live interviewers compared to automated surveys, proving that there’s still a stigma attached to the legalization issue and that people still don’t trust the man, who in this case, happens to be a pollster.
While everyone is all in a frenzy over NPR’s firing of Juan Williams, frequent sayer of dumb things, we’ve been too busy being outraged by Bill O’Reilly’s comments on Tuesday night about Proposition 19 to care. Read more »
To all the idiot stoners who are opposed to Prop 19 because they think “Big tobacco” is going to take over the weed game, you’re misinformed. As it is, they’ve got enough problems to deal with already when it comes to cigarettes and the last thing these companies are going to do is risk their major moneymaker for a plant that will still be illegal under federal law even if its legal in California, a sentiment echoed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco spokesman Frank Lester. Read more »
On November 2nd, California voters will decide whether to legalize weed and according to a new Field Poll, support for Proposition 19 is growing, with 49% now in favor, 42% opposed and 9% undecided.
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