George Soros Makes the Case for Legal Weed

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 The billionaire investor/activist has written a well-reasoned essay in the Wall Street Journal arguing for an end to marijuana prohibition The L Times reports that in California, Soros is backing the cause with more than words (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What the Pot Legalization Campaign Really Threatens

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 By their actions, alcohol companies are admitting that more sensible drug policies could cut into their government-created monopoly on mind-altering substances. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chronic Pain? Pot May Do the Trick

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2010 This may seem like the results of a study by Professor Obvious, but a research team out of McGill University Health Center in Montreal has determined that smoking marijuana might help chronic pain sufferers manage their symptoms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexican President Willing to Discuss Legalizing Drugs

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2010 Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who has conducted a deadly war with drug cartels since 2006, said he is open to debating the legalization of drugs, although his office maintains that he opposes the idea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Could Pot Topple the Tea Party?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2010 The tea party is still less a party than a loose coalition, offering both opportunity for expansion and the threat of division. Take, for example, one growing states' rights issue that might pose some problems this election season: the legalization of marijuana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Drugs and Roman Polanski

David Coleman / Truthdig Jul 13, 2010 The 34-year-old lens through which we view Roman Polanski’s crime is clouded because society’s viewpoint about his “sex crime” has swung in the opposite direction from that of a drug crime.Should a crime be viewed through a lens adjusted to the era during which the crime was committed? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Marijuana Delivery Services Evade Bans on Dispensaries

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2010 A flourishing and unregulated industry of pot delivery services is circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries and bringing medical marijuana directly to homes, offices and more unconventional locations across California, records and interviews show. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Cone of Silence

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What Are They Smoking in California?

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 There is record support for marijuana legalization, as more Americans see the drug war for what it really is. But framing the debate in terms of tax revenue is just bad politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on the GOP: ‘They’re Such Sore Losers’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2010 Bill Maher was his usual irreverent self on Wednesday's "Tonight Show," praising House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "balls" in the health care reform saga and riffing on the infamous "death panel" controversy in ways Sarah Palin most definitely won't appreciate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kids Just Want to Get High

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2010 File this under scary stories about drugs that lead to bad policy, but U.S. health officials just announced that about 7 percent of 12-year-olds have tried to get loaded by inhaling household chemicals. The little huffers far outnumbered junior pot smokers (1.4 percent), but, even at this age, alcohol is America's drug of choice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rogues Gone Wild

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 We've so idealized cowboy-style rebellion in matters of war and law enforcement that the DEA can refuse to follow explicit orders from the president and attorney general and get away with it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )