medical marijuana

Glenn Greenwald Smokes Out Obama’s Dubious Sense of Justice

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 After mischaracterizing a law governing medical marijuana distribution, the president who refused to prosecute those who led the U.S. into an indefinite war on terror told a Rolling Stone interviewer last month that he couldn't ask the Justice Department to "turn the other way" when it comes to potential violations of medical marijuana use. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Private Prison Corporations on a Shopping Spree

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2012 Private prison corporations are taking advantage of the economic crisis to buy state prisons; the French right wing is, unsurprisingly, falling apart; meanwhile, Obama goes back on his word and cracks down on medical marijuana dispensaries. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Obama Administration’s War on Pot in California

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 14, 2011 The U.S. attorneys who have declared war on California's medical marijuana industry remind me of the prohibition agents in the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

California Medical Assn. Says Pot Should Be Legal

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 With the Obama administration threatening to seize medicinal marijuana dispensaries in the state, the California Medical Association voted Friday to support the decriminalization of marijuana. The association, the state's largest physician organization, originally opposed California's 15-year-old medical marijuana initiative. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Pot Politics: California Could Go All the Way

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2009 California was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana and, if three ballot measures and a bill floating around the state legislature have anything to say about it, the Golden State could be the first to legalize and tax adult marijuana use across the board. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )