Measure 80 aims to reassure parents. (vote80.org)
Oregon's Measure 80 Faces an Uphill Battle [FEATURE]
Oregon's Measure 80 is the most far reaching of this year's legalization initiatives. It is also the longest shot.
Medical Marijuana
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Initiative Watch
There's less than a month to go, but some initiatives are more active than others.
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Medical Marijuana Update
The big news this week is that Oakland is suing the feds over their efforts to shut down Harborside. Meanwhile, the battles continue at the state and local level in California and beyond.
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Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War [FEATURE]
Veteran antiwar activist Tom Hayden opened the first day of the national NORML conference with a call for the creation of a social justice-based peace movement to end the drug war.
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Initiative Watch
Just over a month out, medical marijuana and marijuana legalization initiative campaigns are heating up.
Rally at Obama Fundraiser, Oakland on Monday, to Save Harborside and Medical Marijuana
(Update: Live video feed from the protest.)
President Obama (wikimedia.org)
Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections II: The Parties and the Presidential Race [FEATURE]
What role will marijuana play in the presidential election campaign? Look to Colorado.
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Would Romney be Worse for Medical Marijuana Than Obama? Ctd
[inline:DEAraid.jpg align=right]Andrew Sullivan responds to my statement that, regarding medical marijuana, "I honestly doubt Romney could be any worse than [Obama] if he tried."
I don't. The man doesn't even drink coffee. His impulse when seeing a man with muscular dystrophy in desperate need of medical marijuana was to listen, ignore and then walk away. Obama deserves criticism on medical marijuana - but the notion that there would be no difference between his DEA and Romney's strikes me as ... well I can't help remembering how, in 2000, I thought Gore would be no different than Bush.
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Obama and Romney Can't Ignore Marijuana Anymore
[inline:marijuanaflower.jpg align=right]It's kinda hard to pretend pot doesn't exist when almost everyone is talking about it. This week, both Reuters and Associated Press dropped big stories about the implications of marijuana policy on the presidential election and the whole discussion is making Obama and Romney look a little silly.
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Mitt Romney's Crazy Comments on Medical Marijuana
The instant I write something suggesting that Romney wouldn't be any worse than Obama on medical marijuana, along comes Romney flipping out on a reporter for merely asking about it. The fun starts at 2:10: