Marijuana Petition Deadline Tomorrow, Lets Reach 100k!

Tomorrow is October 22nd, this date is important because it is the deadline that the Obama administration set for the closing of the We The People petitions. Several petitions have moved past the 5000 signature requirement but the most notorious is without a doubt the “Legalize...

Why Marijuana Prohibition is Destined to Fail

There is no victory against your own people. That is the fundamental lesson that the federal government will need to learn one way or another in the near future. While some may see the recent actions of the DEA and the Department of Justice as a re-commitment to the senseless policy...

Cannabis Counsel: Hazy Federal Pot Laws

When it comes to the federal government’s stance on medical marijuana, the laws are hazy at best. First there was Obama’s campaign pledges that once president, he would not use federal resources to circumvent state medical marijuana laws. Then there was the Ogden memo this year...

Is Marijuana as Dangerous as Heroin? DEA Says Yes

It’s been 9 long years since the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis petitioned the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs – a list that includes heroin, GHB and LSD, among others.  And in a 37-page letter posted in the...

New Justice Department Threatens Raids on Pot Shops

It seems a day doesn’t go by where medical marijuana isn’t on the receiving end of wicked bully smack-down. From Governor Chris Christie’s weakening of New Jersey’s medical marijuana law, to the Feds unremitting war against cancer patients, government agencies...