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Federal Government Seeking To Uphold MMAR Provisions Ontario’s top court is hearing an appeal of a ruling that struck down key provisions of the law governing access to marijuana for medical use. In asking that the decision be set aside, the federal government will rely on what it argues is a series of “palpable and overriding errors” by Superior Court Justice Donald Taliano, who last year stayed a production charge against Toronto marijuana activist Matthew Mernagh. The appeal, scheduled to … Read More

– While delivering his remarks at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, comedian Jimmy Kimmel addressed the issue of marijuana legalization. “What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern? We will deplete the nation’s Funyun supply?” Kimmel said. “Pot smokers vote too. Sometimes a week after the election, but they vote.” Kimmel then posed a challenge to the crowd, which was made up of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and George Clooney. “I would like everyone in this … Read More

Recently, the Huffington Post ran an article stating that according to more than 300 economists, the U.S.  government could potentially save $13.7 billion dollars by not enforcing the prohibition and taxing it like tobacco and alcohol. As someone who has always been pro-legalization, I found this interesting and saw it as a ray of light through the thunderstorm that is this ridiculous marijuana prohibition. So, if it could potentially save the States billions of dollars, what about Canada? According to … Read More

Amid an increased crackdown on medical marijuana producers across the nation, including a recent high-profile raid on a California training school, President Barack Obama faced questions in a new interview with Rolling Stone about the seeming disconnect between his 2008 campaign rhetoric and his administration’s actions since he took office. “I’m not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws [on medical marijuana],” Obama promised in 2008, according to an earlier Rolling Stone report. But … Read More

The man who put Marc Emery behind bars is now advocating for the legalization of marijuana. A pro-legalization event Wednesday in Vancouver featured a bizarre pairing at the head table of two important figures in the self-styled Prince of Pot’s life – his wife, Jodie Emery, and his prosecutor, John McKay. “Nearly one million people every year are imprisoned for simple marijuana possession,” said McKay, who believes none of those criminals should be serving time. The former U.S. Attorney, free … Read More

Discussions About Legalizing Marijuana Should Start With a Few Basic Truths. One is that legalization would save the law-enforcement and social costs of arresting hundreds of thousands of adults each year.  ( Most proposals would keep marijuana illegal for those under 21.  ) Another is that pot’s underground economy – estimated at $15 billion to $30 billion annually – would be largely wiped out if marijuana were legalized throughout the country.  Finally, it is clear that legalization would greatly decrease … Read More

The pungent smell of pot that blankets a popular quadrangle at the University of Colorado-Boulder every April 20 is being replaced by the stench of fish-based fertilizer Friday as administrators try to stamp out one of the nation’s largest annual campus celebrations of marijuana. After more than 10,000 people — students and non-students — attended last year’s marijuana rally on Norlin Quadrangle, university officials decided this year to apply the stinky fertilizer to the quad to deter pot-smokers. They’re also … Read More

Among the many broken promises of the 2008 campaign rests the widening destruction that was a key campaign promise for the eventual winner.  Then-Sen.  Obama promised in his campaign and eventually issued policy memorandums promising not to interfere with state-sanctioned medical marijuana. I sincerely hope those of you who voted for him based on those promises of hope, change and transparency —- not to mention the end of civil rights violations —- have recognized the only trait the man carries … Read More

I am what is commonly referred to as a Red Tory.  Which means that, while I am a card-carrying member of both the Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ( and a board member on both riding associations ), I don’t necessarily agree with everything that my two political parties set as policy. And that’s fine; this is a democracy, and the policies of the parties I belong to are built from the grassroots-up.  Any … Read More

When federal agents raided Oaksterdam University, Richard Lee’s downtown Oakland, Calif.-based trade school, earlier this month, it wasn’t simply a crackdown on a local pot business, it was one of the highest-profile moves in the Obama administration’s nationwide assault on medical marijuana. DEA and IRS agents hauled away computers, files and pot plants, leaving behind little more than office furniture. They did not disclose the reason for the raid and have not charged Lee with any crime as of yet. … Read More