Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences
Join us in calling on President Obama to pardon or commute the sentences of federal prisoners serving excessive sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Oct 31, 2013 / NationAction
Pot Block! Trapped in the Marijuana Rescheduling Maze Pot Block! Trapped in the Marijuana Rescheduling Maze
One journalist-provocateur’s journey into the drug war bureaucracy shows why previous efforts to reschedule pot have been DEA’d on arrival.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Harmon Leon
Obama’s War on Pot Obama’s War on Pot
While the press has hailed the president’s “public health” approach, the White House has cracked down on cannabis.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Mike Riggs
Marijuana and Police Militarization: Mission Creep Marijuana and Police Militarization: Mission Creep
How the war on pot has fueled SWAT raids and paramilitary policing.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / The Nation
Pot Reform’s Race Problem Pot Reform’s Race Problem
The fight against marijuana prohibition must put racial justice at the center.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Carl L. Hart
The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests—and What To Do About It The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests—and What To Do About It
The federal government has subsidized the criminalization of millions of young people simply for having a small amount of pot.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Harry Levine
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform
The grassroots struggle to free the weed has always been about more than just legalizing pot.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Martin A. Lee
The Marijuana Miracle: Why a Single Compound in Cannabis May Revolutionize Modern Medicine The Marijuana Miracle: Why a Single Compound in Cannabis May Revolutionize Modern Medicine
The discovery of pot’s astonishing medical potential is the most compelling new reason for legalizing the plant.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Martin A. Lee
Can Medical Marijuana Survive in Washington State? Can Medical Marijuana Survive in Washington State?
Legalization in the Evergreen State has led to parallel marijuana industries. Is there room for both?
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Kristen Gwynne
Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’ Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’
The editors of the nation’s most popular pot magazine on its four decades-long fight to end cannabis prohibition.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian