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Diane Goldstein: End the Drug War With Justice and Dignity!
Posted on July 9, 2015 | 6 Comments. . . In September 2012 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of law enforcement professionals opposed to the war on drugs, of which I am a member of […] -
Introducing the “Compassionate and Sensible Access Act” for Medical Marijuana – UPDATED with text!
Posted on April 14, 2015 | 4 Comments. . . This made its way into our inbox last night from our good friend (and sometimes contributor) MMJ activist Debbie Tharp. Are we the first outlet to print […] -
The Homelessness Issue in the OC
Posted on April 6, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . The Homeless of Orange County need to set the standard around the country and perhaps around the world. We can do it…but…we need the Orange County Board […] -
The spectacular, historic victory of Proposition 47
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 5 Comments.. It’s that time of year time for me to say thanks for many things, including acknowledging the many voters across the country that voted for drug policy and sentencing […] -
Is Santa Ana Council doomed to repeat the mistakes of Los Angeles’ Measure D?
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . Two years ago, Los Angeles’ City Council drafted Measure D, which trounced two competing citizens’ initiatives to regulate the medical marijuana market in Los Angeles. Many assume […] -
Liberty and Justice for All: Vote YES on 47!
Posted on October 27, 2014 | 19 Comments. . . I’m writing this piece to congratulate YOU on being part of the forward march of American progress, an integral part of Martin Luther King’s long “moral arc […] -
The Patrick O’Crowley files: Why does the Los Angeles Deputy DA hate our coverage of his work?
Posted on August 28, 2014 | 12 Comments. . . Several months ago, near the beginning of Christopher Woodard‘s long hellish incarceration at LA Central, we reprinted here what looked to me like an important screed from […] -
“Do No Harm?” How the War on Drugs has become a War on Kids.
Posted on July 12, 2014 | 6 Commentsfirst printed in Medical Marijuana 411, July 4, 2014. The war on drugs is, by now, easily America’s longest conflict. I have written extensively on the corruption surrounding the enforcement […] -
The NEW Poison Pill in Lou’s Pot Bill! Final revision – it’s true, bill sucks.
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 22 Comments. . . Well, when Paul Lucas is right, Paul Lucas is right! And what has Paul been right about most often? Mainly, that each time State Senator Lou Correa […] -
Santa Ana’s new Marijuana Proposal shapes up: Progress, or a Sneaky Trick?
Posted on June 30, 2014 | 38 CommentsTwo weeks after June 17’s somewhat contentious council meeting discussing and delaying the Santa Ana City Council’s proposed medical marijuana regulation initiative, the question in this title still seems valid. […] -
California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 34 CommentsAs measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe […] -
Right Before Our Very Eyes: A Civil Remedy to Drug Abuse.
Posted on June 4, 2014 | 6 CommentsIt is clear that Americans have an opioid prescription drug problem of massive proportions. This problem has resulted in a surge of heroin addiction that is affecting Americans across the […] -
The Exoneration of Chris Norby.
Posted on May 16, 2014 | 25 Comments. . . “Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […] -
Mimi vs Moorlach on Medical MJ: Must the GOP go down in a death embrace with the Drug War?
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 67 CommentsLast year around this time I was asked to become a featured blogger for a great women’s activist website called Ladybud Magazine. I started one of my original articles asking […]