Tag: DEA
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How to File as an “Interested Person” in a DEA Scheduling or Rescheduling Proceeding
See previously on WeedPress: The Master Definition That Quietly Gave The Public Standing Against the DEA The DEA does not decide who has standing in federal drug rulemaking. The regulation does. And under 21 C.F.R. § 1300.01(b), the public has a formal legal doorway into DEA scheduling proceedings: “Interested person means any person adversely affected…
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Cannabis Movement Ending Era Of Personalities
The cannabis world is structurally changing. It’s moving away from informal, personality-driven, relationship-based influence and toward: 1. compliance-heavy operations 2. institutional capital 3. audited finances 4. federal-facing regulatory posture 5. documentation, transparency, and risk controls That shift favors people and organizations that are: 1. procedurally clean 2. boring in a good way 3. compliance-literate 4.…
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Gateway Drug Theory Rejected By DEA and HHS: Federal Register
81 Fed. Reg. 53767, 53784 (Aug. 12, 2016) (concluding that “research does not support a direct causal relationship between regular marijuana use and other illicit drug use” and emphasizing that “[l]ittle evidence supports the hypothesis that initiation of marijuana use leads to an abuse disorder with other illicit substances”). Full text of the decision available…
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FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions
POLITICS FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions https://www.marijuanamoment.net/fda-says-iowas-medical-marijuana-law-doesnt-risk-federal-funds-for-academic-institutions/
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New Iowa Cannabis Lobbyist Network Incorporates
A new Iowa marijuana lobbying organization has incorporated as of November 22, 2025. Meet the Iowa Cannabis Action Network: Started by this lady: I’ve talked a few times with Gina over the past few years. I’ll let her do her own introductions. But I liked Gina, she’s very likable and approachable, and recall having encouraged…
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Why DEA Religious Guidance For Religious Mushrooms Was Issued
As my personal understanding currently stands, Agencies cannot consider constitutional issues so this DEA religious guidance is a moot point. It essentially says, write DEA a letter to ask for exemption. That is consistent with the process for states to apply for federal exemption for medical cannabis programs as well, so that is technically correct,…
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Iowaska Church Of Healing Oral Argument In DC Court
Case 2: 25-1140 In re: Iowaska Church of Healing Friday, November 14, 2025 9:30 A.M. USCA Courtroom 31 Judges Henderson, Katsas, Garcia Karen LeCraft Henderson Gregory G. Katsas Bradley N. Garcia 25-1140 In re: Iowaska Church of Healing 10 minutes per side Arguing: Simon A. Steel, Lowell V. Sturgill Jr. (DOJ)…
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DEA Brief in Iowaska Healing Church Iowa Lawsuit July 2025
Download the DEA brief at the above link. Case concerns an ayahuasca church demanding religious exemption to use ayahuasca in ceremony as their sacrament. Interesting brief.
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Olsen v. DEA, 878 F.2d 1458, 1461 (D.C. Cir. 1989)
The DEA’s contention that Congress directed the Administrator automatically to turn away all churches save one opens a grave constitutional question. A statutory exemption authorized for one church alone, and for which no other church may qualify, presents a “denominational preference” not easily reconciled with the establishment clause. See Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228, 245,…
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Recent DEA Footnote Acknowledges Two Part CAMU Test!
For those following mj rescheduling, pg 7 fn 13 of this DEA doc temporarily placing 3 synth opioids in schedule I may be of interest. DEA acknowledges the existence of and authority for the 2-part test for CAMU, though it also applies its own 5-part test: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11462.pdf?utm_campaign=pi+subscription+mailing+list&utm_medium=email&utm_source=federalregister.gov
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RFRA Changes The Cannabis Game; Fulfills My Prediction Religious Cannabis Constitutional Claims
Prior to RFRA state laws, I argued the first amendment right to religion would bring constitutional rulings for individuals protecting religious access to cannabis in private prayer. I think this is still the inevitable end result of cannabis litigations. There are several things to note about the RFRA.
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Senator John Thune: Federal Solution To State Medical Marijuana Laws In Hands Of State, Not Congress
Senator John Thune’s office had me come install a TV mount for them and while there I asked a question. I got a letter in response that wasn’t a form letter at all. Below is the recording I made of my phone call to the state Attorney Generals office. I am also contacting the governor…
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Timeline so far
October 2nd began two years October 22nd: state probation first meeting probation officer advised Nebraska probation was not allowing my active med card as an exemption. I advised I would file for a religious exemption with Nebraska to use federally lawful hemp so as not to be a federal criminal with medical cannabis. Friday November…
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Religious Cannabis Exemption Iowa Research
Government cannot favor religious activity over secular, or visa versa. The judicial cannon of constitutional avoidance means an unconstitutional statute is only unconstitutional if it is actually applied to someone in an unconstitutional way. Someone has to be injured by it, or it’s never going to be held unconstitutional. The problem with…
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27 States Will Automatically Reschedule Cannabis Once The Feds Reschedule
Credit and gratitude to Vicente LLP for providing the following legal research and findings to us here at WeedPress. The state scheduling procedure is triggered automatically by a federal schedule change in the following 27 states. The state must control the substance in accord with federal law unless the state regulatory body controlling the CSA…
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NEW: 2025 DEA Rescheduling Hearing Timeline Schedule
A bully abusing patients walks into a legal trap.
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Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Meeting, Friday September 15 2023 [TRANSCRIPT] [VIDEO]
I missed the first part, but here is the final 55 minutes of video, audio, and transcribed text, from Friday’s meeting this month of Iowa’s medical cannabis advisory board meeting. Medical Cannabidiol Board Meeting September 15 2023 (Transcript) Owen Parker: [00:00:00] Yeah, so we’ve been able to do, like I can introduce some of the…
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SCR 101 Passes Subcommittee 3 – 0
Audio starts at five minutes — today’s hearing in Iowa on application to DEA for an exemption/exception to state marijuana law, uploaded to vimeo, is worth watching for body language and other interesting insights here: https://vimeo.com/672870008 During today’s subcommittee meeting, longtime ally Senator Bolkcom had some useful interesting insights and objections that I’m glad were…
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Guidance Regarding Petitions for Religious Exemption from the Controlled Substances Act Pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Link: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/GDP/(DEA-DC-5)%20Guidance%20Regarding%20Petitions%20for%20Religious%20Exemptions.pdf
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Letter To Senator Chuck Grassley About Federal Medical Cannabis Exemption — December 27, 2021
December 27, 2021Senator Charles Grassley721 Federal Building210 Walnut StreetDes Moines, IA 50309Fax: (515) 288-5097 Senator Charles Grassley135 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Fax: (202) 224-6020 Dear Senator Grassley, As you know, the state of Iowa has set up a program for cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana. Iowa Code Chapter 124E. This marijuana extract program…
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Open Letter to Tucker Carlson: The Real Opioid Story
China, Mexico, pharmaceutical companies, Obama, Congress, the DEA… DEA agents, retiring from DEA, were hired by the dozens by drug dealers pharmaceutical corporations. These former DEA agents used their insider knowledge to pass new laws that protected the drug dealers pharmaceutical corporations from having their shipments of fentanyl pills seized by DEA. Pharma knows their…
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“The Drug Industry’s Triumph Over the DEA” — Washington Post
I am copying and pasting this entire article below for my own edification. Drug industry lobbyists passed a bill back in 2016 to protect their drug profits, right as honest agents within the DEA were trying to take down international purveyors of death pills. Jesus Christ. — Jason https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/ Amid a targeted lobbying effort, Congress…
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Claim of recent Title 21 CFR Section 1307.03 usage by the DEA — “Wide Latitude…For Any Reason” To Provide Exemptions
“Finally, DEA has wide latitude to grant exceptions to many controlledsubstance regulations at any time, for any reason [1]. It has used thisauthority to waive the requirement that providers obtain a separateregistration in each state in which they practice but has done so onlyfor the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. There is no legal orregulatory…
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Lawsuit Against Governor Reynolds A Success: State’s Motion To Dismiss Explains Why This Is A Victory For Iowa PATIENT Advocates
Here’s the latest on our efforts to get the State of Iowa to properly and competently apply for federal exemption from federal marijuana laws to protect Iowa marijuana patients and industry supporters. On April 29, Kim Reynolds, Defendant, filed this motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that the lawsuit is now moot, since…
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Hawaii Legislature OFFICIALLY Seeks Marijuana Exemption From DEA
As covered by WeedPress, we now have Hawaii OFFICIALLY petitioning the feds for exemption from federal marijuana laws. There’s precedent for exempting drugs from the federal law with the psychedelic peyote. It’s about time marijuana was approved as well. Read the latest from Marijuana Moment below! https://www.marijuanamoment.net/hawaii-legislature-seeks-marijuana-exemption-from-dea-while-senate-requests-legal-psilocybin-plan/?fbclid=IwAR2D6JrgYmoKLqXofquS5sNLetrNNnm2O48pbLB68Rs_O9peiJWfyHYo5sU
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Notes On Important Marijuana Cases
These are not my notes, and were sent by a colleague. Reposting here without permission, to help organize my notes a bit better. Click here to follow WeedPress on Facebook. Olsen v. DEA, 878 F.2d 1458, 1459 (D.C. Cir. 1989) Petitioner in this case seeks a religious-use exemption from federal laws proscribing marijuana. We hold…
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After 12 Long Years, This Longtime Activist Finally Granted A Medical Cannabis Card For PTSD
After spending months in jail for private personal use of my religious sacrament and medicine, and after 12 years of activist work that included lawsuits against the governments who deny religious and medical freedom as well as freedom to explore consciousness, I have finally been granted the permission by an arbitrary and temporary corrupt body…
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These Grants Were WITHHELD (!!!) From States For Violating Federal Marijuana Laws In 2020
The following four links provide all the more reason for Iowa to exempt it’s medical marijuana patients from federal laws using the exemption process DEA makes available to marijuana advocates, industry leaders, and affected patients. New York v. United States, February 26, 2020 Eligibility for Federal Grants, Maine Commissioner, May 6, 2020 Federal mental health…
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DEA Response To Iowa’s Petition To Exempt Iowa State Medical Cannabis Patients From Legal Burdens, November 10 2020
To read the letter from the Drug Enforcement Administration to Iowans for Medical Marijuana founder Carl Olsen, follow this link: https://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/pdfs/dea-response-2020-11-10.pdf You can also download the pdf file, mirrored here at this WeedPress link: For more Iowa breaking news on marijuana advocacy efforts, follow WeedPress on Facebook.
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Yesterday’s Iowa CBD Advisory Board Meeting: The Best Legal Weapon For The National Marijuana Movement In 2020?
Want to legalize marijuana? Want to legalize it the right way? Want to fix federal interference with state laws? Then listen to this: our work here in Iowa, which has taken over a decade, has convinced the State of Iowa to take on the federal government over marijuana legalization. No longer will marijuana advocates be…
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This Beautiful Legal Argument Could Resolve Federal/State Marijuana Conflict…But Lawyers Made The Argument In The Wrong Court!
Check out Marvin Washington, et al., Petitioners v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al.’s recent July 2nd brief here on the US Supreme Court Website. This is a tremendously beautiful argument. If somebody actually wants to get a ruling on it, they need to start by filing it first in district court. This legal…
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Administrative Petition For Federal Exemption To Marijuana Laws Filed With Iowa Department of Health
Carl Olsen’s nationally ground shattering work continues. Relentless. The most important work on marijuana in the country in my opinion, and that’s no joke. Weed all about it here in Carl’s latest petition at Iowa Medical Marijuana: https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/cases/olsen-dea-2019.html Petition for Federal Exemption Saturday, September 21, 2019 BEFORE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Petition by…
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Docket Number DEA-392, Notice Of Bulk Manufacturer Of Marihuana Applications
Dated August 22, 2019 SUMMARY: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is providing notice of certain applications it has received from entities applying to be registered to manufacture in bulk a basic class of controlled substances listed in schedule I. Prior to making decisions on these pending applications, DEA intends to promulgate regulations that govern…
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Missouri Marijuana Lobbyist Granted Pre-Trial Release Following Federal Charges
Initially reported as facing up to 25 years in prison a well-known and highly respected cannabis activist appears to have taken a cash donation and gotten charged in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana charge as a result. ABC 17 KIMZ News says, “Eapen Thampy was given pretrial release after a hearing in the Jefferson City…
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The Gazette: Why CBD Is Illegal In Iowa And Other States As Of May 2019 (Despite Unapologetic Salesmen Preying On People And Claiming “Legal In All 50 States”)
CBD confusion, lies, and intentional disinformation from CBD salesmen with hidden agendas these past two years is explained quite excellently in today’s Gazette: From The Gazette: CBD is easy to get, but Gov. Reynolds warns Iowans it’s still illegal for most of us In signing hemp bill, governor reminds us one of hemp’s non-toxic derivatives…
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Multiple Iowa Legislators Promise Bipartisan Work In 2020 To Send Official Letter to Federal Government to Respect State Medical Marijuana Laws In 2020 And Remove Schedule I
In what appears to be a major breakthrough in understanding marijuana policy, a proposal to draft and vote on an important resolution in 2020 was vocalized by Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa Senate during final discussion on the latest expansion to the five year old medical cannabidiol program in the state of Iowa. Here’s…
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Legislative Session Underway: Top Cannabis Stories Around the State
I haven’t posted in over a week now as I’ve been spending most of my time on the phone or computer talking with people. This activism thing is a full time job these days, with no pay, little to no thanks, and a lot of headaches. I love this job. Here’s some of my favorite…
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Cannabis Rescheduling Coalition Petition Federal Brief Filed Today: Demands DEA Update Their Science!
Longtime marijuana activist Carl Olsen, recently granted standing to intervene in the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis Petition case against the DEA, has just filed his response in federal court. In his brief, Olsen slammed the DEA by introducing new evidence into the record, arguing that the DEA is unlawfully interfering with state sovereignty. Olsen stated…
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Tonight: Carl’s Cannabis Corner
Carl’s Cannabis Corner Carl’s Cannabis Corner – Sunday, July 10, 2011: My guest this week is Jason Karimi, Author of Weed Press. July 10, 2011 – Carl talks with Jason Karimi about the July 8, 2011 Drug Enforcement Administration final ruling on the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition:So, how do we know when the benefits have finally…
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DEA Denies Rescheduling Petition; Advocates Plan Appeal
NORML’s recent blog post further proves the DEA’s contempt for an honest dialogue about marijuana policy: no matter what the evidence says, MARIJUANA ISN’T MEDICINE! Insert obligatory “DEA GO AWAY” rant here. Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, I’m going to go ahead and skip repeating what NORML said about the denial…
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Carl Olsen Explains Motion to Intervene in Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis
Carl Olsen has been a busy, busy man. I wrote recently about Carl Olsen’s motion to intervene in the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis rescheduling petition. Olsen explained what he is seeking to accomplish by intervening in the petition today. The short of it is this: the CRC is sick of waiting on the DEA to…
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Carl Olsen Files Motion to Intervene in Cannabis Coalition’s Rescheduling Petition
Interesting. Recently, Medical Marijuana Advocates Have Filed Suit Over Delay of Response to Rescheduling Petition in order to force the Obama Administration to respond to a petition to reclassify medical marijuana. The petition by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, which has been pending since 2002 and received a formal recommendation by the Department of Health…
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4/20 Rally at Washington DC
There is a rally going on! If there’s ever an example of how much one activist can accomplish with an idea, then is it. I first became aware of this march back when the facebook page for Overgrow the Government. Here’s some information from The rally’s website. Welcome to the official Overgrow the Government website!…
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More information: Lynnice Wedewer, cannabis cancer patient
I’ve posted some of Lynnice’s recent media interviews on here before. Now, she has her own website! Check it out…lots of information. Lynnice plans on speaking at the 2011 Iowa Global Marijuana march. For more information, check the Facebook age for the event! As always, I’ll post about what happens on May 7th here on…
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SSDP’s Justin Kander: Man cures cancer with cannabis successfully
I met Justin in Washington DC in early February while attending CPAC 2011 to volunteer for Governor Gary Johnson. Justin has established himself as a respectable activist in Maryland. Here’s his guest column in the The Diamondback Online from the University of Maryland. Diamondbackonline.com article . The Diamondback > Opinion Guest column: Alternate treatment By…
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Weed’s the next big economic boom. Everyone selling weed is broke. What’s going on?
Two recent media articles have given me some food for thought. Let me know what you think. Something isn’t adding up… No money to be made? Tons of money to be made? Definitely does not add up. We’re broke as a country. How does this make you feel? Send comments to jkarimi2007@hotmail.com.
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Action needed by Friday!
The Senate Human Resources now has only until Friday, March 4 to act on the bill, before we have to wait until next January to try to move it again. Please, will you use this action link to write to all the members of the committee, and tell your story about how medical marijuana has…
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Medical Marijuana Legislation Reintroduced in Iowa — Contact Your Legislators!
http://www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=31260511 Action Alert Medical Marijuana Legislation Reintroduced In Iowa Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana was reintroduced this week in the Iowa legislature. The bill received subcommittee approval on Thursday, February 24, but must clear Senate Human Resources Committee next week before the March 4 deadline. You can contact the…
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What Iowa’s Medical Marijuana bill says
Just read through the bill at Iowa’s Legislative Tracking website. Here’s the highlights: For patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV, Hep C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s (ibs), Alzheimer’s, nail patella, chronic pain, cachexia or wasting syndrome (severe nausea) and seizures, including but not limited to epilepsy. Is not more than two and one-half ounces of usable;…
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Interested in marching on D.C. to protest cannabis laws on 4/20?
WeedPress has been asked to officially sponsor this national protest march on Washington D.C. to protest the unjust, unconstitutional, and un-American laws prohibiting cannabis. For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jason Warf 502 396 5663 Stickman200210@gmail.com Grassroots Activists Head to the Nation’s Capitol to End Prohibition Millions to Gather in Hopes to Cease Lies and Propaganda…
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Carl’s Cannabis Corner, January 23, 2011
http://blip.tv/file/4673441 My guest is Jason Karimi, Author of WeedPress Blog .We will discuss efforts to find a sponsor for medical marijuana legislation in Iowa, as well as Jason’s role in co-founding Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana and the effort to establish a Board of Directors for the organization. We will also discuss: SSB 1016 –…
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Iowa State Police Association Lobbying for Removal of Marijuana From Schedule I
While looking at lobbyist declarations for the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s SSB 1016 (removal of marijuana from schedule I to two to recognize “medically accepted use in the United States”), I saw something interesting: the Iowa State Police Association, previously “Undecided,” is now “For” the bill. Senate Study Bill 1016, this year’s annual Iowa Board…
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Obama: Legalizing Drugs Worthy of Debate
Obama didn’t say anything truly spectacular. He is still against legalization. At least he acknowledged the question, rather than laughing it off. Nice change of rhetoric, Mr. President. Much appreciated. Now, where’s the Change?
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DEA Names Marijuana Policy Project #1 Enemy
WeedPress sidenote: Reading the DEA position on marijuana that highlights the MPP, it’s interesting to see just how much reform victories have come about these past couple of years. Thanks, DEA, for brightening my mood and helping me realize just how badly you liars are getting whooped, now that the facts are rolling in. Gotta…
WeedPress: The Paper Trail 