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番茄园丁：政府毒品战争的最新受害者

仅仅在自己的财产上或在财产的温室中种植菜园，或在园艺商店购物以获得园艺用品（足够多的事实），可能会使您受法庭制裁。

8月 25th, 2020

A journal entry from a California resident describes the government’s aerial searches for marijuana plants: They came again this morning at about 8:00 o’clock. A large cargo-type helicopter flew low over the cabin, shaking it on its very foundations. It shook all of us inside, too. I feel frightened … I see how helpless and tormented I am

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John Whitehead

Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People (SelectBooks, 2015) is available online at www.amazon.com. Whitehead can be contacted at [email protected].

尽管大型制药公司的重磅游说，美国的大麻合法化努力取得了新的进展

许多行业在保持大麻禁止法律方面拥有巨大的经济利益，包括制药巨头，酒精游说团体，赌场和监狱工业综合体。

11月 08th, 2018

作者 MintPress News Desk

LANSING, MICHIGAN -- While Democrats and Republicans went toe-to-toe for control of Congress, voters across three states voted to relax marijuana laws, resulting in a huge victory for the grassroots decriminalization and legalization movement. With medical marijuana already legal in Michigan for several years, voters passed a ballot proposal on

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Despite Legalization, Border Patrol Will Go After Marijuana at California Checkpoints

At highway checkpoints, Border Patrol agents look for signs of nervous drivers, like clutching steering wheels and avoiding eye contact and interrupting when passengers are asked to state citizenship. Some panicked drivers make a U-turn when they spot the checkpoint, a dead giveaway.

12月 28th, 2017

作者 Mint Press News Desk

Despite Legalization, Border Patrol Will Go After Marijuana at California Checkpoints

Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal laws collide when it comes to pot. The U.S. government classifies marijuana as a controlled

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Prosecuted Then, Prioritized Now: LA Brings Social Equity to Marijuana Sellers

For decades, the War on Drugs has operated disproportionately to undercut the economic and citizenship status of U.S. minorities. In giving priority to that war’s victims when it comes to applying for licenses to sell now-legalized marijuana, the LA City Council is helping to right a long-standing wrong.

12月 11th, 2017

作者 Thandisizwe Chimurenga Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga

Prosecuted Then, Prioritized Now: LA Brings Social Equity to Marijuana Sellers

LOS ANGELES – Beginning in January in Los Angeles, individuals who are low-income and/or have had a conviction for a marijuana-related offense will enjoy priority status when it comes to applying for a license to legally sell the herb. Cultivators or manufacturers will also have such status, thanks to the Los Angeles City

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She is a staff writer for MintPress News, Daily Kos and co-hosts a weekly, morning drive-time public affairs/news show on the Pacifica Radio network. She is the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant and Reparations … Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait; she is also a contributor to several social justice anthologies.

FBI Stops Publishing Data On Marijuana Arrest Rates

According to 2015 data, 83.9 percent of drug arrests were for possession, and 38.6 percent of those possession arrests were over cannabis, the highest of any drug.

9月 28th, 2017

作者 Carey Wedler

FBI Stops Publishing Data On Marijuana Arrest Rates

According to the latest FBI data, drug arrests in the United States increased from 2015 to 2016. Though the federal agency used to provide breakdowns on the details of these arrests in its

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Carey Wedler

Carey Wedler is the editor-in-chief of Anti-Media. Shortly after graduating from UCLA with a degree in History, she got her start making Youtube videos, which led her to Anti-Media. Besides editing, she also covers foreign policy, the war on drugs, and solution-oriented developments. Her work has been published in Newsweek, Ron Paul’s Liberty Report, and the Foundation for Economic Education. Contact Carey via email: [email protected] Support her on Patreon: patreon.com/CareyWedler

Phoenix Police Face Lawsuit For Forcing Man To Eat Pot During Traffic Stop

While the officers were discussing what to do about the marijuana, the suit claims one of them said, “Oh, we should make him eat it.”

9月 02nd, 2017

作者 Victoria Prieskop

Phoenix Police Face Lawsuit For Forcing Man To Eat Pot During Traffic Stop

A Phoenix man has sued the city and several police officers who he claims forced him to eat a gram of marijuana they found in his car. Edgar Castro was 19 years old when he was pulled over by Phoenix Police Department for traffic violations. According to his lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court, when

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墨西哥即将实施的大麻合法化法令美国立法者共同持有

预计安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩兹·奥夫拉多尔签署一项新的大麻法，等待参议院通过，从而有望使墨西哥成为世界上最大的合法大麻市场。当他这样做时，美国议员将不得不在人民和监狱工业区之间做出选择。