American swimmer Michael Phelps just became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. We know that Phelps at least once, and probably more than once, used marijuana. I think it would be hard for anyone to argue that his use of the plant did any real damage to Phelps as a human being. Clearly [...]

Past Presidents and political campaigns found they could often ignore the public’s desire for marijuana policy reform, party because of bipartisan support for the War on Drugs.  But the growth of the internet means that now the issue simply will not go away. Every time the Obama administration gives Americans the ability to use the [...]

Tell AG Holder:Keep Obama’s Promise,Respect State Medical Marijuana Laws Sign our letter telling AG Holder to honor his 2009 memo and respect state medical marijuana laws. » Read the whole letter Attorney General Eric Holder is set to “clarify” his department’s stance on state medical marijuana laws in light of an increasing number of raids [...]

MacKenzie Allen, the retired deputy sheriff and a currently a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), has the #1 question in YouTube’s “Ask Obama” contest, in which President Obama will answer the top-voted questions in a live interview to be broadcast this afternoon from the White House. Allen’s question got twice as many votes as the next-highest voted question.

On Thursday, January 27, President Obama is going to take part in an exclusive YouTube interview. Regular Americans are given a chance to submit their own questions they want the president to answer and vote on which questions they would most like to see the president answer. Currently, the five most popular questions all deal [...]