During my vacation last week one of the places I visited was the Netherlands.  I’m happy to report the country isn’t a lawless hellscape.  In fact, it’s a lovely place. Apparently, it hasn’t been overrun with gangs of dangerous drug addicts nor has it become a crime ridden anarchistic wasteland where the only law is [...]

Today, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a law approving the use of medical marijuana. His signature makes Delaware the 16th state (plus Washington, DC) to approve the medical use of marijuana. The law is very restrictive compared to most other states. Only people over 18 with a limited number of extremely serious conditions will be [...]

New York City has a huge number of low-level marijuana arrests every year and overwhelmingly, the people targeted are African Americans and Latinos. Public radio station WNYC has a great piece out today focused on the problem and shows how many of these arrests were likely based on illegal searches or gross violations of Americans’ [...]

Democratic Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer yesterday vetoed a bill that would have repealed the state’s medical marijuana law. From Missoulian: Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday vetoed the bill that would have repealed Montana’s medical marijuana law, calling it draconian and contrary to the will of the state voters who approved it in 2004. Schweitzer pointed [...]

A new poll from Rasmussen finds the American people nearly evenly divided on whether or not to legalize and tax marijuana to help the government bring in new revenue. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of American Adults say the federal government should legalize and tax marijuana for that purpose, but [...]