Last year, the New York Assembly voted to pass legislation that would make it legal to use marijuana medicinally under a doctor’s care. The Senate Majority Leader, Joe Bruno, quickly killed the bill. On Wednesday, The New York Assembly voted again, 89-52, to pass Assemblyman Richard Gottfried’s (revised) medical marijuana bill, A.4867B.
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Filed under: Legal & Political on June 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

The Marijuana Policy Project recently began airing television ads in New York in favor of pending medical cannabis legislation. In the commercial, Burton Aldrich, a quadriplegic man from Kingston, explains how medical marijuana helps with his excruciating pain and spasms by saying, “I … don’t know if I would be around if it wasn’t for [...]

Filed under: Legal & Political on June 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

No, this isn’t another post about going natural and organic. Summer is here and Festival Season is upon us. Many people have been planning for months to go to a festival, whether it’s Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza or Gathering of the Vibes, etc. and one thing that I’m sure has come to everyone’s mind is How [...]

Filed under: Legal & Political on June 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Drug Policy Alliance is the nation’s leading organization working to end the war on drugs, with over 100,000 supporters and eight offices nationwide. They released this video about a year ago, so you may have already seen it. Either way, it’s worth watching again.

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Filed under: Legal & Political on May 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment »