Oct 17 2012
Checkout this recent clip from The Daily Show with director, Eugene Jarecki discussing his new film, “The House I Live In“. Jarecki tells viewers that “we have in this country a system of industrialized mass incarceration. We are the largest jailer in the world. We have 2.3 million people behind bars.” After a quick joke from …
Jul 31 2012
Robert Platshorn is America’s longest imprisoned nonviolent marijuana offender (30 years). He is the author of The Black Tuna Diaries and the focus of the film, Square Grouper (available on Netflix). He works hard to advance the cause of medical marijuana, collecting signatures for a Florida ballot initiative sponsored by PUFMM and NORML. He has appeared at Universities, …
May 07 2012
Checkout this new illustration, “Free The Plant“, brought to you by The Colorado Cannabis Blog! This image is available for purchase on multiple products including stickers, magnets, buttons, posters, postcards, and iPad sleeves. Your purchase helps keep the Colorado Cannabis Blog ad-free and helps us pay to keep the site going! IMPORTANT: This image is …
May 07 2012
Check out this recent article from Republic Report… the writer argues that America’s aggressive efforts to prohibit marijuana are partly “rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past” and that “entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books”. They list the top 5 interest …
Apr 03 2012
Watch the video below for Fareed Zakaria’s take on today’s drug war… he states some interesting facts including, the fact that “the total number of Americans under correctional supervision (prison, parole, etc.) is 7.1 million, more than the entire state of Massachusetts.” He quotes The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik, “Over all, there are now more …
Mar 27 2012
ACTION ALERT via Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO REDUCE DRUG ADDICTION AND IMPRISONMENT TO BE HEARD IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH AT 1:30PM, Senate Committee Hearing Room 356, State Capitol, Denver.
Mar 08 2012
Pat Robertson says, “I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol.”
