- Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Leading Off: Knicks Win Again, Yawn - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Jeremy Lin's latest role: solid N.B.A. point guard. - Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Cities Turn to a Crop for Cash: Medical Marijuana - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Sometimes lost in the discussion of medical marijuana is the extent to which it has become a small but growing source of new tax revenue to cities and states. - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Kirchner for Reefers? - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Decriminalizing personal drug use in Argentina would be a long-overdue corrective to drug-control policies that have been an utter failure. - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: WELL; The Kids Are More Than All Right - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Tara Parker-Pope Well column highlights research that shows that teenagers are growing increasingly conservative with respect to alcohol, tobacco and drug consumption and the likelihood that they have had sex or will get pregnant. Drawing, Charts (M)/ - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: CITY ROOM; Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011, Even With Directive to the Police - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Advocacy group reports that arrests for low-level marijuana possession in New York City increased for the seventh straight year in 2011 despite a directive from Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly that officers should not arrest those with the drug unless it is in plain sight; critics have linked the high numbers of arrests to the police department's stop-and-frisk practices and disproportionate enforcement against blacks and Hispanics. - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000: 5-Story Marijuana Farm Is Raided in Bronx - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
The authorities said they found a sprawling, sophisticated operation in the building, with some plants standing seven feet tall. - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Marijuana Push in Colorado Likens It to Alcohol - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
In Colorado, a proposal to legalize possession of marijuana in small amounts is likely to be on the ballot this fall, backed by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. - Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: CITY ROOM; At 65, Still Fighting the Battles of the Youth International Party - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
City Room blog on longtime marijuana activist and New Yorker Dana Beal, who must return to Wisconsin to complete a prison sentence that was interrupted by treatment for a heart attack; Beal was sentenced in 2011 after being caught in Wisconsin transporting 180 pounds of what he said was medical marijuana from the West Coast to New York City in his minivan. Photo - Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: A Yippie on Familiar Turf, Both in New York and in Jail - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
The marijuana proponent Dana Beal, arrested in Wisconsin in 1971, is to return to prison there soon in another marijuana prosecution. - Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: SPORTS BRIEFING | GOLF; A Marijuana Monologue - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Matt Every produces a six-under-par 64 for a two-shot lead at the Sony Open in Honolulu; also produces a memorable quote when asked about his arrest and suspension in 2010 for possession of marijuana. - Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Every Goes Low and Speaks Out - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Matt Every produced one of the best rounds and the most memorable quote of the second day of the Sony Open in Honolulu. - Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Marijuana Smoking Does Not Harm Lungs, Study Finds - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
A large new government study has found that smoking marijuana on a regular basis, even over many years, does not impair lung function. - Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Snoop Dogg Busted at Same Border Crossing That Snared Willie Nelson - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
The misdemeanor arrest of the rebellious rapper at the Sierra Blanca highway checkpoint near El Paso on Saturday might not be newsworthy in and of itself, except that Mr. Nelson was also arrested there in 2010. - Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000: Marijuana Use Most Rampant in Australia, Study Finds - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
People in Australia and New Zealand consume more marijuana and amphetamines than anyone else in the world, research in The Lancet has concluded. - Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000: The Jury’s Duty When the Law Is Unfair - NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Readers weigh the merits of jury nullification in response to an Op-Ed essay.