By LAWRENCE DOWNES AUG. 2, 2014 In January, Colorado defied the federal government and stepped with both feet into the world of legal recreational marijuana, where no state had gone before.

The war on drugs has become a war on occasional pot smokers of color 31 July 2014 Marijuana arrests now account for 52% of all drug arrests in the US – and 88% of them are for simple possession, like the charge that cost DeMarcus Sanders his job and college credit.

March 2, 2014 By William Engdahl

July 28, 2014 By Paul Craig Roberts The extraordinary propaganda being conducted against Russia by the US and UK governments and Ministries of Propaganda, a.k.a., the “Western media,” have the purpose of driving the world to war that no one can win. European governments need to rouse themselves from insouciance, because Europe will be the […]

28 July 2014 By: Foundation for European Progressive Studies

22 July 2014 On 22 July the Administrative Court of Cologne ruled that some people suffering from chronic pain should be able to cultivate their own cannabis for therapeutic purposes. Five people suffering from chronic pain and other diseases brought the complaint to the court after Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) […]

21 July 2014 By Lee Fang Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous—but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.

Cannabis is The Cure versus Czech republic 26 June 2014 Complainant as an individual:Dušan Dvořák, director of the specialized company „Konopí je lék“ (Cannabis is The Cure), Tylova 963/2, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech republic, email: dusan.dvorak@konopijelek.cz Complainant as an artificial person:AK Diag Human Cannabis, member of Open Royal Academy. Identification number: 266 70 232, www.konopijelek.cz, […]

PRESS RELEASE – PRAGUE, 24. 6. 2014 ONE YEAR AFTER MEDICAL CANNABIS WAS LEGALIZED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THE TREATMENT IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE

28 June 2014 Decriminalising drugs leaves the crooks with the cash. Legalise drugs instead.