There have been focus segments and debates on almost ever… Read full post »

There is a lot of cannabis reform happening in America right now. Working on a list to post...but this recent item from today from NH is particularly heartening.

 From the NORML Blog:

New Hampshire: Earlier today, members of the House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee… Read full post »

As I sat writing last night an unusual amount of email for 11pm on a Sunday started to roll in... thus this press release today...would have posted about it on OS last night...but there was an outage

See also: CelebStoner's review; mentions the cameo

New Jersey Activist in M… Read full post »

Disclosure: I do some contributions over at celebstoner.com and did an interview on the book...etc. 

Pot Culture - The Book + CelebStoner’s Braff/Ginzburg Pic

First of all, for anyone into American cannabis culture celebstoner.com often gets photos featuring celebrities an… Read full post »

Thanks to Steve Bloom at CelebStoner.com and Russ Belville at NORML's Daily AudioStash for pointing out this story.

Student Shot By Police: Calls for Peace

3/14/09- Chris Goldstein

This week saw another near-deadly casualty of marijuana prohibition in the story of Derek Copp; a… Read full post »

 I contribute my writing and freely given little favors to a number of bloggers and media producers. Here is one story of scooping and being scooped. It came from something CelebStoner was working on yesterday.

Jeffrey or How to Scoop and Get Scooped By The… Read full post »

Across the Universe- Medical Access on BattleStar Galactica

3/12/09 - Chris Goldstein

BSG Episode 420 (no kidding):

The seasoned old military commander, Admiral Bill Adama, sits gently reading to his longtime friend and lover, President Laura Roslin, amidst their broken down shi/… Read full post »

Kellogg's - Free Phelps Munchies For Poor   

National Public Radio is reporting today that Kellogg's will be giving away tons of Phelps emblazoned cereal to a food bank.....in San Francisco.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101716642&ft=1&f=1003

This one was not easy folks. It is scarier over there than any of us thought….This long version is for OS readers.

Report – Drug Czar’s Office Is Out Of Control

or The ONDCP Has Gone to Pot

3/10/09- Chris Goldstein

The National Academy of Public Administration r… Read full post »

OK....Trig inspired this with his post

Sure it's a rant...but a serious one. 

Prohibition Supporters - the American Taliban?

3/4/09 - Chris Goldstein

 In America there are people who wish to terrorize the most vulnerable among us. They seek to push their extremist views on our society through brute force and the most degrading v… Read full post »

This is a longish post, blog-style. Thanks in advance for getting active!

Marijuana History - Live and in Progress: Don't Sit On The Sidelines

2/26/09 - Chris Goldstein 

At no other time in recent memory have so many broad marijuana law reforms been in progress. Here is a review of w… Read full post »

 A Beautiful Day in New Jersey

2/24/09 - Chris Goldstein 

Chuck Kwiatkowski moves his body in manner that is hard to describe, there is a hesitance or mild shakiness. It comes from pain and discomfort. It is there when he walks or extends his arm to shake&nbs… Read full post »

2/23/09

The New Jersey State Senate has passed SB119 The Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act in a 22-16 vote.

There was passionate floor debate on the subject, "Can there be a greater calling for us than to actually ease people's suffering?" That was from Republican Seantor Bill Baroni.

The bi… Read full post »

1:50PM ET

 Arrived at the NJ State Capitol Complex.  Fully checked in with computer online and radio field kit ready. NJ has the second oldest state house in continuous use. The remodeling of the historic complex has created a labyrinth of hallways. Don't know if I have ever been as gr… Read full post »

The New Jersey State Senate will vote today on SB119, a bill that would allow for the compassionate use of marijuana by state authorized medical patients.

The bill passed a Senate sub-committee by a 6-1 vote.

Should the bill pass the Senate today it will go on to the NJ… Read full post »

 My mom took me to see Cry Freedom in the theatre when it came out. I was 12 years old. Not exactly standard pre-teen film fare...But this was the same year she took me to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert. Both of those events had a lasting impact on me.… Read full post »

Medical Marijuana and the Garden State

by Chris Goldstein, Edited by Steve Bloom @ celebstoner.com 

Updated Feb. 17 2009 by Chris Goldstein

In December New Jersey’s high-profile Democratic Gov. John Corzine let the press know that he would sign medical-marijuana legislation if it ever reac… Read full post »

Friend Speaks My Mind

 A Sincere Thank You to Kellogg's

O Kellogg's, marijuana consumers of America have loved your products.

Those mini Famous Amos Cookies dipped in hot coffee. Pop Tarts as a handy snack at Seattle HempFest. The many delicious creations of the industrious Keebler Elves finding… Read full post »

The American Marijuana Market 

The CNBC report Marijuana Inc. offered this unavoidable message: As the domestic and international financial markets continue their dismal decline, one homegrown economy is thriving: marijuana!

Marijuana production and consumption are ubiquitous, yet the market is v… Read full post »

President Obama’s half brother was arrested for possession of marijuana, then quickly released in Kenya. Of course if Barack Obama had been arrested for minor possession in his twenties I might never have gotten the chance to vote for him. Despite inhali… Read full post »