According to authorities in Colorado, on the night of April 14, 2014, Richard Kirk took his pistol from his safe and shot his wife Kristine, instantly killing her. Sadly, domestic violence resulting in murder is nothing new, but the claims arising out of this case are unusual. Earlier on the night he allegedly killed his…
Last week Hamilton County, OH Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard was deciding cases in his courtroom when the overwhelming odor of marijuana caused him to stop the proceedings. “This courtroom has an overwhelming smell of marijuana,” the judge said. “So whomever has it, if you want to give it up right now it’s going to…
Flo Matheson is 77 years old, is running for Congress, and she likes weed and doesn’t care who knows it. But she denies having knowledge of the 180+ cannabis plants growing in her barn. Flo is a congressional candidate in Tennessee and she is very vocal about her support for marijuana legalization. “I really don’t regret…
By JP Carroll President Barack Obama signed the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 May 16 and not a whole lot of people took notice, with the exception of scared Colombian farmers. The new law makes it easier for the U.S. to extradite and prosecute just about anyone involved in the drug trade, which means coca…
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is criticizing to America’s criminal justice reform movement and any proposed legislation of allied intent, referring to said views on Thursday at a speaking engagement as “baseless,” and adding that, if anything, America has an “under-incarceration problem.” Keep in mind, however, that the U.S. does in fact have the highest incarceration rate and largest…
By Kathryn Watson A now-former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent stationed in Monterrey, Mexico, accepted free trips on private planes from businessmen, then made sure the Department of State revoked the U.S. visas of their c0mpetitors by defaming them. Former DEA supervisory agent Leonardo Silva pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to making false…
Guy Bentley In a Twitter exchange with Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, the FDA refused to accept that e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible cigarettes. Dear @FDATobacco,are #Ecigs less harmful than smoking cigarettes to the individual user? A simple “yes” or “no” will do. — Jeff Stier (@JeffaStier)…
As someone who has been writing about the cannabis community and industry for the past several years, it has been interesting to watch the evolution of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) on the issue of recreational marijuana legalization. When Governor Hickenlooper was up for reelection in 2014 he called Colorado’s legalization “reckless” and warned other…
“Many ‘trends’ reported in the media or proclaimed in politics likewise depend entirely on which year has been chosen as the beginning of the trend.” – Dr. Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics, p. 360 It’s reefer madness in America as fear mongers look to push back against the inevitable coming of legal marijuana. Are fatal car…
Lawmakers in Michigan want to conduct a study to see just what level of THC (the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana) in someone’s bloodstream makes them too impaired to drive. They seek some sort of “magic number” that applies to all drivers and all cannabis users. Michigan lawmakers are going to be disappointed in what they…