“I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.” – Al Capone The temperance movement – the collective effort of some to decrease and even eliminate the consumption of alcohol – gained a foothold in the United States in the 19th century and their efforts culminated in the passage of the…
You’ve probably heard of Focus on the Family, the group that uses your superstition about a magical fairy in the sky to get you to fork over your hard-earned dollars so they can build bigger mansions and nicer churches and fight the evil gays who are going to get married and somehow ruin society. Yeah,…
On Wednesday night, The Hill reported that Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a bill allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana as a treatment for health conditions. The law will take effect in 90 days and medical marijuana must be made available within two years. “This is a joyous day for the thousands of Ohioans…
By Eric Lieberman According to a new national Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. State drug policies have been reflecting the public’s sentiment that the Schedule 1 substance is more benign and less nefarious than was originally portrayed by the national government. Since Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed the state medical marijuana bill into law, there are now 24 states that have some degree of measures…
Samantha Bee, the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, was surprised to learn that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) supported Senator Kristen Gillibrand’s (D-NY) bill to reform how the military dealt with sexual assault. Senator Gillibrand has tried to get the Military Justice Improvement Act passed for the past three years. The bill would transition the responsibility of…
This year is shaping up to be the most historic ever in the admittedly short history of the cannabis law reform movement. Which means the forces that oppose the legalization of marijuana know this could possibly be their last stand when it comes to slowing or maybe even stopping the momentum behind legalization. At the…
Samantha Bee’s interview with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson is anything but conventional — it’s also considerably more entertaining than most of Johnson’s interviews. “Let’s say you were choosing a sandwich,” Bee said in the opening to Monday’s Full Frontal segment. “What do you do when your only choices are something morally reprehensible, against the…
By Guy Bentley Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson promises he won’t use marijuana if he’s elected president in November. Johnson won the nomination for the second time May 29 and picked former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld as his running mate. In an interview with The Hill Monday, Johnson freely admitted he had used marijuana as…
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…