Darel Paul on Prohibition

by R. R. Reno

Darel Paul joins the podcast to talk about Prohibition. Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2022

Reefer Sadness

by Peter Hitchens

Tell Your Children:  The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence by alex berenson free press, 272 pages, $26 The smoking of marijuana, with its careful preparation of the elements and the solemn passing around of the shared joint, was the unholy communion of the counterculture . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

Medical Marijuana: Blame Congress, Not the DEA

by Wesley J. Smith

We keep reading stories and opinion columns castigating the DEA for enforcing federal law prohibiting all consumption of marijuana—regardless of state laws permitting its medical use. This is a problem that needs addressing, alright, but not by the slight-of-hand trick of making law . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2007

"Medical Marijuana" Political Follies

by Wesley J. Smith

The House of Representatives has voted down an amendment that would have prohibited the DEA from enforcing federal drug laws against medical marijuana participants in states where cannabis as medicine is legal. And the bill only got two more votes than the last time the House considered it before . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2007

Time to Change Dumb "Medical" Marijuna Federal Policy

by Wesley J. Smith

A federal court has ruled against finding a constitutional right to take medical marijuna. That is the right decision. But I think the Feds have missed an important bet on this issue. When the Controlled Substances Act was enacted, marijuana was explicitly defined as having no legitimate medical . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Mar 2007