Category Archives: Blog

Ravalli Republic, 08 Jul 2013 – I recently spent an hour visiting several Websites. I was seeking figures relating to death rates in the United States from several causes. I learned the following: Tobacco use in this country kills 443,000 Americans per year. (Close to one every minute.)

Missoulian, 09 Jul 2013 – I recently spent an hour visiting several Websites. I was seeking figures relating to death rates in the United States from several causes. I learned the following: Tobacco use in this country kills 443,000 Americans per year. (Close to one every minute.)

Rutland Herald, 14 Jul 2013 – Vermont’s court diversion programs are watching for the impact of a new law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. Put into effect at the start of this month, the new law makes possessing an ounce or less of marijuana or up to five grams of hashish a civil […]

Missoula Independent, 18 Jul 2013 – Cannabis Destiny Localizes the Drug War There may be more than a few documentaries floating around that are critical of the war on drugs in this country, but only a couple that feature scenic shots of Missoula and stories of Montanans. One is Rebecca Richman Cohen’s 2012 Code of […]

The Manchester Journal, 19 Jul 2013 – BENNINGTON COUNTY – The decriminalization of marijuana is now in effect, but some local officials are waving cautionary flags. They believe that it may not only result in increased public use, but cause some other problems as well.

The News-Item, 22 Jul 2013 – WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP)- Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has set up rules to grow it. But some advocates for a free market of industrial hemp say they’d be risking their farms because federal law doesn’t allow them to cultivate the crop that’s a […]

Columbus Dispatch, 22 Jul 2013 – WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP)- Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has a law setting up rules to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana that’s more suitable for making sandals than getting high.

Missoulian, 07 Aug 2013 – The medical marijuana businessman who was convicted last spring on federal charges of distributing and manufacturing marijuana says he was unfairly targeted because of his status as a former University of Montana football player and a successful African-American entrepreneur.

Missoulian, 10 Aug 2013 – I don’t know if Jason Washington was targeted for his participation in distributing and manufacturing medical marijuana (Missoulian, Aug. 7), but he was abandoned and scapegoated, if not defrauded, by the state of Montana. Washington says his business decision was based on opportunity and protection provided by state law.

The Journal Times, 11 Aug 2013 – RACINE COUNTY – A new Illinois law allowing medical marijuana in that state could mean an influx of pot into Racine County’s nearby black market. “We already see a lot of marijuana entering the local black market from medicinal states,” said Sgt. Scott Krogh of the Racine County […]