Category Archives: Blog

Sidney Herald Leader, 17 May 2014 – U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., met with area officials in Sidney Wednesday to discuss ways to combat crime in the Bakken oilfield. The largest issues, identified by Sidney Chief of Police Frank DiFonzo, were drug crimes and lack of resources.

Rutland Herald, 23 May 2014 – Advocates for legalizing marijuana are touting a new poll released this week that shows a majority of Vermonters support legalizing and taxing the drug. The Castleton Polling Institute, part of Castleton State College, released poll results Wednesday showing that 57.2 percent of Vermonters favor legalizing and taxing marijuana similar […]

Bangor Daily News, 27 Jun 2014 – Imagine this: Two defendants, same age, smoke joints with some friends one July evening in their apartments. Neither has a criminal record. Both get caught; one faces an extra two years in jail. Why? Because he shared drugs within a certain number of feet from a school that’s […]

Boston Globe, 07 Jul 2014 – Supports Enforcing Laws Over Treatment Options LEWISTON, Maine – When Massachusetts’ governor invited his New England counterparts to a meeting last month on the surge in opioid overdoses, the only no-show was Governor Paul LePage of Maine.

Tahoe Daily Tribune, 02 Sep 2014 – My neighbor and friend Andy Whyman wrote a guest column in the Aug. 15 Sierra Sun and Aug. 24 Bonanza stating his case for legalizing pot. Hopefully after he reads this we will still be friends. But Andy is just plain wrong on this issue and here is […]

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05 Sep 2014 – To the editor: Regarding medical marijuana, Rep. Dina Titus stated she supported an amendment to a bill stipulating that financial institutions would not be penalized for working with the medical marijuana industry (“Titus: U.S. law will keep banks out of the medical pot industry,” Aug. 28 Review-Journal). The […]

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 22 Sep 2014 – To the editor: Now that marijuana is becoming more accepted in our society, people are fearful that we will have lots of motorists driving around on our streets impaired.

Reno News & Review, 09 Oct 2014 – Re “Return of the Messenger” (Feature story, Oct. 2): After reading your article on Gary Webb, I was saddened to see his cause of death once again listed as suicide. Really?

The Providence Journal, 07 Nov 2014 – Tuesday’s elections showed us that the momentum for marijuana policy reform continues to grow across the country. Oregon and Alaska became the third and fourth states to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol, and voters in Washington, D.C. overwhelmingly approved a measure to remove all penalties for adult […]

Boston Globe, 10 Nov 2014 – A public hearing is planned this week on the possible legalization of marijuana in Vermont. The Wednesday hearing will be held statewide via Vermont Interactive Television. Earlier this year the Legislature ordered the administration to study marijuana legalization. A report is due in January.