The Trentonian, 20 Jan 2014 – Advocates of marijuana legalization might call it “Reefer Madness.” New Jersey drug-treatment officials call it simply a fact. There are more than 12,000 state “treatment admissions” annually for marijuana users – a rising number, according to the state’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Albuquerque Journal, 20 Jan 2014 – The War on Drugs Has Left White America Relatively Unscathed Has the new year started out on a high or a drugged-out low? The decriminalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado has been heralded as the end of prohibition – and alternately lamented as the rock bottom of America’s […]

The Columbian, 20 Jan 2014 – “Pot firms can be blocked locally” (Jan. 17, The Columbian) is an idea to be balanced against the experience of states where counties had the local option of permitting alcohol to be sold. The bootleggers became the biggest supporters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Who benefits from driving […]

Washington Times, 20 Jan 2014 – Colorado Will Demonstrate Why Promoting Pot Is a Mistake On Jan. 1, Colorado made history as the first jurisdiction in the modern era to license the retail sales of marijuana. To be sure, there were no bloody fistfights among people waiting in line and, as far as we know, […]

Washington Times, 20 Jan 2014 – Columnist Emily Miller’s allegation that marijuana is “similar to heroin or cocaine” is patently false (“Obama’s cultural legacy is legal marijuana blowing through America,” Commentary, Jan. 9).

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 20 Jan 2014 – Legislators will be addressing legalizing marijuana this session, which will affect the future and quality of life in Hawaii. Colorado and Washington state just legalized pot and Hawaii must not copy-cat another mainland trend.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 21 Jan 2014 – The Legislature is already blowing smoke about legalizing marijuana. I don’t want my grandkids smoking that. Medical experts already say smoking marijuana is unhealthy. Drugs create drug addicts. Then what. Rehab?

Spokesman-Review, 21 Jan 2014 – The nation’s first experiment with the legal sale of recreational marijuana began Jan. 1 in Colorado, and by all accounts it was pretty mellow. Washington, where voters legalized marijuana in 2012, will begin permitting pot shops this spring. Alaska may vote on a marijuana ballot measure in August, and advocates […]

Albuquerque Journal, 21 Jan 2014 – HAVING SPENT 40 years studying and treating addictions, I urge caution in changing New Mexico’s laws regarding marijuana. While it is absurd to incarcerate people for drug use, there are many options between decriminalization and legalization.

Albuquerque Journal, 21 Jan 2014 – On Jan. 1, Colorado began permitting the legal sale of marijuana. Even before that, the nation’s news media had swung into action, arguing just about everything – marijuana is dangerous or not dangerous, a gateway drug or just a lot of smoke. Nothing I saw mentioned why I, for […]