The Trentonian, 03 Jan 2015 – 2014 was a weird year for me, and good riddance. I started out 2014 in the horrible Burlington County Jail and ended it as the writer of this weekly column for The Trentonian yeah, that’s weird! My new year’s resolution(s): to eat better and to open a religious temple […]

The New Mexican, 05 Jan 2015 – With legalized medical marijuana in 23 states and Washington, D.C., you might think that legal use of the plant would not result in the loss of your job or other dire consequences, but you are wrong. This is because federal law still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I […]

The Providence Journal, 05 Jan 2015 – In his Jan. 3 Commentary piece (“Talking police and Newtown’s millions”), Chris Powell writes of the police’s response to blacks: “Young black men commit a hugely disproportionate amount of crime.” Unfortunately, this is only one side of a very stacked equation.

Seattle Times, 05 Jan 2015 – May Create Business-License System Pot Industry Barred in Unincorporated Areas In an effort to keep marijuana businesses from cropping up in unincorporated areas of Yakima County – where they are banned despite state approval – county commissioners are discussing whether to create a business license system.

Seattle Times, 06 Jan 2015 – Urges It Be Put into Recreational System Wants City to Crack Down on Medical-Shop Offenses Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes urged the Legislature to fold medical marijuana into the state’s recreational system in a wide-ranging policy memo Monday.

The Daily Record, 06 Jan 2015 – Third Way and Anzalone Liszt Group conducted a poll from Sept. 25-29 indicating that 51 percent of people approve of marijuana being legalized. I am of the minority opinion based on three reasons: For certain people with addictive personalities, the use of marijuana can lead to hard drugs […]

Spokesman-Review, 06 Jan 2015 – The outdated Controlled Substances Act of 1970 continues to act as a gateway to lunacy, with the latest example being a lawsuit filed by the states of Oklahoma and Nebraska against neighboring Colorado over the legalization of recreational marijuana.

Seattle Times, 07 Jan 2015 – A NEW DRUG WAR I chuckle at City Attorney Pete Holmes’ “path forward”: the city’s and state’s plan to create their own marijuana cartel to be enforced by the police, the courts and the prisons [“City Attorney Pete Holmes: ‘Clearly commercial’ medical pot shops not legal,” The Evergreen, Jan. […]

The Trentonian, 08 Jan 2015 – Ok new year, new ideas, new pothead thoughts. This is my 24th “Passing the Joint” column and I want to bring something new to it beginning next week. My column is every Thursday, my new idea I want to try out is to be on the streets of Trenton […]

Bothell Reporter, 09 Jan 2015 – Rep. Luis Moscoso of the 1st District and Rep. Jessyn Farrell of the 46th District have announced their support for a proposed House Bill to remove drug possession as a felony. The bill was filed on Dec. 8 by Rep. Sherry Appleton.