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Marijuana – Science tells us it’s not as bad as we thought

Growing up in the ’60′s, marijuana was the preferred recreational drug of my generation. While beer and other alcohol may have been the choice of the fraternity crowd, the cool kids recreational drug of choice was marijuana. Living close to Santa Monica Bay, my wife and I frequently stroll the Venice boardwalk to soak in [...]

How Is Marijuana Still Illegal?

The American Medical Association recently reversed its long-standing position and urged the federal government to loosen the classification of Marijuana and clear the path for more medical marijuana use and clinical research. OK–great–but for real: why isn’t pot entirely legal already? Likely because of a Puritanical law-and-order ethos that pervades the generations of policymakers who [...]