Marijuana - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/marijuana/?source=rss&aim=marijuana en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT Why is it bad to smoke weed and OK to sell beer? By David Sirota Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss Michael Phelps smoked a bong, Lance Armstrong is pushing alcohol. Why is Phelps the bad guy? Is it ever OK to tar your kid in print? By Amy Benfer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause Daddy tokes up: Should we tell our teen? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/13/daddy_tokes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/13/daddy_tokes/index.html?source=rss My husband smokes a lot of pot. Shouldn't we at least admit it to our son? Why we say yes to drugs By Laura Miller Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America" "Who wants to pay taxes? WE DO!" By Ben Travers Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/16/pot_protestors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/16/pot_protestors/index.html?source=rss As tea-partiers protest taxes, pot smokers offer to pay more. The smokin' ladies of "Mad Men" By Amy Benfer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/peggy_smokes_weed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/peggy_smokes_weed/index.html?source=rss Marijuana, marital discord and motherhood on last night's episode of our favorite television drama Drug-fueled madness! By David Sirota Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/04/drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/04/drugs/index.html?source=rss Our nation's narcotics policy, that is. But there's good news as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Jim Webb take baby steps toward sanity. Obama goes back to the grass roots By Mike Madden Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/27/obama_town_hall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/27/obama_town_hall/index.html?source=rss The president ducks traps laid by the GOP and slams the door on marijuana legalization at his first online town hall. Red State Update: Legalize drugs, save Mexico Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2009/03/27/rsu_drugwars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2009/03/27/rsu_drugwars/index.html?source=rss Jackie and Dunlap imagine a world where Sam's Club sells weed, the recession ends and there's no more violence. Everybody must get stoned By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/03/legalize_marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/03/legalize_marijuana/index.html?source=rss A new plan to legalize marijuana in California would create a $1 billion tokin' tax and thousands of green jobs. Now that's a stimulus plan! America's narcotic of choice By David Sirota Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/16/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/16/sirota/index.html?source=rss The Michael Phelps saga is yet another example of our addiction to feigned outrage. My bipolar husband smokes pot on the sly By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/10/bipolar_and_marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/10/bipolar_and_marijuana/index.html?source=rss His doctor says not to but he tokes up anyway. Michael Phelps: Puppy torturer! By Joe Conason Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/06/michael_phelps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/06/michael_phelps/index.html?source=rss Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers. I stole my lover's pot while he was sleeping By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/21/stole_pot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/21/stole_pot/index.html?source=rss Oh my God, why did I do that? Do I have to confess? The high priest of the Royal Hawaiian Mint By Andrew Leonard Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/18/bernard_von_nothaus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/18/bernard_von_nothaus/index.html?source=rss Mint your own currency, or roll your own doobie? Choices, choices ... Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs By Joe Conason Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work. Confessions of a salvia eater By Neal Pollack Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/18/salvia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/18/salvia/index.html?source=rss This hallucinogenic herb offers an experience as intense as LSD, but the trip only lasts five minutes. Is it any wonder states are banning it? Criminals of the world, unite and take over By Laura Miller Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market. I'm 21 and addicted to pot -- but I'm doing just great! By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/02/pot_smoker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/02/pot_smoker/index.html?source=rss Should I be worried? I'm performing at a high level and enjoying life, but I smoke pot all the time. My beautiful, drug-addicted boy By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back. Potheads on Wall Street By Andrew Leonard Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/01/cayne_marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/01/cayne_marijuana/index.html?source=rss Bear-Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne is accused of enjoying a joint, now and again. Bully for him! Sex, drugs and my 15-year-old By Gary Kamiya Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/10/09/sex_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/10/09/sex_drugs/index.html?source=rss When I had The Talk with my son, it didn't go quite the way Nancy Reagan drew it up. My girlfriend tried cocaine at a party! She was drunk! Oh my God! By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/27/drug_use/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/27/drug_use/index.html?source=rss I really, really, really hate drug use. I just can't get over how she could experiment with cocaine. Don't bogart that spotted owl By Andrew Leonard Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/08/spotted_owl_marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/08/spotted_owl_marijuana/index.html?source=rss Are Northern California pot farmers despoiling Mother Earth? Mom's a pothead By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/09/pothead_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/09/pothead_mom/index.html?source=rss Her 15-year-old says he'll move out if she won't stop smoking.