Medical Marijuana

Mom's a pothead
Her 15-year-old says he'll move out if she won't stop smoking.
Teen sex cults!
Looks like the FDA has really lost it.
The return of reefer madness
The U.S. drug czar's office is running ads implying that smoking marijuana can lead to insanity. But pushing dubious science is no way to persuade teenagers not to do drugs.
Rehnquist's mixed legacy
Historians will rank him as one of the 20th century's most important chief justices, but while William Rehnquist's court transformed constitutional law, he did not.
A guide to Gonzales vs. Raich
What the medical marijuana ruling means for patients, the commerce clause, marital sex, Antonin Scalia's career and more.
Cracking down on the terminally ill
Today's ruling on medical marijuana may set the stage for a showdown between the feds and local law enforcement -- and it definitely means more pain for the chronically sick.
Pot jury rebellion
Marney Craig and 11 other jurors convicted a California man on federal drug charges. But Craig says the feds deceived her -- and she's furious.
The latest Bush hypocrisy
Gov. Jeb Bush calls for jail time for nonviolent drug offenders as his daughter gets sent to rehab.
A nauseating ruling
Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer
Let them eat chemo
Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement?
Up in smoke
The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs.
Doctor's orders: Get high
A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality.
"Mom's Marijuana"
When I was diagnosed with cancer, my mother just said yes to growing 11-foot pot plants in her backyard garden.
Striking down medical marijuana
San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling.
Portrait of a drug czar
Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine
Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives?
"Humanitarian cease-fire" in the war on drugs
A Maine sheriff wants the Legislature to let authorities dole out confiscated pot to people who need medicinal marijuana.
Pot pol
George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana.
Casualties of the Marijuana War
It isn't just cancer and AIDS patients who are suffering because of America's anti-pot hysteria. Hundreds of small-time users are in jail -- for life.

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