Current Media
June & July, 2009
July 2009 "Legalizing marijuana would be a recipe for disaster,"
Mike Harden, The Modesto Bee, July 31, 2009
"Imagine pot was [sic] legal.How would you brand it?," Cliff Kuang, Print, July 30, 2009 "Oakland proposes statewide semi-legalization of pot," Donna Tam, The Times Standard, July 29, 2009 "Taxing marijuana," Chris Weigant, The Huffington
Post, July 29, 2009
"Oaksterdamn U wants to tax marijuana without limit,"
J. Craig Canada, Examiner.com, July 29, 2009
"Activists planning pot legalization ballot measure for 2010," LA. Now (Los Angeles Times), July 29, 2009 "Pot activists file ballot measure in California," Marcus
Wohlsen, Associated Press, July 28, 2009
"California's $1.4 billion pot tax hopes may be up in smoke,"
Joseph Abrams, FoxNews.com, July 23, 2009
"Is marijuana the answer to California's budget woes?,"
Tom McNichol, Time, July 22, 2009
"When taxpayers welcome taxes," Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics/The New York Times, July 22, 2009 "Is the end of the 'drug war" in sight?, Steve Williams,
Victorville Daily Press,
July 21, 2009
"Marijuana legalization debate is alive, well, and serious,"
Deborah White, About.com, July 20, 2009
"Totally wasted" Mother Jones, July-August, 2009
"If marijuana is legal, will addiction rise?," (Roger Rofman, Wayne Hall, Mark A.R. Kleiman, Peter Reuter, Norm Stamper), New York Times, July 20, 2009 "Marijuana legalization - a growing debate," David H. Kerr, NJ.com, July 20, 2009 "Marijuana first, then the oil," Gregor Macdonald, Gregor.us, July 19, 2009 "Grass starting to look greener in California," Dale
McFeatters, BostonHerald.com, July 18,
2009
"California sprouts marijauna 'green rush' amid calls for legalization, taxation," Lisa Leff, Marcus Wohlsen, Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2009 "Marijuana is gateway drug for two debates," Sarah Kershaw and Rebecca Cathcart, The New York Times, July 17, 2009 "Marijuana in California," Mark Bauerlein, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 17, 2009 "No marijuana legalization in California this year," Chris Good, The Atlantic, July 17, 2009 "No marijuana taxation without legalization,"
Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2009
"War on marijuana coming to an end," Michael Stone,
Examiner.com, July 15, 2009
Pot no longer focus of anti-drug campaigns," Elizabeth
Sprague, CBS News, July 15, 2009
"Move to legalize marijuana takes root,"Bill Piper,
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2009
"California tax officials: Legal pot would rake in $1.4B,"
Breitbart.com, July 15,
2009.
Also in the Orange County Register.
"He's not high: Inside Barney Frank's plan to legalize marijuana,"
John H. Richardson, Esquire, July
14, 2009
"America's love-hate history with pot," Charles Cooper
adn Declan McCollagh, CBSNews.com,
July 13, 2009
"Legalize pot? Why not?," Scott Herhold, MercuryNews.com,
July 12, 2009
"Pot
of untaxed revenue," Tammerlin Drummond,
MercuryNews.com, July
12, 2009
"High stakes: a call to legalize marijuana," CBS
Sunday Morning, July 12, 2009
"Marijuana: prohibition or legalization?," Michael Stone, Examiner.com, July 11, 2009 "Legal pot, taxed or not: 6 public health issues," Doc
Gurley, SFGate.com, July 11, 2009
"Legalize marijuana and solve California's budget crisis,"
Bonnie Erbe, U.S. News & World Report,
July 8, 2009
"New ad says pot smokers "happy to be taxed" -- can they
help with CA's budget crunch?," Carla
Marinucci, SFGate/San Francisco
Chronicle, July 8, 2009
"California stations reject ad calling for pot legalization,"
Ryan Grim, The Huffington Post,
July 8, 2009
"Michael Phelps ads prove a new cultural tolerance of marijuana,"
Dan Neil, Los Angeles
Times, July 7, 2009
"The patriot's guide to legalization," Kevin Drum, Mother
Jones, July 6, 2009
"Senate commission to study marijuana decriminalization,"
Providence Journal (Rhode
Island), July 2, 2009
"Rhode Island Senate okays commission to explore marijuana
prohibition, legalization and decriminalization,"
Drug War Chronicle, July
3, 2009
"Marijuana legalization legislation in the works in Portugal," Drug War Chronicle, July 3, 2009
June 2009
"The marijuana question: Is now the time to legalize pot?,"
Mike Miliard, Fairfield Weekly.com,
June 18, 2009
"More are asking: Is it time to legalize pot?," Seattle
Times News Services, June 17, 2009
"Momentum builds for broad debate on legalizing pot,"
David Crary, The Associated Press,
Jume16, 2009
"They tax beer and cigarettes--is it time to legalize and
tax marijuana?," Cheryl Avins Smith,
Ft. Lauderdale City Buzz Examiner,
June 13, 2009
"Drugs won the war," Nicholas D. Kristof, The New
York Times, June 13, 2009
"Chronic City: Let's vote on it -- Marijuana legalization may be on 2010 ballot," Steve Elliott, SF Weekly.com (California), June 12, 2009 "A toke and a tax," Jeremy Singer-Vine, Slate, June 10, 2009 "Regulating and taxing pot makes sense for California," F. Aaron Smith, Los Angeles Daily News, June 9, 2009 "The price of legalizing pot is too high," Kevin A. Sabet,
Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2009
"Schwarzenegger's call to consider marijuana legalization
to boost taxes is 'irresponsible,'
says chairman of DARE board," DARE Board of
Directors, EarthTimes.com, June 4,
2009
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