ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana far more often than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same...
Obama should talk about legalizing pot
OPINION - This disparity within the 'war on drugs' and the severity of its punishments are destroying the potential of a large part of the black community and by extension, America itself...
Zimmerman wants Trayvon's pot use referenced
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An attorney for the neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is asking a judge to deny prosecutors' request that the teen's marijuana use be off limits...
Race, politics and the fight to legalize marijuana
theGRIO REPORT - This past Election Day marked a sea change. Voters turned out in large numbers in support of new, progressive economic policies when they re-elected President Barack Obama. But they didn’t just stop there...
Colorado gets members-only clubs for legal pot use
DENVER (AP) — With reggae music pumping and disco lights flashing, members of a Colorado recreational pot club lit up in celebration of the new year — and a new place to smoke legally...
Obama: 'It does not make sense' to go after states where pot is legal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana...
Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation
DENVER (AP) - Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado on Monday when the governor took the procedural step of declaring the voter-approved change part of the state constitution...
3 states to vote on recreational use of marijuana
theGRIO REPORT - Millions of Americans are heading to the polls this Election Day, but the vote for president is not the only thing on the ballot...
Schwarzenegger jokes about smoking weed with Obama
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a joke at President Obama's expense in Men's Fitness Magazine...
Snoop Dogg banned from Norway 2 years for pot
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A lawyer representing Snoop Dogg says the American rapper has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount of marijuana last month...
