Filed under: Drugs!, In the News, Politics | Tags: jessica corry, john suthers, medical marijuana, medical marijuana dispensary, westword, westword pot columnist
Ah, there’s hope for us after all! According to my favorite conservative political commentator Jessica Corry (yes, I said conservative) wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about how marijuana dispensary ads may save the newspapers from extinction. She highlights Denver alt-weekly Westword, who will be rounding up their dispensary advertisers and churning out a special inaugural issue highlighting how great they are. It also made headlines news when it posted an ad on craigslist looking for a pot columnist.
Attorney General John Suthers recently OK’d sales tax on medical marijuana, which could save the state millions in much-needed revenue. What does this mean for other states in the future?
Filed under: Drugs!, In the News, Politics, Uncategorized | Tags: cocaine, crack, crack cocaine, crack is whack, lay of that whiskey and let that cocaine be, richard durbin, senate bills
Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin finally caught onto all the crack jokes and introduced a bill that will once and for all settle the differences between crack and cocaine, the Washington Post reports:
Under current law, it takes 100 times as much powdered cocaine as crack to trigger the same mandatory minimum sentence…
…Durbin’s bill would also increase the quantity of crack cocaine required to trigger a mandatory prison term, as well as stiffen penalties for large-scale drug traffickers and violent criminals.
Essentially they’re loosening the reins on crack due to the number of people incarcerated for drugs and increasing punishment for coke dealers because Durbin got a whack ass bag last week.
