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The Supreme Court, Medical Marijuana and the Commerce Clause

The Supreme Court has decided to consider Ashcroft v. Raich. For details on the case, see my original post on the victory in the 9th Circuit. Basically this boils down to a challenge of the federal government’s ability to interfere in the states using their authority under the interstate commerce clause, when no commerce or […]

Blessing Marijuana

In Saturday’s Washington Post: Blessing Marijuana for Mercy’s Sake

The United Methodist Church, the Union for Reform Judaism, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, the Episcopal Church, the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ have made statements supporting the controlled use of marijuana […]

A letter

Dear Michael Moore, Congratulations on breaking all sorts of records with the opening weekend of your film Fahrenheit 9/11. You’re opinionated and controversial, and you’ve clearly found out how to make that combination work. Not everyone likes you or agrees with you, but even their criticism turns into heightened attention to the issues you promote. […]

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