2014 was a great year for liberals. Marriage equality is sweeping across the nation, the federal courts now have a majority of liberal jurists, America's foreign policy is being reshaped in Obama's image, and both red and blue states voted to choose if they wanted to legalize a plant. Democrats may have lost the Senate, but their priorities surely won in 2014. Tuesday was a big win for liberal issues and conservative politicians. If you need to read that sentence again, feel free to; it can take a while to sink in. The GOP maintained its control of the House, gained the majority in the Senate, and will soon be picking out drapes to hang in numerous governor mansions around the country, but the GOP lost big on a wide range of subjects. 1. Two states plus Washington D.C. can follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington state by voting in favor of fully legalizing marijuana with ballot initiatives, this mid-term election cycle. The states that have decided to have their electorate vote on ballot measures this time around are: Alaska, Oregon, and Florida. Several months behind Colorado, but still only the second state in our union to do so, Washington state has begun to officially sell recreational marijuana. Sales began on July 8th. As with Colorado, the first day of sales was largely celebratory and more historic in nature, than anything else. Back on November 6th, 2012, the bold states of Colorado and Washington passed ballot measures alongside the last presidential election process to fully legalize marijuana.
An unarmed black teenager took a box of cigars from a convenience store. He was pulled over by police and tried to run away. He was shot six times and died at the scene.A black 12 year old was playing with a bb gun. Police arrived on the scene and shot him to death seconds later.A suspected drug dealer has his home raided by SWAT teams. The Republican Leadership in Congress needs an intervention. There's just no other way to put it. How can a party who proclaims they want to open up their tent and be more welcoming to people who aren't old, white men not foresee the terrible optics of ignoring the 50th Anniversary of one of the worst racial injustices in modern history? I get it. The United States Government is responsible for torturing at least 119 individuals, many of whom were held 'wrongly' and were held for no reason at all.
Legalizing Marijuana News & Opinion Articles |  | Wed Apr 20, 2016 | vox.com
Toward the end of Prohibition, John D. Rockefeller Jr., the powerful businessman who supported the US ban on alcohol, admitted defeat. Seeing the effect Prohibition had on... |
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Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. |
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The two states, Nebraska and Oklahoma, began legal proceedings months after Colorado began allowing marijuana dispensaries to start selling pot for recreational use at the... |
|  | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | thedailybeast.com
For pot fans, 2015 was a money year on the state level but Congress proved a reliable buzzkill, yet again, for the greenest lobby in town.
In the rush to get out of... |
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Come November 3, I will be enthusiastically voting in Ohio for Issue 3, a ballot initiative that will make recreational marijuana use legal in the Buckeye State. Issue 3 is... |
|  | Fri Oct 23, 2015 | rollingstone.com
On November 3rd, voters in Ohio will decide the fate of legal weed — making the Buckeye State an unlikely ground zero in the national divide of the legalization movement.... |
|  | Wed Oct 21, 2015 | vox.com
This November, Ohio will vote on whether to become the biggest state to fully legalize marijuana. But the measure is very different from what's come out of other legal pot... |
|  | Wed May 06, 2015 | ktuu.com
Gov. Bill Walker has signed into law legislation creating a new board to regulate the legal marijuana industry in Alaska.
Voters last November approved an initiative... |
|  | Wed Mar 18, 2015 | thedailybeast.com
A landmark case in Connecticut could radically change the way marijuana convictions are handled.
What happens to the millions of Americans with existing marijuana... |
|  | Mon Mar 16, 2015 | vox.com
On March 10, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) was among a bipartisan group of senators that introduced a historic bill that would, for the first time, force the federal government... |
Legalizing Marijuana Videos |  | Sun Jul 27, 2014
Colorado's legal marijuana market has created a bonanza for "green entrepreneurs" and tax collectors. At the same... |
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Marijuana sales start in Washington. |
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A new crop of marijuana entrepreneurs are coming out of the shadows in Washington State, but those looking to cash... |
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Colorado has banked nearly $18 million in taxes from legalized recreational and medical marijuana in 2014. But... |
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"According to statistics recently released by the government in Denver, the amount of robberies and violent crimes... |
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Marijuana legalization in Colorado has led to a rise in revenue and a drop in crime. |
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Washington State has moved a step closer to selling recreational marijuana. The Washington State Liquor Control... |
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The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers... |
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In an interview with The New Yorker's David Remnick, Pres. Obama reveals his personal thoughts on hot button issues. |
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Legal retail sales of pot began in Colorado on Wednesday. Shops limited the amount of marijuana each customer could... |
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For the first time, people can purchase marijuana purely for recreational use. |
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Recreational marijuana goes on sale in Colorado beginning January 1. Justin Hartfield, CEO of Ghost Group plans to... |
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