Its name may be synonymous with European unity ‑ but increasingly its coffee shops are not. Moves by the Dutch border town of Maastricht to ban foreigners from its hemp cafes have been upheld by the European court, in a rare contravention of EU laws governing free markets and free movement of people. In response […]

This particular video features former presidential candidate Ron Paul. He has some controversial ideas on US foreign and domestic policy. We don’t agree with all of his ideas, but we certainly agree with his ideas on the insanity of hemp prohibition. Have a look at this video: [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yHbihzFtyUc]

In addition to the websites we have posted yesterday there is one very important online resource which we did not mention in our post. We feel that LEAP is such an important initiative that a separate post is in order. LEAP is made up of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal […]

Finally, someplace gets it right when it comes to smoking. Medical marijuana will not be subject to the smoking ban adopted by the Sebastopol City Council on Tuesday — at least for the time being. The council unanimously(!) voted to remove medical hemp from the proposed ordinance and focus only on the use of tobacco […]

New York: Last Wednesday (07/10/09), changes to New York´s notorious Rockefeller drug laws went into effect, allowing judges to shorten the prison terms of some non-violent offenders; particularly those incarcerated for non-violent crimes such as cannabis posession. This measure will further reduce New York´s prison population, which has already declined in the past 10 years […]