The Oakland City Council passed the Equity Permit Program; an initiative designed to offer reparations to those affected by the Drug War.
Phoenix Police took things to a new level by pressuring 19-year-old Edgar Castro with marijuana consumption. Edgar says the officers gave him a choice of eating the marijuana he was caught with or going to jail.” The incident occurred back in September and the officers in question, Officers Richard Pina, Jason McFadden and Michael Carnicle, have […]
Facing 24 years, she's probably missing her old job right about now.
A short film narrated by Jay Z calls the war on drugs a failure. It's time to rethink drug policies.
The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus is calling on Governor Larry Hogan to temporarily halt the awarding of licenses in the state’s medical marijuana program as foxbaltimore.com reports. A state commission recently issued preliminary licenses to 15 companies interested in growing medical marijuana and 15 companies interested in the processing of pot. For more information go to foxbaltimore.com
Chicago-based Johnson Publishing has decided to sell Ebony and Jet Magazines to the Clear View Group in Austin, Texas.
Despite abysmal drug war statistics, under new legislation and thanks to the budding legalized cannabis market, there are a few African-American entrepreneurs who are pioneering the sale of legalized marijuana.
The video was released as part of Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative.
A Rikers Island corrections officer has been charged with rape and conspiring to smuggle contraband after admitting to falling in love with an inmate – only to find out she was being used to bring him drugs, the New York Daily News reports. The incident came to light over the weekend when a drug-sniffing Department of Investigations dog […]
More Americans are smoking marijuana than ever before, as the number of smokers have doubled over the last ten years.
