CANNABIS: “A Quarter Of US States Could Legalize Weed This Year” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about five percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter.

CANNABIS: “ACLU and HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds” / Democracy NOW! ☮

A new report on the devastating harm of policies that criminalize the personal use and possession of drugs finds that in 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined. The report also showed African-American adults are more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white adults to be arrested for drug possession despite comparable rates of drug usage. This comes as four states have legalized recreational marijuana use and five more will vote to do the same next month. Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses. We speak with Tess Borden, author of the report “Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States.”

CANNABIS: “‘Fuck it, I Quit’ Marijuana Advocate Faces Decades in Prison” / The Young Turks / Ana Kasparian, Grace Baldridge, and Maz Jobrani ☮

In 2014, Charlo Green made headlines when she quit her job as a news reporter on air. Greene ended her segment on marijuana by revealing she was a proponent of legalization and the owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, the subject of her report.

CANNABIS: “Medical Weed for Veterans Slapped Down” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

An effort to allow veterans to access medical marijuana in states where it’s legal died Wednesday night when Congress passed a spending bill without the provision included.

CANNABIS: “Chelsea Clinton is a Classic Millennial Narcissistic Know Nothing ☮

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Chelsea Clinton made a pretty bold assertion about the health risks of marijuana during a campaign event in Ohio on Saturday. The daughter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton implied that multiple deaths in Colorado, where the substance is legal for medical and recreational purposes, could be attributed to pot.

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