420 MAGAZINE

Over 300 economists, including three Nobel Laureates, recently signed a petition that encourages the president, Congress, governors and state legislatures to carefully consider marijuana legalization in America. The petition draws attention to an article by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, whose findings highlight the substantial cost-savings our government could incur if it were to tax and regulate marijuana, rather than needlessly spending billions of dollars enforcing its prohibition. Miron… [Continue Reading]

On April 21, I taught what may have been my final class at Oaksterdam University. For the better part of the past 3½ years, I have lectured at Oaksterdam. My 90-minute class focused on the peer-reviewed science establishing the safety and efficacy of cannabis as a therapeutic agent — science that the federal government has ignored and continues to ignore despite its public… [Continue Reading]

The Criminal Court has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to life, after the court found him guilty of attempting to smuggle cannabis into the Maldives. According to police, the man was charged with attempting to smuggle drugs on October 2010.  The police identified the Bangladeshi man as Sumon Miah, 24. Sumon arrived to Maldives on 18 October 2010 on Qatar Airways Flight QR380 at… [Continue Reading]

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, recently announced a new anti-drug campaign that specifically targets marijuana. Instead of featuring horror tales of marijuana-induced insanity, violence and birth detects, this campaign is built upon the premise that reducing marijuana use is a practical strategy for… [Continue Reading]