Ah, the Tea Party: Righteous in its condemnation of government largess. Resolute in its opposition of taxes and president Obama. Representative of the silent majority. Heavily divided when it comes to ... pot smoking.

That's right: While the right-leaning Tea Party might seem unified in its rejection of centrism in the GOP and in its embrace of the rural Republican (a la Palin), the Atlantic's Chris Good argued Wednesday that marijuana is the one issue that could split this bunch.

laweekly.com

An unlikely coalition that includes student activists, police officers, and a former Reagan associate deputy attorney general has launched a national campaign to mobilize 2010 and 2012 voters in support of marijuana legalization.

The "Just Say Now" campaign -- a joint effort between the Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and the progressive blog Firedoglake -- aims to end what they describe as the federal government's failed war on marijuana.

"It's a moral issue," Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, said in a conference call yesterday. "It's been a policy failure at every level."

firstread.msnbc.msn.com

A constitutional challenge by two members of the "Church of the Universe" busted on drug charges was back in court Tuesday.

Church of the Universe lawyer Paul Lewin kicked off four days of closing submissions Tuesday by arguing the defence has proven the belief of the church members is sincere and based on a nexus with religion.

canoe.ca

Eine Mehrheit der Deutschen ist führ eine liberalere gesetzliche Regelung zu Cannabis. Nur eine Minderheit von 40% spricht sich für eine Beibehaltung oder Verschärfung des derzeitigen strafrechtlichen Verbots aus. Das ergab eine aktuelle EMNID-Umfrage, die der Deutsche Hanf Verband in Auftrag gegeben hatte

cannabislegal.de

The campaign to pass Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization initiative, had just $62,000 in cash to spend at the end of June, according to a campaign finance report filed today, an amount far short of what would be needed to run a significant television campaign.

Opponents of the measure had less than $19,000 in cash at the end of June.

latimes.com

laughingsquid.com

Am 07.August findet in Berlin die 14. Hanfparade statt. Für die Augustausgabe des Hanf Journals habe ich meine ganz persönliche Sicht auf die Geschichte Deutschlands größter Legalisierungsveranstaltung niedergeschrieben.

usualredant.de

A national Angus-Reid poll released Wednesday has found majority support for legalizing marijuana, with 52% of respondents saying they wanted to free the weed. That figure includes 59% of independents and 57% of Democrats, but only 38% of Republicans.

stopthedrugwar.org