marijuana law

Stems or Bud? Proposition 19 AGAIN

Rick Horowitz
October 13, 2010 06:53

I’m told by my friends who actually smoke the stuff that there’s little utility to smoking marijuana stems.  When you’re looking to buy, you’re looking for a baggie that’s heavy on bud.  (Yeah, I said it.  You’re not looking for Bud Light.) On the other hand,...

Marijuana & The Rule of Law

Rick Horowitz
September 25, 2010 23:01

During the last few weeks, there were a few shootings — though this Fresno Bee story mentions four — when people allegedly tried to steal marijuana that did not belong to them, growing on property where they had no permission to be. Obviously, something had to be done. And so it was...

“We Shouldn’t Have to Investigate”

Rick Horowitz
September 21, 2010 20:24

A growing number of police departments are suffering a real shortage of funds to sustain partial police states — that is, police states where some semblance of investigation is still required to press certain cases — with predictable results:  Police want the system changed so that they...

What Could Go Wrong?: Still More on Proposition 19

Rick Horowitz
August 30, 2010 01:25

In Rhetoric and The Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning (Law, State, and Practical Reason), Neil MacCormick notes that: It is a well-recognized truism that even the most carefully drafted and detailed text can never convey a fully determinate meaning for all possible purposes.1 This is as true...

Toke It Easy, Man: More on Proposition 19

Rick Horowitz
August 14, 2010 20:40

My last post, “Blowing Smoke: Proposition 19 & Medical Marijuana,” has perhaps drawn more readers than just about any other post I’ve written (including “A Drowning Man”). Some comments indicate an incomplete grasp of what my original post was intended to point...