Friedman says he'd legalize pot in Texas
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Kinky Friedman says he favors legalizing marijuana to keep nonviolent users out of prison. If Texas elects him governor, he says, he'll try to get locked-up pot users released to make room for more violent criminals.
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The   country outlaw is back on the road again after a pot-powered pit stop   early Monday. Nelson and several bandmates received misdemeanor   citations for marijuana possession after their tour bus was pulled over   in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. The bust came just two days after   Nelson called for the decriminalization of marijuana while stumping for   Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.
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Kinky Friedman began a three-day college tour Monday with former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, whose surprise victory in 1998 is serving as the template for Friedman's independent populist run for Texas governor.
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The US Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments over whether states can permit the seriously ill to buy or grow marijuana to ease their pain.
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Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that people who want to legalize marijuana for medical purposes really just want to make the drug available to everyone.
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THE HIGH COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS THIS MORNING ON WHETHER SICK PEOPLE IN ELEVEN STATES THAT ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAN HAVE THEIR POT - EVEN THOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT&#39;S ILLEGAL.
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Texas humorist Kinky Friedman, who wrote the song "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More," announced on Thursday his independent candidacy for the state's governorship.
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WASHINGTON - Nearly three-fourths of older Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a poll done for the nation&#39;s largest advocacy group for seniors.
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By PAUL J. WEBER BIG SANDY, Texas - Barry Cooper sells a DVD on how to stash pot in your car without getting caught. This fall he will release a second one on how to keep police from raiding your home for marijuana.
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Should seriously ill people be allowed to use marijuana if their doctor prescribes it and their state allows it? Or should the federal governmentâs ban on pot trump all?
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New Mexico has a new medical marijuana law with a twist: It requires the state to grow its own.
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Kinky Friedman, the proudly politically incorrect entertainer running for governor, said Wednesday he wouldn't put just 1,500 National Guard troops on the Texas-Mexico border, he'd send 10,000.
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California's "ganja guru" will not have to go to jail but still plans to appeal felony marijuana convictions with the aim of renewing a courtroom fight over state and federal laws that are sharply at odds.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Stephen Friedman, one of  President Bush's top economic advisers, plans to leave the  White House this year and is expected to return to the private  sector, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
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By Claudia Mel, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 4--Someone thinks Salinas needs a shop to sell marijuana for medical uses, and that person has asked city officials how to go about opening one.
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Convinced they have sound science on their side, advocates for the medical use of marijuana plan to launch a novel effort to get the federal government to ease restrictions on the illicit drug.
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Many doctors recognize marijuana&#39;s medicinal role in helping seriously ill people cope with pain. So do 11 states, including Colorado, where voters have approved the medical use of the drug.