New Jersey resident John Wilson, 37, may spend the next five years in prison because he grew marijuana, which he used to treat his multiple sclerosis. A judge handed down the five-year sentence on Friday, months after a jury found Wilson guilty of growing 17 marijuana plants—which he used only to treat the effects of his debilitating illness. Throughout most of his trial, Wilson was prevented from mentioning his disease to the jury. Then in January, New Jersey became the 14th state in the nation…

Your source for all the latest news and developments in the marijuana policy reform movement. In this episode Mike Meno is joined by MPP's Aaron Houston for a special talk on the Mexican drug cartels, boycotting Wal-Mart, and more!

MPP spokesman Mike Meno is interviewed on CBS 3 WWMT about Joseph Casias, a cancer patient fired by a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Michigan. Mr. Casias was terminated for failing a drug test for marijuana, even though he has a license to use medical marijuana in the state of Michigan. The Marijuana Policy Project is promoting a nationwide boycott of all Wal-Mart stores to protest this injustice. 03/16/2010

One day after MPP called for a nationwide boycott of Wal-Mart stores in order to protest the company’s contemptible and baseless firing of Michigan medical marijuana patient Joe Casias, the world’s largest public corporation is already changing its position — albeit not to the extent we all desire. A Wal-Mart spokesperson has told Fox News that the company is no longer challenging Casias’s eligibility for unemployment, reversing the despicable stance it took before news of the firing made national…

Dave Schwartz, spokesman for Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, appears on Nevada Newsmakers to debate the taxation and regulation of marijuana with Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick. Part 2 - 02/04/2010

Dave Schwartz, spokesman for Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, appears on Nevada Newsmakers to debate the taxation and regulation of marijuana with Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick. Part 1 - 02/04/2010

This morning, the Marijuana Policy Project called upon shoppers across the country to join in a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in order to protest the unjust and potentially unlawful firing of Joe Casias, a 29-year-old medical marijuana patient and sinus cancer survivor who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. After dutifully working at a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Michigan, for five years, Casias was suddenly terminated because he tested positive for marijuana during a drug screening administered…

Gil Kerlikowske, the man tasked with “protecting” our nation from the “dangers” of marijuana, appears to be supremely uneducated about the substance.  In a recent speech [pdf] to – hold on to your chair for the surprise – the California Police Chiefs Association, Kerlikowske defended the continuation of marijuana prohibition forever into the future by talking about the social costs of an entirely different substance – alcohol. The tax revenue collected from alcohol pales in comparison to the costs…

Joseph Casias, 29, has sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Michigan, where in 2008 he was named Associate of the Year. Casias is also a legal medical marijuana patient under Michigan state law. He uses marijuana with the recommendation of his doctor to relieve the effects of cancer. But Wal-Mart, the world’s largest public corporation, has no sympathy for his condition or…

For decades, advocates of marijuana policy reform have argued that a regulated and taxed marijuana market would generate revenue for government on the local, state and federal levels. There have even been studies projecting tax revenues from marijuana sales at $6.2 billion and even $31 billion annually. Occasionally – although far too rarely – we have even seen elected officials reference the possible revenue-generating benefits of a legal marijuana market. But today we read something that we can’t…