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If Cannabis Is Legalized, Portugal Could Be A Window Into California's Future

Despite the monetary promise of increased state and local revenues, and lowered costs for an already strained justice system, the Tax Cannabis Act still has some Californians worried. Fox News&

By Wes Messamore

June 26, 2010

If Cannabis Is Legalized, Portugal Could Be A Window Into California's Future

Zero-sum thinking and California's budget

With California's budget in crisis mode, the solutions have been presented by lawmakers and the media in strictly zero-sum terms. You can think of a zero-sum game as

By Wes Messamore

June 22, 2010

Zero-sum thinking and California's budget

California desperate for solutions

Earlier this week, California missed another constitutionally mandated deadline to pass a state budget. Policymakers are reeling from the enormous, seemingly impossible task of bridging an approximately $19 billion budget

By Wes Messamore

June 19, 2010

School voucher program could help fix California's crippling budget deficit

What if California could fix its enormous budget deficit with a single policy change that would potentially cut billions out of the state budget without sacrificing the quality of services

By Wes Messamore

June 15, 2010

School voucher program could help fix California's crippling budget deficit

California Could See Over $1.4 Billion Revenue Spike From Tax Cannabis Act

California's very own State Board of Equalization reports in its legislative bill analysis that revenues from a bill similar to the Tax Cannabis Act would equal roughly $1.

By Wes Messamore

June 12, 2010

California Could See Over $1.4 Billion Revenue Spike From Tax Cannabis Act

Ending California's Three Strikes Law

California prison and safety reform consists primarily of finding ways to reduce costs in an overburdened system without sacrificing the safety of California's residents. As costs in both

By Wes Messamore

June 8, 2010

Obama claims Republicans offer no solutions

President Obama is deflecting. Amid lagging poll numbers, a drawn-out oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, allegations of a criminal bribe to Congressman Joe Sestak, and fierce criticism from

By Wes Messamore

June 5, 2010

Obama claims Republicans offer no solutions

Drug policy reform is prison and safety reform

What do British rock star Sting, Hungarian billionaire George Soros, and American television personality Montel Williams all have in common? They all believe that the War on Drugs is really

By Wes Messamore

May 31, 2010

Drug policy reform is prison and safety reform

Law enforcement organization opposes War on Drugs

It's called LEAP: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. With a growing army of law enforcement and criminal justice personnel who actually support legalizing drugs like marijuana, this public policy

By Wes Messamore

May 8, 2010

Law enforcement organization opposes War on Drugs

23,000 Dead In Mexico's Drug Wars (And How We Caused It)

A leaked government report indicates that nearly 23,000 people have died in Mexico's violent drug wars in the last three years alone. But it doesn't

By Wes Messamore

May 4, 2010

Prison Rape, a National Crisis

Begging your indulgence for a very delicate question about a very serious and sensitive issue. Who do you picture when you hear the words "rape victim?" How old

By Wes Messamore

May 1, 2010

Marijuana Legalization More Popular Than Obama, Health Reform, and War on Terror

You read that right. Legalizing marijuana for recreational use by adults has more widespread support than President Obama's administration. Pot legalization is also more popular than the recent

By Wes Messamore

April 27, 2010

Marijuana Legalization More Popular Than Obama, Health Reform, and War on Terror