Higher Ground:
The 42nd Annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor
By Larry Gabriel
4/17/2013
Higher Ground:
How Bill Kicked the Pills
By Larry Gabriel
4/10/2013
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The stone-cold truth
By Larry Gabriel
3/27/2013
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Cannabis and cancer?
By Larry Gabriel
3/12/2013
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Stubborn legal questions vex patients’ search for medicine
By Larry Gabriel
2/27/2013
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State’s high court lowers the boom
By Larry Gabriel
2/13/2013
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Legalization efforts grow from the bottom up
By Larry Gabriel
1/16/2013
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New pot doc shows patients trying to obey the law
By Larry Gabriel
1/30/2013
Feature:
The NFL's coming conflict on cannabis
By Dave Zirin
12/19/2012
Higher Ground:
A question of priorities for federal and state officials
By Larry Gabriel
12/19/2012
Higher Ground:
Last week’s votes give massive momentum to the anti-prohibition movement
By Larry Gabriel
11/14/2012
Higher Ground:
Marijuana law reformers aim for long-term change on Election Day
By Larry Gabriel
10/31/2012
Higher Ground:
Push to decriminalize small amounts of weed in Detroit finds little opposition
By Larry Gabriel
10/17/2012
Higher Ground:
Lawsuits part of effort to get state officials to comply with medical marijuana law
By Larry Gabriel
10/3/2012
Higher Ground:
Legalization advocate Irvin Rosenfeld's visit to Michigan
By Larry Gabriel
9/19/2012
Higher Ground:
State Rep. Jeff Irwin wants to curb forfeiture abuses
By Larry Gabriel
9/5/2012
Higher Ground:
Engaging new book about marijuana avoids the dullness trap
By Larry Gabriel
8/22/2012
Higher Ground:
Court case puts marijuana prohibition on the stand
By Larry Gabriel
8/8/2012
Higher Ground:
These Michigan dispensaries are nondescript, businesslike and law-abiding
By Larry Gabriel
7/25/2012
Higher Ground:
Why industrial-grade hemp should be a vital part of our economy
By Larry Gabriel
7/11/2012
Higher Ground:
Working against the War on Drugs — all across America
By Larry Gabriel
6/27/2012
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Court rulings encourage medical marijuana users, balk prosecutors
By Larry Gabriel
6/13/2012
Higher Ground:
Would Detroiters vote to, practically speaking, legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults on private property?
That choice may be on the November ballot if the Committee for a Safer Detroit (CSD) gets a favorable ruling from the Michig
By Larry Gabriel
5/30/2012
Higher Ground:
Last week, we got some stuff wrong — but here’s the straight dope
By Larry Gabriel
5/16/2012
Higher Ground:
Controversy over interpretation of ruling on medical marijuana and driving
By Larry Gabriel
5/2/2012
Higher Ground:
The War on Drugs loses serious traction south of the border
By Larry Gabriel
4/18/2012
Higher Ground:
With Michigan in the marijuana spotlight, this year’s Hash Bash brings out the stars
By Larry Gabriel
4/4/2012
Higher Ground:
Did cop’s use of informant lead to her death?
By Larry Gabriel
3/21/2012
Higher Ground:
Why the War on Drugs is increasingly seen as Jim Crow under another name
By Larry Gabriel
3/7/2012
Higher Ground:
After court of appeals loss, city tries again to keep the question from voters
By Larry Gabriel
2/22/2012
Higher Ground:
Fuming over how many months it takes for the state to issue medical marijuana cards
By Larry Gabriel
2/8/2012
Higher Ground:
Pot tourist ban doesn’t go off as smoothly as planned
By John Sinclair
2/1/2012
Higher Ground:
How to gently debate pot with your bigmouth brother-in-law
By Larry Gabriel
1/25/2012
Higher Ground:
Prohibition gains ground in Europe, even as U.S. legalization fight continues
By John Sinclair
1/18/2012
Higher Ground:
A state vote on legalization may not win, but could at least start an
important dialogue
By Larry Gabriel
1/11/2012
News Hits:
Facing a law enforcement crusade, push to end cannabis prohibition gathers strength
By Curt Guyette
1/2/2012
Higher Ground:
After $1 triilion dollars wasted on failed policies, this whole medicinal weed thing really makes sense
By Larry Gabriel
12/28/2011
Higher Ground:
How, 40 years ago, Sinclair and company laid the groundwork for today
By John Sinclair
12/21/2011
Higher Ground:
State governors unite and the closing of Big Daddy's punishes patients
By Larry Gabriel
12/14/2011
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For smokers, the safe haven of the Netherlands is less so
By John Sinclair
12/7/2011
Higher Ground:
From republicans to the public at large, support for the War on Drugs is fading
By Larry Gabriel
11/30/2011
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And Kalamazoo voters, in chater amendment question, holding firm
By Larry Gabriel
11/16/2011
Higher Ground:
"Ike" McKinnon says it’s time to take a public stance
By Larry Gabriel
11/2/2011
Higher Ground:
Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup spurs and rewards creativity
By John Sinclair
10/26/2011
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Detroit cops ensure no tokers, but an otherwise great day
By Larry Gabriel
10/19/2011
Higher Ground:
Big event comes to town, and Dana Beal's ibogaine odyssey
By John Sinclair
10/12/2011
Higher Ground:
Drawing comparisons to the War on Drugs
By Larry Gabriel
10/5/2011
Higher Ground:
By John Sinclair
9/28/2011
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Putting recent raids and the appeals court set-back in perspective
By Larry Gabriel
9/21/2011
Higher Ground:
Fighting back for freedom on two continents
By John Sinclair
9/14/2011
Higher Ground:
Attorney General Bill Schuette leads his stormtroopers against medical marijuana
By Larry Gabriel
9/7/2011
Higher Ground:
AG would define law so narrowly you'd need a foot in the grave to qualify
By Larry Gabriel
8/24/2011
Higher Ground:
Reports from around the globe on the War on Drugs
By John Sinclair
8/17/2011
Higher Ground:
Not your grandfather's NAACP
By Larry Gabriel
8/10/2011
Higher Ground:
Police and prosecutors' abuse of asset forfeiture laws criticized
By John Sinclair
8/3/2011
Higher Ground:
Opposing how prohibition divides families and hurts kids
By Larry Gabriel
7/27/2011
Higher Ground:
Obama administration heightens tensions over medical marijuana
By by John Sinclair
7/20/2011
Higher Ground:
The dean of pot growing comes to town
By Larry Gabriel
7/13/2011
Higher Ground:
Closing off access to coffee shops in the name of 'combating drug tourism'
By John Sinclair
7/6/2011
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Taking a scientific view of the herb's components
By Larry Gabriel
6/29/2011
Higher Ground:
Amsterdam authorities try rolling back the country's successful experiment in decriminalization
By John Sinclair
6/22/2011
Higher Ground:
Oakland County gets injunction against medical marijuana defenses in court
By Larry Gabriel
6/15/2011
Higher Ground:
Finally, a card that recognizes marijuana as medicine across the EU
By John Sinclair
6/8/2011
Higher Ground:
Challenging the feds on marijuana's medicinal benefits
By Larry Gabriel
6/1/2011
Higher Ground:
Words of praise for marijuana's spiritual properties
By John Sinclair
5/25/2011
Higher Ground:
The question of organizing medical marijuana workers was bound to come up
By Larry Gabriel
5/18/2011
Higher Ground:
On believing in personal freedom and living outside the social mainstream
By John Sinclair
5/11/2011
Higher Ground:
Oakland County a frontline in the battle against medical marijuana
By Larry Gabriel
5/4/2011
Higher Ground:
The War on Drugs: When the solution is worse than the problem
By John Sinclair
4/27/2011
Higher Ground:
The recreational and medicinal communities get together - somewhat
By Larry Gabriel
4/20/2011
Higher Ground:
Ann Arbor: Opposing the War on Drugs early and often
By John Sinclair
4/13/2011
Higher Ground:
Ann Arbor fills with revelers and speakers, but who's blowing smoke?
By Larry Gabriel
4/6/2011
Higher Ground:
Imagine: What if they had a War on Drugs and nobody came?
By John Sinclair
3/30/2011
Higher Ground:
What you need to know about cannabinoids
By Larry Gabriel
3/23/2011
Higher Ground:
A bit of thievery leaves our correspondent free and easy
By John Sinclair
3/16/2011
Higher Ground:
Getting ready for Michigan's biggest medical marijuana expo
By Larry Gabriel
3/9/2011
Higher Ground:
Big Pharma's marijuana moves highlight DEA double-standard
By Paul Armentano
3/2/2011
Higher Ground:
Judge rules private employers can fire medical marijuana patients
By Larry Gabriel
2/23/2011
Higher Ground:
A look at the seminal figures behind Amsterdam's thriving marijuana businesses
By John Sinclair
2/16/2011
Higher Ground:
Efforts to liberalize hemp growing could offer jobs and revenues
By Larry Gabriel
2/9/2011
Higher Ground:
Still shrill: Opponents of pot as histrionic as ever.
By John Sinclair
2/2/2011
Higher Ground:
Legal battles over drug testing, grow operations and ordinances continue
By Larry Gabriel
1/26/2011
Higher Ground:
Reader reactions to drug policy enlighten
By John Sinclair
1/19/2011
Higher Ground:
Poring over the tens of thousands of scientific papers on pot
By Larry Gabriel
1/12/2011
Higher Ground:
From shoddy premises to final 'failure,' a look at the War on Drugs
By John Sinclair
1/5/2011
Higher Ground:
When is a person 'too high to drive'?
By Larry Gabriel
12/29/2010
Higher Ground:
As America relaxes some laws on pot, Europe gets paranoid
By John Sinclair
12/22/2010
Higher Ground:
Can conservatives and liberals agree on legalizing weed?
By Larry Gabriel
12/15/2010
Higher Ground:
Loving looks at best buds, old and new
By John Sinclair
12/8/2010
Higher Ground:
Talking with some of the compassionate folks behind the green boom
By Larry Gabriel
12/1/2010
Higher Ground:
Ex-prisoners critique the 'correctional economy'
By John Sinclair
11/24/2010
Higher Ground:
Wrapping up MT's Higher Ground event at Eastern Market
By Larry Gabriel
11/17/2010
Higher Ground:
Despite Prop 19 defeat, we've still come a long way
By John Sinclair
11/10/2010
Higher Ground:
Compassion clubs embrace new statewide group
By Larry Gabriel
11/3/2010
Higher Ground:
A brief history of the movement to legalize marijuana
By John Sinclair
10/27/2010
Higher Ground:
The pot boom helps grow-shops grow
By Larry Gabriel
10/20/2010
Higher Ground:
Why medical marijuana cards represent the end of an era
By John Sinclair
10/13/2010
Higher Ground:
State AG race an important one for medical marijuana
By Larry Gabriel
10/6/2010