Should D.C. Decriminalize Marijuana?

May 16, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Should D.C. Decriminalize Marijuana? WASHINGTON -- The fight to decriminalize marijuana possession in Washington, D.C., just got an unlikely ally: former mayor and current city councilman Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). Barry and fellow council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) are drafting legislation that would reduce or eliminate criminal penalties for people caught with small amounts of marijuana.  Continue reading... MARYLAND GETS STRICT Revisit D.C.'s Amazing Punk Scene Remembering Chuck Brown Virginia Man Wins Lottery For FOURTH Time LOOK: Famous People Are Coming For The Preakness, Bikini Contest WHOA! See The Top Of The Washington Monument In This Amazing Video WHOA! See The Top Of The Washington Monument In This Amazing Video VOTE: Should D.C. Decriminalize Marijuana? You'll Fall In Love With This Sweet Engagement Story 10 Cicada Recipes (If You're Feeling Adventurous) WENDELL POTTER DC Officials Will Decide Next Week if Key Obamacare Provision Will Benefit Residents or Big Insurers Among the most important policy goals for the health insurance industry has been to control how the health insurance exchanges will be set up and run. Whether those exchanges are of greater benefit to consumers or insurance companies will depend on the success of the lobbying efforts. Continue reading... ROBERT REICH Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With Obama's Second Term Six months into a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS's investigations of right-wing groups, the Justice Department's snooping into journalists' phone records, Obamacare behind schedule, the Administration's push for gun control ending in failure. Continue reading... HULU.COM 7 Things That Wouldn't Exist Without The Office The good news: The Office has a legacy as large as its heart (and Dwight's head). It'll never really be gone, because it's changed, well, everything. It's inside us now. That's what she said. Continue reading... LEIGHTON WOODHOUSE Mark Zuckerberg's Failed Experiment in Technocratic Social Change Mark Zuckerberg's widely reviled, rapidly dissolving DC lobby group heralds itself as the bringer of "different and innovative tactics" to the usual Beltway brand of back room politicking. How did so many smart, powerful people so thoroughly screw up such a simple and straightforward task? Continue reading... KATHARINE DIXON Building to Spring The fluctuating temperatures may make it difficult to tell that it's spring. That's why some locals peg spring's arrival to the blossoms, but here in Alexandria, we know it's tied to National Rebuilding Day -- the ultimate sign of renewal and revitalization. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003