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Ed Thompson loses battle with cancer

MADISON: Wisconsin has lost a voice for liberty - Ed Thompson, former Mayor of Tomah, has passed away at the age of 66 after a courageous battle...

Monday Madison Drug Conference on eve of Tuesday Dana Beal sentencing hearing

MADISON: The Sept. 20 sentencing of medical cannabis/ibogaine activist Dana Beal (Cures Not Wars) on cannabis charges at the Iowa County Courthouse...

Wisconsin activist Ben Masel honored by NORML in Denver

DENVER: This is a special Madison NORML Examiner on the road edition as MNE attends the 40th Annual NORML (National Organization for the Reform of...

As many as 200,000 Wisconsinites welcome returning ‘Fab 14’ Democratic senators

MADISON: Wisconsin saw the largest protests so far as 150,000-200,000 people crowded Capitol Square Saturday to protest passage of radical budget...

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month: Can Marijuana save eyesight?

MADISON: January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a medical condition where either the eye produces too much fluid or the channels that...

Wisconsin Medical cannabis profiles in courage - Mary Powers - born Jan 14, 1959

MADISON: Regular readers may recall two "Profiles in Cowardice" articles I wrote about cowardly state lawmakers who found ways to reject...

Twin anniversaries point to difficult life for Wisconsin MMJ advocate

MADISON: A year ago Dec. 15, the Wisconsin State Capitol was abuzz as hundreds of medical cannabis patients, family members, advocates and...

Columnist misses point in MMJ referendum hazing

MADISON: Chris Rickert wrote a column about the Dane County MMJ Referendum that was printed in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal. In it, Chris...

MMJ Advisory Referendum Campaign Committee: Vote Yes for Compassion and Justice

MADISON: The Medical Marijuana Advisory Referendum Campaign Committee has put out a press release: Vote Yes for Compassion and Justice Nov. 2: Dane...