Cannabis policy has a hard time shaking off its roots in the culture wars. Since the action around non-medical legalization action so far has largely been through voter initiatives rather than conventional legislation, the argument takes place mostly in sound-bites rather than policy memos. Read…
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There was some good news and some bad news on marijuana this week, which got us thinking about how the subject of federal marijuana policy relates to the presidential nomination race. Read more: Chris Weigant, Most Impressive Democrat of … Marijuana on Huffington Post
The states complained that Colorado’s establishment of a legal, regulated market caused marijuana to flow into their states, thereby undermining their strict laws. This, they claimed, caused “irreparable injury” by draining their treasuries, placing stress on their criminal justice systems and endangering the health of…
The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to decide whether marijuana should reclassified under federal law in “the first half of 2016,” the agency sa… Read more: Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Drug War,
A Senate hearing on state marijuana laws Tuesday was biased and dishonest, focusing mostly on debunked claims that marijuana use leads to substances l… Read more: Marijuana, Chuck Grassley, Dianne Feinstein,
Tracey Gamer-Fanning, who has been at the forefront of our national conversation about a patient’s right to use cannabis and medical marijuana to trea… Read more: Death With Dignity, Right to Die, Medical Marijuana… Marijuana on Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people who support marijuana legalization got high in front of the White House on Saturday in a demonstration aimed at getti… Read more: Cannabis Activists Get High at White House, White Ho… Marijuana on Huffington Post
For decades, smoking pot outside the White House was no more than a (dangerous) lark. The protesters didn’t seriously expect to see the laws changed. Now the laws have changed, which means that such protests are a lot more targeted and a lot more important….
Eager to find a way out of its current homelessness crisis, Los Angeles may look to a potential pot tax to help fund new housing projects. Due to an i… Read more: Homeless, Homeless LA, Homelessness, Pot
