Search results for "law enforcement"
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Joint Opinions
How Marijuana Legalization Keeps Law Enforcement Honest
March 25, 2019Analysis shows fruitless police searches are reduced and trust in police is increased when cannabis is...
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Politics
AG Sessions’ Home State Has ‘Biased’ MJ Law Enforcement
March 13, 2017Arrest data from Attorney General Jeff Session's home state of Alabama — where he served as...
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Joint Opinions
Despite Studies, Florida Law Enforcement Still Lying to Public
May 23, 2014Despite a lack of a legalization initiative on the California ballot this year, I have been...
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Legal
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: The Cops that Are Our Friends
March 12, 2014“Not one of the stated US drug policy goals of lowering the incidence of crime, addiction,...
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Economics
Colorado and Washington Law Enforcement Set to Lose Millions in Asset Forfeiture Money
February 7, 2014According to the Wall Street Journal, local police departments in Colorado and Washington expect to lose...
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Current Events
Week in Review: Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Adult-Use Cannabis Bills
February 11, 2024ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Legal
Congressional Lawmakers Optimistic About Bipartisan Cannabis Banking Bill
May 4, 2023Lawmakers in Congress have reintroduced hugely important bipartisan legislation to give cannabis businesses access to traditional...
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Legal
Man Fires Up a Joint in Court to Protest Marijuana Laws
January 31, 2020Tennessee man smokes a joint in front of a judge after being charged with small-time cannabis...
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Hemp
Texas Governor Fumes as Hemp Law Leads to Cannabis Case Dismissals
August 2, 2019Politicians are up in arms about the cannabis testing deficiency that’s allowed cases to slip through...
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Politics
Congress Introduces Law to Deschedule Cannabis, Considers Banking Reform
July 23, 2019Today was one of the biggest days in Washington, D.C. for the cannabis legalization movement so...
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Legal
Georgia Passes Law to Allow Medical Marijuana Cultivation
April 23, 2019A new law in Georgia will allow the production of cannabis for medical purposes, giving teeth...
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Legal
Mexico Militarizes Anti-Cannabis Enforcement Despite Legalization Promises
March 21, 2019Contradicting his boast to have "ended" the drug war and his pledge to explore cannabis legalization,...
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Medical
The Nation’s Worst Medical Marijuana Law May Finally Improve
March 7, 2019Pity would-be patients in Georgia, where cannabis oil is legal but illegal to produce or procure....
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Politics
Lawmakers File Bill to Legalize Cannabis in Minnesota
January 29, 2019The state could soon follow Michigan in the push for adult-use cannabis in the Midwest.
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Edibles
Why Lawmakers Keep Trying to Ban Edibles
September 10, 2018In states where many lawmakers are skeptical of marijuana legalization but are forced to write cannabis...
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Legal
America’s Rotten Drug Laws Encourage ‘Synthetic Marijuana’ Use
April 30, 2018As long as cannabis is illegal, and as long as organizations test for drugs, people will...
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Legal
Colorado Lawmakers Still Not Onboard With Social Marijuana
April 6, 2018Cannabis is legal in Colorado, but there is still no place to smoke it beyond your...
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Politics
Native Tribes Assert Sovereignty Over CA Pot Laws
March 6, 2018Can California Native American tribes grow and sell their own marijuana? Given that Native American tribes...
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Politics
In Indiana, Anti-Pot Activists Are Actually Inspiring MMJ Laws
November 9, 2017Marijuana’s opposing forces might have pushed so far in the prohibitionist direction that they are actually...
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Legal
Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Rx Companies for Opioid Crisis
June 1, 2017Ohio, like many parts of the U.S., is facing a serious opioid addiction and overdose epidemic,...