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Obama Administration Lifts Restrictions on MMJ Research

The federal government is reportedly taking steps to more easily facilitate the research of medical marijuana....

Joint Opinions

Obama Administration Shows Signs of Ending Cannabis Prohibition

President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in office are numerous and significant but for marijuana activists like myself,...

Legal

Obama Administration Expands Mandatory Sentencing Reform

The Justice Department is expanding its recent mandatory sentencing reform. Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder...

Politics

Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Pot Protections

The nation’s top law enforcement officer and attorney made a bombshell announcement this morning that he...

Politics

Obama Calls for Dramatic Cannabis Reform

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, president Barack Obama took a clear, pro-decriminalization stance...

Politics

President Obama’s Marijuana Jokes a Bigger Hit Than His Policies

President Obama’s marijuana jokes over the last couple years proved more progressive than his administration’s policies. On...

Joint Opinions

New Obama Budget Could Allow DEA Interference

A couple of weeks ago, President Obama said that he had no plans to reform the...

Politics

Obama Says to Leave Colorado Pot Alone As Congress Rejects New Riders to Spending Plan

Although the federal government continues to wage a vicious war against the cannabis plant, the Obama...

Politics

Obama Talks Cannabis

President Obama has had a lot of varying stances on cannabis throughout his years as commander-in-chief....

Legal

Obama YouTube Interview: More States Likely to Legalize Cannabis

Just days after failing to address cannabis reform in his State of the Union, President Barack...

Joint Opinions

Obama Will Reschedule Cannabis by the Year’s End

I’m not the kind of person that makes big predictions based on a gut feeling but...

Joint Opinions

Attorney General Holder Announces Administration Will Consider Rescheduling Cannabis

In response to growing national momentum towards cannabis re-legalization as well as an increasing number of...

Joint Opinions

Want Us to Support Obamacare? Cover Our Medical Marijuana

The current administration’s history-defining attempt to overhaul the American health care system in order to (supposedly)...

Politics

Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification

A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...

Joint Opinions

Obama Ignores America’s Fastest-Growing Industry in State of the Union Address

During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama made the controversial declaration that he...

Politics

In Slamming Obama, DEA Administrator Presents Reformers With Rare Opportunity

In a speech last week to the National Sheriff’s Association, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart had harsh...

Legal

DEA Wants President Obama to Crack Down on Cannabis

Former DEA head Peter Bensinger and the seven other DEA top heads slammed the Obama administration...

Politics

Marijuana Not A Priority For Obama

Obama States the Obvious Today, major newspapers are exulting in Obama’s announcement, to be aired by...

Legal

Will the Supreme Court Legalize Cannabis?

A cannabis company CEO says he’ll sue the federal government to overturn cannabis prohibition. What are...

Concentrates

The Decade in Dabbing

The culture and science behind cannabis concentrates is forever evolving. Here’s a look back at just...