Stories By Alice O’Leary-Randall
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In History
Meet Elizabeth Brice, the Disabled Activist Who Pioneered Medical Cannabis in the U.K.
March 13, 2019How one activist’s search for relief from MS forged the path toward clinical trials and Sativex...
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In The Magazine
Josh: A Reagan-Era MMJ Miracle 30 Years Later
May 3, 2018A child plays a role in a historic hearing concerning the potential to reschedule cannabis. We...
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Cannabis
Today Is the 40th Anniversary of America’s First Medical Marijuana Law
February 21, 2018New Mexico enacted the first medical marijuana law in the nation on Feb. 21, 1978, thanks...
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Cannabis
Cannabis for the Clinic
August 9, 2017Nurses and healthcare professionals are learning more about how marijuana works as a medicine through the...
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Cannabis
Beyond Budtenders
July 3, 2017Dispensaries and patients alike could benefit from the growing community of medical professionals who are solely...
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Books
Book Review: ‘The Cannabis Health Index’
June 19, 2017Book explores 100 different conditions and diseases that can be treated with cannabis.
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Industry Events
Colorado Conference Shows Cannabis Has Arrived
May 2, 2017Academic event features father of cannabis research.
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Cannabis
The Father of the Medical Marijuana Movement
November 22, 2016A building avalanche of medical and general decriminalization continues to barrel across the nation, and with...
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Politics
Drug War Update: Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General
November 21, 2016Anti-marijuana politician will serve as U.S. Attorney General.
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Joint Opinions
The Next Stage of American Cannabis Policy
November 11, 2016This past Election Day there were nine ballot initiatives relating to cannabis — eight passed. A remarkable...
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Cannabis
40 Years of Medical Marijuana: Treating Glaucoma with Cannabis
October 14, 2016This November marks an important anniversary for the medical cannabis movement.
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Cannabis
Nurses Coming Out of the Cannabis Closet
October 5, 2016The expression “coming out of the closet” is a figure of speech long associated with the...
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Cannabis
The Science Behind Treating Chronic Pain With Cannabis
September 27, 2016As more and more people continue to look towards treatment with medical marijuana, they can utilize...
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Joint Opinions
Sensible Minnesota: Using Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain
September 12, 2016As states grapple with the re-integration of medical cannabis into the physician’s compendium, there are hundreds...
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Joint Opinions
DEA and Rescheduling Cannabis: The Dream is Over
August 30, 2016Many marijuana activists and reformers were disappointed recently when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued their...
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Legal
Senate Hearings Reveal Drug Agencies’ Strategies for Medical Cannabis
August 10, 2016Things are busy in the nation’s drug agencies according to the testimony of Susan R.B. Weiss,...
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Cannabis
Buds & Brushes: The Art of Healing
June 27, 2016In the American southwest some veterans are putting the two helpers — cannabis and art —...
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Culture
The U.S. Must Create a New Schedule for Cannabis: An Open Letter the U.S. Congress
June 10, 2016Congress created the Schedules and Congress should change them. It can start simply by creating Schedule...
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Joint Opinions
Florida’s Amendment 2 is Back
February 29, 2016In 1905 the Spanish philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned...
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