Stories By Chris Roberts
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Politics
Cannabis Decriminalization Movement Goes Global
December 30, 2016The United Nations' 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — the first international treaty to prohibit...
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Cannabis
More Evidence Medical Marijuana Reduces Traffic Fatalities
December 29, 2016Alarmist nightmare scenarios of stoned motorists riding high and wreaking havoc on public safety in recreational...
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Politics
GOP Legislator Crossed State Lines for Medical Marijuana
December 28, 2016Just over half the states in the union (and the District of Columbia) now have some...
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Legal
CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon
December 27, 2016President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...
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Legal
NY Hospitals to Allow MMJ Patients to Medicate On-Site
December 19, 2016Medical marijuana is rapidly growing in popularity and gradually gaining acceptance among medical professionals, but many...
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Politics
“Joint” Sessions: Marijuana Fills Future Attorney General’s Office
December 16, 2016If “good people don’t smoke marijuana,” as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions asserted earlier this year, what...
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Culture
Retired Player: NBA Teammates “Played Better” On Weed
December 14, 2016When Golden State Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, publicized an unsuccessful attempt to treat his chronic pain...
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Cannabis
Australia Funds Largest MMJ Study in History
December 8, 2016Australia is organizing a government-funded clinical trial to explore the effects of medical marijuana on nausea...
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Legal
Closing Time for Amsterdam’s Famous Coffeeshops
December 7, 2016As an international mecca for those seeking a taste of decriminalization, Amsterdam was both the capital of...
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Politics
D.C. Protests Possible Cannabis Crackdown
December 2, 2016Safe access advocates in Washington, D.C. took their pro-cannabis message directly to controversial Attorney General appointee, Senator...
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Cannabis
MMJ Moves Forward in South Africa
December 1, 2016The cannabis revolution continues to march forward across the globe. In South Africa, where the plant...
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Cannabis
When Workplace Insurance Covers Medical Marijuana
November 26, 2016As legalization moves forward at the state-level nationwide, the legislative legacy of the Drug War’s 1980s...
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Cannabis
Restrictive Texas Cannabis Regulations Fail Medical Marijuana Patients
November 18, 2016Cautious optimism has given way to shock and devastation as Texas doubles down on a restrictive...
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Cannabis
Cannabis Catch-22 Leaves Military & Veterans in the Cold
November 17, 2016Eight states now allow all adults 21 and over to cultivate, posses and consume cannabis. That’s...
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Legal
Florida’s Long Wait For MMJ Has Just Begun
November 17, 2016Medical marijuana is now enshrined in Florida’s state constitution. But for now – and for as...
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Legal
Here’s When You Can Legally Smoke Out The Trump Tower in Vegas
November 15, 2016Sin City is getting less sinful all the time — at least in the sense of...
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Legal
Legalization Steadily Moves Forward in CA
November 11, 2016Today is Day 3 of life after legalization in California – and, aside from an unseasonable...
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Politics
Cannabis Legalization Cleans House at Polls
November 9, 2016Florida appears to have helped to bring the nation President Donald J. Trump. And in return,...
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Politics
Biggest-Ever Election Day for Cannabis is Here
November 8, 2016Welcome to the biggest single day in America’s marijuana legalization movement. Sure, it was a big...
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Politics
80 Million Americans (With Access To Recreational Marijuana) Can’t Be Wrong
November 2, 2016If things go as planned on Election Day, right after will come a seminal moment in...