All posts by Chris Roberts
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Smoking Bud At the Wheel is (Kind Of) Legal in California
California's DUI laws already outlaw cannabis intoxication at the wheel, and Prop 64 (the state's recently adopted adult use legalization law) explicitly bans "open containers"...
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D.C. Activists Promise Massive Marijuana Protest For Trump’s Inauguration
Much pomp and specific circumstances mark the quadrennial swearing-in of the President of the United States, and Donald J. Trump’s inauguration will be no exception....
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Big Pharma Gets Green Light
Guess who benefits when Uncle Sam opens the research weed supply chain? Cannabis is still highly dangerous and has no place in modern medicine, according...
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Cannabis Decriminalization Movement Goes Global
The United Nations' 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — the first international treaty to prohibit cannabis — has been at the center of over...
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More Evidence Medical Marijuana Reduces Traffic Fatalities
Alarmist nightmare scenarios of stoned motorists riding high and wreaking havoc on public safety in recreational and medical states have not materialized. On the contrary,...
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GOP Legislator Crossed State Lines for Medical Marijuana
Just over half the states in the union (and the District of Columbia) now have some form of decriminalized cannabis. But for medical marijuana patients...
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CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon
President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most of them doing time for drug related offenses. In...
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NY Hospitals to Allow MMJ Patients to Medicate On-Site
Medical marijuana is rapidly growing in popularity and gradually gaining acceptance among medical professionals, but many cannabis patients are forced to secretly medicate or go...
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“Joint” Sessions: Marijuana Fills Future Attorney General’s Office
If “good people don’t smoke marijuana,” as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions asserted earlier this year, what kind of monster would smuggle the devil’s plant into...
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Retired Player: NBA Teammates “Played Better” On Weed
When Golden State Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, publicized an unsuccessful attempt to treat his chronic pain with medical marijuana, it stoked the often fiery debate about...
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Australia Funds Largest MMJ Study in History
Australia is organizing a government-funded clinical trial to explore the effects of medical marijuana on nausea related to chemotherapy. The study is unprecedented in both...
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Closing Time for Amsterdam’s Famous Coffeeshops
As an international mecca for those seeking a taste of decriminalization, Amsterdam was both the capital of the Netherlands and the global capital of cannabis. But...
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D.C. Protests Possible Cannabis Crackdown
Safe access advocates in Washington, D.C. took their pro-cannabis message directly to controversial Attorney General appointee, Senator Jeff Sessions, urging him to reconsider his controversial statement...
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MMJ Moves Forward in South Africa
The cannabis revolution continues to march forward across the globe. In South Africa, where the plant known as "dagga" has long been both cherished and...
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When Workplace Insurance Covers Medical Marijuana
As legalization moves forward at the state-level nationwide, the legislative legacy of the Drug War’s 1980s peak still keeps many legal cannabis users in near-constant...
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Restrictive Texas Cannabis Regulations Fail Medical Marijuana Patients
Cautious optimism has given way to shock and devastation as Texas doubles down on a restrictive "Medical Cannabis" program that doesn't really provide safe access...
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Cannabis Catch-22 Leaves Military & Veterans in the Cold
Eight states now allow all adults 21 and over to cultivate, posses and consume cannabis. That’s on top of the 26 states that now recognize...
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Florida’s Long Wait For MMJ Has Just Begun
Medical marijuana is now enshrined in Florida’s state constitution. But for now – and for as long as another year – that’s about all the...
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Here’s When You Can Legally Smoke Out The Trump Tower in Vegas
Sin City is getting less sinful all the time — at least in the sense of what's legal. After 54 percent of Nevada voters said...
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Legalization Steadily Moves Forward in CA
Today is Day 3 of life after legalization in California – and, aside from an unseasonable warm spell in the Bay Area and the second...
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