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A Quick Analysis of MPP’s Ohio Medical Marijuana Initiative
March 2, 2016While members of the Ohio state legislature are reportedly wasting time on a fact-finding tour to...
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Bernie Sanders’ Position On Cannabis Could Tip Colorado Caucus
February 29, 2016Super Tuesday is quickly approaching and the turnout should be rousing. New poll data indicates Bernie...
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Montana Supreme Court Restricts Medical Marijuana Laws
February 25, 2016Montana’s medical marijuana community took a big hit today after a ruling from the Montana Supreme Court limited cannabis...
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Utah Medical Cannabis Bill Passes Out of Senate, Onto House
February 25, 2016In a 17-12 vote, SB 73, Utah’s whole-plant medical cannabis bill was advanced in third reading...
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Activists Fight Changes in Oregon MMJ Program
February 22, 2016The message was clear: Leave the Oregon Medical Marijuana program alone.
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Sanders Outperforms Bush On Cannabis At Town Halls
February 20, 2016With the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary looming large on Saturday, Democrats traveled to Las...
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Colorado: Lawmakers Want Outdoor Grows Enclosed to Keep Kids From Stealing Weed
February 18, 2016Because the youth of Colorado is apparently raiding backyard pot gardens in an effort to get...
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Donald Trump’s Forceful Yes on Medical Marijuana
February 16, 2016A “loud and clear” change is coming in the public perception of cannabis, predicts Donald Trump....
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Student Aid Penalty for Drug Convictions May End
February 13, 2016In 1998, the famously educated, youthful pot-sampling President Bill Clinton signed a law that took away...
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Puerto Rico Will Launch Limited MMJ Program in 2016
February 9, 2016When Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla used his executive authority in May of 2015 to...
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Utah Passes Two Medical Cannabis Bills Out of Committee, Onto Senate
February 4, 2016Both Utah’s SB 73, the whole-plant medical cannabis bill, and SB 89, a continuation of the...
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CA Governor Signs Emergency Amendment to Medical Cannabis Law
February 4, 2016California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an emergency bill to rectify a “drafting error” that resulted...
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President Will Not Make Marijuana Reform a Priority in 2016
February 2, 2016Although many people had hoped that President Obama would make an effort to end marijuana prohibition...
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Imminent Decision Due on Fate of MMJ in Illinois
January 30, 2016If the last half-century has shown us anything in Illinois, it’s that its governors, regardless of...
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Wary Massachusetts Senators Visit Colorado to Glimpse Own State’s Marijuana Future
January 27, 2016Eight Massachusetts state senators, who form a special committee on marijuana, took a trip to Colorado...
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NY Sponsors Big Pharma CBD Trials, But Will Not Expand MMJ
January 25, 2016New York is apparently more interested in stroking the interests of Big Pharma than it is...
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Kansas Supreme Court Hands Prohibitionists a Victory
January 25, 2016What’s the matter with Kansas? When it comes to cannabis, let’s start with the obvious: it’s...
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Pass It, Grassley: The CARERS Act and 2016
January 19, 2016Assume bill dead? Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After...
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Cannabis Reform Set for Debate at UN
January 16, 2016With the United Nations General Assembly Special Session scheduled to meet later this year in New...
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Cannabis Advocates Blast DNC Chair Over Interview
January 13, 2016Advocates had strong words, including a resignation call, for Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz following...