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The Fight for Automatic Criminal Record Expungement in the Midwest
September 14, 2019With the second annual National Expungement Week a little over a week away, the push for...
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U.S. Student Held in Russian Jail For a Month Over Medical Marijuana Possession
September 3, 2019An American college student is currently locked in a 300-year-old Russian jail after attempting to exit...
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Canada’s First Nations Assert Their Cannabis Sovereignty
August 22, 2019At least one First Nation is operating a cannabis outlet without provincial authorization, in a direct...
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Kentucky Gov. Thinks Legal Weed Will Lead to Homelessness & Disease
August 7, 2019The governor has asserted that Kentucky could not consume enough cannabis to make legalization worth it.
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Florida Steps Closer to Legal Cannabis on 2020 Ballot, Hits First Milestone
August 2, 2019Florida activists have gathered enough signatures to trigger a review of a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing...
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Kamala Harris & Joe Biden Are Challenged on Their Drug Records in Debate
August 1, 2019Sorry, Twitter: The California senator wasn’t quite “destroyed,” but she didn’t offer an explanation for why...
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‘Take the Big Swing’: Kassandra Frederique on Ending Prohibition the Right Way
August 1, 2019New York State DPA Director Kassandra Frederique doesn’t believe incrementalism will work with cannabis. Here’s why.
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New York Decriminalizes Cannabis… Again
July 29, 2019This ink is now dry on a partial marijuana decriminalization bill in the state of New...
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America’s Neighbors Apply Peer Pressure on U.S. Cannabis Policy
July 25, 2019While Canada works out the details for its federal cannabis legalization program, Mexico’s knocking at the...
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Congress Introduces Law to Deschedule Cannabis, Considers Banking Reform
July 23, 2019Today was one of the biggest days in Washington, D.C. for the cannabis legalization movement so...
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After Quasi-Decriminalization, North Dakota Activists Relaunch Legalization Bid
July 23, 2019Activists in North Dakota, heartened by the state's recent reduction (not dissolution!) of cannabis penalties, are...
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House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearing on Cannabis & Racial Justice
July 16, 2019The discussion was specifically framed in terms of recognizing and correcting the racial and social iniquities...
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Why Does Marijuana Decriminalization Not Include Concentrates?
July 10, 2019New York State’s recent decriminalization law applies only to cannabis flower. Possessing concentrated cannabis is still...
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Former Heads of State: Drug Classifications Are All Politics, No Science
June 30, 2019As anyone who’s read the Controlled Substances Act can tell you: duh.
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Activists Shocked as Hickenlooper Claims Credit for Colorado’s Cannabis Legalization
June 28, 2019Despite what the presidential candidate suggested at the Democratic Debate on Thursday, Hickenlooper opposed cannabis legalization,...
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House Votes in Favor of AOC’s Measure To Cut DEA Funding
June 28, 2019The House of Representatives has passed a measure that would cut DEA funds and transfer the...
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Illinois Becomes 11th State to Legalize Cannabis
June 25, 2019The equity program built into the law means that Illinois has the potential to create one...
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New York State Legalization Bill Dies as Decriminalization Expands
June 21, 2019A long hoped-for cannabis legalization bill died in the New York state assembly, but reform advocates...
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Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment Passes House
June 20, 2019Amendment that would block DOJ from interfering with state marijuana laws moves to the Senate.
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Congress Continues to Look at Making Federal Pot Prohibition Unenforceable
June 20, 2019Amendment could stop federal interference with state cannabis laws, but would not address other key issues...
