Politics
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80 Million Americans (With Access To Recreational Marijuana) Can’t Be Wrong
If things go as planned on Election Day, right after will come a seminal moment in American politics. A presidential candidate could campaign only in...
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Weed Wargaming the White House & Congress After November 8th
Double-check your voter registration. The fate of America’s progressive cannabis policies like legalization and medical marijuana hang in the balance of a bizarre, general election...
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Gateway Theory Destroyed: Even FDA Admits It’s Bunk
This summer, the DEA declined to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I, meaning the federal government is still clinging to the notion, thoroughly exploded, that cannabis...
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Utah Legislators Set to Discuss Medical Marijuana
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislative committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss whether marijuana should be legal for people with certain...
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Gallup: Record High 60 Percent of Americans Back Legal Pot
NEW YORK (AP) — A record high 60 percent of American adults support legalization of marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll released three weeks...
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Colleges Express Interest in Growing, Selling Medical Cannabis
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU AgCenter plans a public forum Oct. 28 to explain medical marijuana regulations to potential investors. Both LSU and...
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California Legalization Team Blooms to Historic Size
With polls showing nearly 60 percent of Californians support the ballot summary of marijuana legalization Proposition 64, and nearly $20 million in campaign donations raised,...
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Major Rights Groups: Decriminalize Use of all Illicit Drugs
NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans debate the expanding campaign to legalize marijuana, two of the nation's most prominent human rights organizations are urging a...
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Referendum Campaign on Recreational Pot Intensifies in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With the election a month away, marijuana advocates are airing television ads in an effort to overcome resistance from law enforcement...
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California Voters Once Again Eye Legalizing Recreational Pot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the second time in six years, California voters will consider legalizing recreational use of marijuana. This time, supporters of the...
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CA Political Watchdog Digs Into Anti-Legalization Group
Something smells funny in the run-up to the vote on Prop. 64, California’s long-awaited legalization measure – and it’s the anti-cannabis crew. The state’s Fair...
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Things to Know About Nevada’s Legal Pot Ballot Measure
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada joins California, Arizona, Massachusetts and Maine as one of five states voting this November on whether to legalize recreational marijuana....
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PBS Travel Guru Rick Steves to Stump for Pot Ballot Question
BOSTON (AP) — Travel guru Rick Steves is set to tour Massachusetts in support of a pro-marijuana ballot question. Steves is host of the PBS...
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Californians Are Interested In Prop. 64, And Will Pass It
If the latest polling is correct, California voters will approve the legalization of recreational cannabis for adults in November by a comfortable margin. But that...
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U.S. Attorney General: Marijuana Is No Gateway Drug
By now, the "gateway" theory has been pretty well exploded. Data from the federal government shows that the most commonly used "first drug" is alcohol,...
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California’s Biggest Newspapers Endorse Prop. 64 As Fundraising Tops $14 Million
The momentum behind Prop. 64, California's best-ever shot at legalizing recreational cannabis for adults, continues to build. Over the weekend, the state's two biggest newspapers...
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Backers Fight to Get Medical Marijuana on Missouri Ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri say thousands of signed petitions to get the measure on...
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Memphis, Nashville to Vote on Reducing Penalties for Pot
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Political leaders in Tennessee's two largest cities are taking steps toward marijuana decriminalization with ordinances that would allow police to reduce...
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Lawmaker Plans Measure to Boost Medical Marijuana Diversity
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The head of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland says she plans to introduce emergency legislation...
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U.S. Border Policy Bars Cannabis-Smoking Canadians
Canadians who admit smoking marijuana to U.S. Border Patrol agents — including legal medical marijuana — are being denied entry into the United States, even...
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