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Legal

DC’s Pot Laws Create Quasi-Legal Street Industry

Although Congress passed a measure in 2014, preventing the District of Columbia from enacting any legislation...

Legal

South Dakota Tribe to Open Cannabis Resort

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if cannabis users finally had their own place to frolic, relax, and...

Politics

Senator Gillibrand Asks for Cannabis Industry Support in Passing the CARERS Act

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood before a legion of cannabis industry leaders earlier this week in...

Economics

New York Banks Say “No” to Cannabis

New York’s medical cannabis industry is scheduled to launch at the beginning of 2016, but the...

Medical

Veteran Denied Pain Pills for Testing Positive for Cannabis

A veteran of the Vietnam War was denied pain medication just last week because he tested...

Politics

South Carolina Voters Want the Feds Out of MMJ Laws

The majority of the voters in South Carolina want the federal government to stay out of...

In History

The Story of Sgt. Will: How Cannabis Helped Save a Veteran’s Life

There is no cure for and cannabis is one of the few safe legal options to...

Medical

The People’s Medicine: How Legalization Improves America’s Healthcare

As the laws continue to change, the medical establishment is being increasingly confronted with the efficacy...

Legal

Cannabis May Be More Popular Than Cigarettes Among College Students

There are now more college students in the United States who regularly smoke cannabis than there...

Politics

Federal Cannabis Bills In Political Purgatory

While there has been a great deal of anticipation over the past several months in regards...

Politics

Senate Committee Votes in Favor of Cannabis Banking

The Senate Committee on Appropriations voted 16-14 today in favor of an amendment to the 2016...

Medical

California Will Allow MMJ Patients To Receive Organ Transplants

California finally ends decades of removing people who tested positive for cannabis use from organ transplant...

Medical

Research Proves Teen Use Doesn’t Increase In MMJ States

Sorry parents. Sorry lawmakers. Your tall tales of crazed marijuana smoking youth and weed peddlers influencing...

Politics

Delaware Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a bill into law on June 18 that has decriminalized the...

Joint Opinions

Why California Legalization Is More Unified than It Seems

California’s movement to legalize the adult use of cannabis in 2016 is both tremendously important and...

Medical

Study: Cannabis Extracts Reduce Seizures

Photo courtesy of Drug Policy Alliance A new study to be published the journal of Epilepsy...

Joint Opinions

Congress Turns their Back on Veterans Once Again

Congress has once again turned its back on military veterans, with the majority voting against a...

Medical

Arizona Researcher Continues PTSD Marijuana Trials Despite Setbacks

Photo courtesy CopperTalkAZ Last summer, major news networks were abuzz with a controversial firing that occurred...

Joint Opinions

New York Medical Marijuana Rules Are Ultra-Restrictive

It has been almost a year since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put his signature on...

Politics

Where the 2016 Candidates Stand on Pot

For decades, cannabis has been a non-issue in American presidential politics. The standard routine was for...