Search results for "Controlled Substance Act"
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Politics
DEA Changes Research Application Process for Schedule I Drugs
January 18, 2018The DEA says an online application process will make studying Schedule I substances, like marijuana, more...
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Legal
Marijuana Crackdown? Not Yet: What Jeff Sessions’s New Memo Means For Legal Pot
January 4, 2018Don’t panic — and please don’t allow confusion and misinformation to fool you into doing Jeff...
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Cannabis
CBD Gets a Green Light For Medical Application
December 14, 2017The World Health Organization released a report saying that CBD should not be a controlled substance,...
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Politics
Hawaii Doesn’t Want Medical Marijuana Patients To Own Guns
December 4, 2017Honolulu police have issued letters to medical marijuana patients telling them that it was illegal to...
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Legal
Suing for Safe Access: Cannabis Prohibition Is Going on Trial
November 28, 2017Several plaintiffs, including 12-year-old cannabis patient Alexis Bortell, have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff...
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Economics
Safe Bet: Why Vegas Casinos Won’t Gamble on Allowing Marijuana
November 7, 2017Federal regulations will have to change in order for casinos to collaborate with Nevada’s legal adult...
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Cannabis
Medical Students Taught Almost Nothing About Cannabis
October 13, 2017Thanks to federal prohibition, new doctors are entering the field with almost no education on how...
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Politics
Appeal To a Higher Power: Can the UN End Marijuana Prohibition?
September 29, 2017The UN’s World Health Organization committee on drug dependence is re-examining CBD, which could lead to...
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Legal
DUI Tests Inadmissible in Pot Cases, Court Says
September 21, 2017The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that will help protect against false impaired-driving convictions...
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In The Magazine
Protect & Serve: Goldstein Fights to End the War on Drugs
August 25, 2017Former law enforcement officer now works to promote cannabis legalization.
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Legal
The Legal Cannabis Diversion Problem
August 23, 2017How marijuana legalization’s great success could give Jeff Sessions the excuse he needs to crack down.
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Politics
NJ Senator Introduces Bill That Could Federally Legalize Weed
August 1, 2017A new bill introduced by New Jersey senator Cory Booker aims to do more than remove...
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Cannabis
5 Misconceptions About CBD
July 1, 2017Prominent researcher debunks some of the myths surrounding CBD.
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Legal
The Feds Will Be Drug Testing Drivers At Burning Man
June 28, 2017Cannabis and a variety of other controlled substances will be the targets of law enforcement officers empowered...
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Cannabis
Marin County’s ‘Godmother of Marijuana’ Is Back in Business
June 26, 2017She's baaaaaack! Lynette "Bluesetta" Shaw is a first-generation pioneer of California's massive medical marijuana market. Her...
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Cannabis
Of Mice & Marijuana: Lab Rats Have Greater Access to MMJ
May 17, 2017Legal restrictions on cannabis research mean that the biggest beneficiaries of groundbreaking research into the plants...
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Legal
Federal Cannabis Protections Expected to be Extended
May 2, 2017Extension of key amendment blocking federal drug enforcement against medical marijuana providers is expected to pass...
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Politics
How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)
April 28, 2017The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...
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Legal
Don’t Believe Oklahoma’s Meaningless CBD Stunt
April 24, 2017CBD-extractors in Oklahoma are celebrating after Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law a bill changing the...
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Joint Opinions
Breaking Free From Charlotte’s Web
April 23, 2017How Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz changed to support whole-plant cannabis.