Search results for "War on Drugs"
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Politics
New Mexico House Votes Yes On Legal Marijuana
March 9, 2019Thursday night saw New Mexico’s Cannabis Regulation Act win a close one in the state’s House...
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Politics
Computerized Cannabis Conviction Expungement: San Francisco Leads the Way
March 8, 2019San Francisco has teamed with a software company to automate the process of conviction expungement —...
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Politics
The Marijuana Justice Act Is Back In 2019 to Deschedule Cannabis
February 28, 2019With the winds of change steadily blowing the cannabis ship forward, Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Barbara...
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Politics
Bernie Sanders Enters Presidential Race Crowded With Pro-Cannabis Candidates
February 24, 2019Bernie is back to fight for the cannabis vote in his quest to take the White...
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Legal
MOMS Call on Baltimore Mayor to Stop Cannabis Arrests
February 22, 2019A Baltimore advocacy group is pushing for the city’s mayor to stop cannabis arrests, but she...
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Legal
Denver Could Seal 13,000 Cannabis Convictions
February 21, 2019While state law prevents Denver from clearing the records all at once, officials are running a series...
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Politics
California to Send National Guard to Raid Pot Farms
February 14, 2019Troops will be removed from President Donald Trump’s border fiasco to head north and destroy unlicensed...
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Economics
Congress Hears Testimony on Federal Cannabis Banking Reform
February 13, 2019The subcommittee hearing on cannabis banking featured a few contentious moments around the dangers of marijuana...
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Politics
Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Bid, Says Cannabis Legalization Tops His Agenda
February 5, 2019Booker came out swinging for legalization — and it’s far from the first time he’s made...
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Politics
Lawmakers File Bill to Legalize Cannabis in Minnesota
January 29, 2019The state could soon follow Michigan in the push for adult-use cannabis in the Midwest.
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Economics
Massachusetts Pot Advocates Want to Close the “Pay-to-Play” Tax Loopholes
January 24, 2019Pay-to-play dispensary politics in Massachusetts are going beyond the caps mandated by law and operations with...
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Politics
Now That Kamala Harris Wants to Be President, She Really Likes Cannabis Legalization
January 12, 2019Harris wasn’t too fond of legal pot as San Francisco’s district attorney or California’s attorney general....
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Politics
De Blasio Backs Reform: Legal Pot in a New York Minute?
December 21, 2018The mayor of America’s most iconic city announced he is backing the legalization of marijuana in...
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Politics
Hemp Legalized in USA After Decades of Prohibition
December 20, 2018For the first time since World War II, hemp is now free to be widely cultivated...
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Culture
Netflix Hosts a ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Rooftop Party With Fake Cannabis
November 24, 2018Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” includes one of television’s largest depictions of a cannabis farm, so the streaming...
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Medical
Maryland Sees Flood of Consolidation Deals
November 23, 2018Outside firms are taking over state-licensed businesses despite prohibitions.
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Cultivation
From White Labels to Boutique Strains: Cultivating With Grizzly Peak
October 13, 2018One cultivator group adjusts to California’s new legal cannabis market by introducing their own flower line...
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Industry Events
ICBC Wants to Give $10,000 to One Craft Cannabis Company
September 11, 2018ICBC Portland is here to help an Oregon craft business by awarding one local company at...
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Culture
‘Mary Janes: The Women of Weed’
September 1, 2018A documentary shows women demanding a more equitable, sustainable system as the adult-use cannabis industry develops.
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Culture
LISTEN: A Cannabis Musical Is Coming to New York City
August 31, 2018A multimedia extravaganza on the history, culture and politics of the cannabis plant is currently under production...