Search results for "decriminalize"
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Politics
Drug Policy Reform on Center Stage at UNGASS
April 19, 2016This 4/20, while many cannabis users will be somewhere at a smoke out, the most hardcore...
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Politics
Vermont Still Has a Fighting Chance at Legalizing Marijuana in 2016
April 19, 2016Although there has been some concern in recent weeks that the Vermont House of Representatives was...
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Politics
Vermont is About to Make History: Bill Would Legalize Cannabis Through Legislation
March 17, 2016Vermont’s Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin wants to award his supporters with a token of appreciation in...
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Legal
Proposal Would Legalize 2 Ounces of Personal Cannabis in Buffalo, NY
March 11, 2016Sadly, upstate New York is plagued with disproportionate arrest rates for cannabis possession and the people...
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Legal
Blazed on the Bayou: Will Louisiana Legalize?
March 5, 2016We rarely look into the deep south when having conversations about recreational cannabis, but the dialog...
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Politics
Bernie Sanders’ Position On Cannabis Could Tip Colorado Caucus
February 29, 2016Super Tuesday is quickly approaching and the turnout should be rousing. New poll data indicates Bernie...
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Legal
Former Attorney General Says Congress Should Reschedule Marijuana
February 24, 2016The powers behind the continued prohibition of marijuana may exist somewhere within a super secret society,...
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Legal
Legalization Comes to the Midwest & Women Are Leading the Charge
January 26, 2016When it comes to drug policy reform, little attention has been paid to the conservative states...
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Politics
Kansas Supreme Court Hands Prohibitionists a Victory
January 25, 2016What’s the matter with Kansas? When it comes to cannabis, let’s start with the obvious: it’s...
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Legal
The Racial Divide – Discriminatory Policing in the Cannabis Industry
January 18, 2016Brionne Corbray’s friends warned him against opening a dispensary. The 50-year-old, Seattle-area native had never sold...
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Medical
MMJ in Missouri: Fundraising Hits Big Hurdle
January 9, 2016Although 70 percent of Missouri voters support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, the state legislature is...
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Politics
Mexico’s Government to Consider Marijuana Legalization
December 4, 2015Nearly a month after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rights of four defendants...
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Cultivation
Strain Hunters: Colombia – In Search of Punto Rojo, Colombian Gold & Limon Verde
November 8, 2015Arjan Roskam has travelled deep into the FARC rebel-controlled territory of the Colombian jungles in the...
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Legal
Ireland Considers Decriminalizing Cannabis
November 4, 2015In the spirit of Portugal, it appears Ireland could become the next nation to decriminalize cannabis...
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Politics
Republicans on Legalization: Can We Talk About Something Else?
October 30, 2015The Republican presidential candidates debated each other on Wednesday in Colorado, the first state to have...
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Medical
History of Drugs Chronicled in New Book
October 6, 2015Dr. David Bearman's new book "Drugs Are Not the Devil’s Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created...
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Legal
IL Governor Amends Decriminalization Bill, Final Approval Expected
August 19, 2015Although Illinois will likely decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis in the near future,...
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Legal
U.K. Cops Give Home Growers A Pass
July 24, 2015Joining the increasing wave of decriminalization rulings sweeping the globe, law enforcement in the English city...
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Cultivation
Cannabis Island Discovered in Black Sea
July 17, 2015Police have discovered a cannabis farm hidden on an artificial island in northeastern Crimea.
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Legal
Cannabis Lawyers Create the National Cannabis Bar Association
June 14, 2015One of the biggest problems surrounding cannabis industries in the U.S. is the large number of...