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Culture

Outgrowth of Adaption: The Vapor Room Returns

The Vapor Room, which many consider a San Francisco institution, has reopened after being shut down...

Politics

RBG & The Supreme Court Strike a Major Blow Against Drug War — Sort Of

Ruling limits states’ use of asset forfeiture, but widely abused practice will continue.

Joint Opinions

One Year Into Legal Cannabis in California, Buyers Are Still Paying Black Market Prices

Here we are, a year after prohibition ended in California, paying corporate America top-dollar for mids.

Legal

DA Drops Felony Charges Against San Diego Cannabis Lawyer

The case of Jessica McElfresh came close to endangering the legal tenet of attorney-client privilege.

Politics

Can States or Citizens ‘Nullify’ Federal Cannabis Prohibition?

The doctrine of nullification has a long and harshly contested legacy in the history of the...

Politics

Michigan Lawmaker Wants to Ban Marijuana-Infused Beer

Will the nation ever see real cannabis-infused beer?

Legal

The Racial Bias of Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs

A new report from NPR is detailing the steps that some police departments are taking —...

Politics

DEA Chief Quits in Protest of Trump. Who Will Replace Him?

Trump’s disregard for the law is too flagrant — even for the DEA. We speculate on...

Legal

Police Departments Telling K9 Units to ‘Sit and Stay’

What happens to K9 cops when cannabis is decriminalized? For the most part, not much —...

Cannabis

Marin County’s ‘Godmother of Marijuana’ Is Back in Business

She's baaaaaack! Lynette "Bluesetta" Shaw is a first-generation pioneer of California's massive medical marijuana market. Her...

Legal

Prosecutor Charges Marijuana Business Attorney

An attorney who successfully returned money seized from a dispensary owner has now been changed with...

Politics

How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)

The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...

Legal

GOP Congress is Full of Marijuana Bills

Several pro-cannabis bills have been introduced in Congress.

Cannabis

Assessing the Oregon Cannabis Climate

Cultivators in Oregon faced both environmental and legislative challenges during the 2016 grow cycle.

Joint Opinions

Sessions Sworn in: Drug Warrior Now Runs the Justice Department

Jeff Sessions is now attorney general here's what we can expect next.

Legal

Vindicated: BPG & Berkeley Beat Feds

In what may be remembered as the last great battle for California’s medical cannabis industry prior...

Legal

Former Cannabis Union Honcho: Feds Took Me Out

From 2010 until his arrest on corruption and bribery charges last summer, former union organizer Dan...

Economics

Rep. Issa: America’s Policing for Profit Must End

In 2014, police used forfeiture law to seize more property than burglars stole, and Americans are...

Legal

Is the Federal War on Medical Marijuana Over?

With the pending dismissal of the federal government’s highest profile case against a state-legal medical marijuana...

Legal

Breaking: Feds Drop Case Against Harborside

In an unprecedented step forward for states’ rights in regards to medical marijuana, the U.S. Attorney’s...