Search results for "legalization"
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Joint Opinions
Push for the Best Legalization
January 11, 2020Marijuana legalization oftentimes gets caught up in the conversation about marijuana regulation instead.
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Legal
Illinois Kicks off Legalization the Right Way, With Pardons
January 4, 2020More important than $3.2 million in sales on Jan. 1? 11,000 expungements the night before.
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Politics
New Jersey Will Vote on Cannabis Legalization in 2020
December 19, 2019Voters in New Jersey will decide whether to legalize cannabis in next year. A measure approved...
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Politics
House Committee Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill for First Time
November 20, 2019The skeletons of every piece of past cannabis legislation lie scattered across the committee floor, where...
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Legal
How Exceptions to Legalization Keep the Drug War Alive
November 19, 2019Threatening public-housing residents with eviction if they use legal cannabis, as is happening in Chicago, renders...
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Economics
Corporate vs. Campesino Cannabis on Eve of Legalization in Mexico
November 16, 2019There is a discomforting sense that Mexico is perpetually on the eve of cannabis legalization, as...
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Politics
Bernie’s Pot Legalization Plan Bars Big Tobacco — But Would It Work?
October 26, 2019Bernie Sanders has released his plan for cannabis legalization, which features provisions to keep Big Tobacco...
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Legal
Police Struggle to Recruit Informants Because of Pot Legalization
October 24, 2019Cops used to flip low-level “offenders” busted with cannabis to become snitches. Now, with weed legal,...
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Economics
Canada’s Pot Stocks Struggle a Year After Legalization
October 19, 2019On the anniversary week of Canada’s first legal marijuana sale, we’re taking a look at how...
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Economics
Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Hurt Worker Productivity In Canada
October 11, 2019Cannabis is legal in Canada, but that doesn’t mean workers are less productive.
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Legal
Mexican Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill
September 6, 2019Court-mandated end of prohibition is coming, the only question is when.
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Politics
After Quasi-Decriminalization, North Dakota Activists Relaunch Legalization Bid
July 23, 2019Activists in North Dakota, heartened by the state's recent reduction (not dissolution!) of cannabis penalties, are...
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Legal
Marijuana Legalization: Where’s the Buzz About Freedom?
July 4, 2019All adults should have the right to possess and enjoy cannabis.
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Politics
Activists Shocked as Hickenlooper Claims Credit for Colorado’s Cannabis Legalization
June 28, 2019Despite what the presidential candidate suggested at the Democratic Debate on Thursday, Hickenlooper opposed cannabis legalization,...
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Politics
New York State Legalization Bill Dies as Decriminalization Expands
June 21, 2019A long hoped-for cannabis legalization bill died in the New York state assembly, but reform advocates...
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Economics
Shame of the Cities: Why Marijuana Legalization Isn’t Buying CA Nice Things
May 31, 2019High taxes and hundreds of cities and counties refusing to legalize commercial cannabis sales means California...
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Legal
Activists Back Last-Ditch Bid for New York Cannabis Legalization in 2019
May 30, 2019With the end of the legislative session in Albany closing in, a new bill has been...
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Economics
Northern Swan’s Newest Appointees Vindicate AOC’s Critique of Cannabis Legalization
May 23, 2019Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won praise from activists when she decried a white-dominated legal cannabis industry. As if...
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Joint Opinions
What Cannabis Legalization Opponents Have Right
May 20, 2019Amid the distortions and tired lies, legalization foes are speaking one truth: commercial cannabis isn’t working...