Search results for "federal government"
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In History
A Tale of Two Nations: While Cannabis Science Progresses Abroad, American Politicians Still Skeptical
March 5, 2014Cannabis cigarettes are seen at Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm, near the northern Israeli city of...
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Joint Opinions
Patients Ought To Be Skeptical Of Proposed CBD-Only Legislation — Here’s Why
March 4, 2014State lawmakers who have steadfastly opposed the legalization of medical marijuana are suddenly singing the praises...
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In The Magazine
Medicating America
March 1, 2014America is broken. Unemployment is at its highest since the recession of April 1983. The national...
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Medical
Research Shows THC May Fight HIV
February 26, 2014Rhesus Macaque Mother and Child. Researchers at Louisiana State University (LSU) have released a study that...
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Politics
Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification
February 13, 2014A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...
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Economics
Industrial Hemp Legislation Passed in 20 States
January 30, 2014In 1938, Popular Mechanics Magazine ran an article titled “Billion Dollar Crop” touting the potential in...
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Legal
Journalist given 5 years of probation surrounding DEA raid
January 9, 2014Jose Gutierrez, a journalist and marijuana activist brutally arrested during the April 2012 federal raids on...
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Medical
Sex and Cannabis Writer Mamakind Staging Hunger Strike to Fight For Right to Vaporize
January 8, 2014Photo of Lisa “Mamakind” Kirkman Sex and Cannabis writer Lisa “Mamakind” Kirkman is on a hunger...
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Politics
Michigan Governor Signs Pharma Cannabis Law
January 6, 2014Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a law last week aimed at producing a “pharmaceutical grade” marijuana...
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Joint Opinions
Will Obamacare Cover Medical Marijuana Purchases?
December 30, 2013Photo by: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Twenty states and Washington D.C. now have legalized medical marijuana. Some...
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Books
Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko
December 24, 2013The law enforcement profession has changed. No longer a friendly, neighborly kind of job, the human...
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Politics
Michigan as a Cannabis Battleground
December 12, 2013Two bills that would restore the state of Michigan’s medical marijuana program are being fast-tracked for...
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Joint Opinions
Will Legalization End the War on Weed? Doubtful.
November 28, 2013With little over a month left until the new legalization laws in Washington and Colorado go...
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Current Events
Feds Demand More Confidential Records From Mendocino County Cultivation Program
November 14, 2013It was just over one year ago, in late October of 2012, when a United States...
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Joint Opinions
Free Market Capitalism and Legal Marijuana: The Final Push
November 10, 2013Last week, the Arcview Group, a group of marijuana industry investors and researchers, released their forecast...
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Joint Opinions
Another Official Study Proves “War On Drugs” To Be A Complete Failure
November 8, 2013Despite the growing realization that the global war on drugs has been a caustic – and...
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Legal
Election 2013: Cities Vote to Legalize Cannabis
November 7, 2013Citizens who walked into polling booths yesterday sent a strong message to state and federal government,...
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Current Events
California Legalizes Hemp
October 8, 2013After languishing for 14 years in legislative purgatory, including being met with multiple gubernatorial vetoes, the...
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Joint Opinions
Crowdfunding Marijuana Legalization
September 28, 2013Crowdfunding is a popular way to raise donations or startup funds online via sites like Kickstarter,...
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Politics
VIDEO: Feds Green-Light Cannabis Legalization
August 29, 2013Attorney General Eric Holder has told the governors of both Washington and Colorado the federal government...