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Pennsylvania Congressman Seen as Likely Drug Czar Pick

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino is likely to become the next White House drug czar.

Legal

GOP Congress is Full of Marijuana Bills

Several pro-cannabis bills have been introduced in Congress.

Economics

How A Trump Cannabis Crackdown Would Hurt Trump

With tension building around the conflict between federal and state laws on cannabis and the looming...

Politics

South Africa’s New MMJ Guidelines: Dagga in Govt. Hospitals?

South Africa's Medical Control Council is set to release new guidelines on medical marijuana and all signs...

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Free Speech Win for Weed T-Shirts at Iowa State

A recent ruling by a federal appeals court upheld the free speech rights of college students...

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.

Cannabis

Stumbling Upon Bud in Barcelona: Outlaw Vistas in Spain

Barcelona, Spain, boasts some of the most picturesque architecture and views in the world and is...

Joint Opinions

New Year’s Resolutions for Mary Jane

Explore these resolutions to ensure 2017 is a bright year for cannabis.

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CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon

President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...

Politics

D.C. Protests Possible Cannabis Crackdown

Safe access advocates in Washington, D.C. took their pro-cannabis message directly to controversial Attorney General appointee, Senator...

Cannabis

When Workplace Insurance Covers Medical Marijuana

As legalization moves forward at the state-level nationwide, the legislative legacy of the Drug War’s 1980s...

Cannabis

Veterans Cultivate Cannabis & Community

When Jake Scallan returned home from Iraq, he wasn’t a morning person. He’d wake up in...

Politics

Will the Donald Trump the People on Cannabis?

Depending on your political bent, digesting the results of the General Election can either feel like...

Politics

Things to Know About Nevada’s Legal Pot Ballot Measure

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada joins California, Arizona, Massachusetts and Maine as one of five states...

In The Magazine

The Problems with Legalization

No one should have ever gone to jail for marijuana. The actual safety profile of the...

Cannabis

DEA’s Loosened Restrictions on MMJ Research Could Open the Door to New HIV Drugs

For decades, medical marijuana has long been an ally for HIV patients, showing efficacy for a...

Joint Opinions

The Real Danger in Your Water Isn’t THC

The term red herring defines something that is being used to mislead people and misdirect their...

Cannabis

DEA Will Let You Apply To Grow Cannabis — But There’s A Catch

The DEA is allowing anyone and everyone — including enterprises that produce cannabis commercially — to...

Legal

Senate Hearings Reveal Drug Agencies’ Strategies for Medical Cannabis

Things are busy in the nation’s drug agencies according to the testimony of Susan R.B. Weiss,...

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Former Cannabis Union Honcho: Feds Took Me Out

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