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Hemp

Hemp Week

We know that here in the U.S. we should have been celebrating Hemp Week all along....

Edibles

First Marijuana-Infused Food Truck Hits the Streets

There was a time when the stoned would only seek out a food truck after they...

Politics

Congressional Vote Will Not End DEA Cannabis Raids

While last night’s 219-189 U.S. House vote in favor of amending HR 4660, a criminal justice funding...

Joint Opinions

Despite Studies, Florida Law Enforcement Still Lying to Public

Despite a lack of a legalization initiative on the California ballot this year, I have been...

Legal

Colorado Border States Decry Marijuana Crime Increases

States bordering Colorado are reporting large increases in illegal marijuana coming in from the border. Least...

Politics

Army Personnel Found to Use More Synthetic Marijuana Than Other Drug

Army personnel abuse more synthetic drugs than any other mind-altering substances, according to a recent survey...

Politics

A Call For Unity From Federal Marijuana Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo

Dear Sisters and Brothers, I write these words you see before you from the dark confines...

Politics

Leading Military Officials Blame Legal Weed for Failed War on Drugs

During a recent congressional hearing held to discuss the failed War on Drugs, two leading military...

Economics

New York Legislators Propose Bill to Grow Industrial Hemp

Although growing hemp in the U.S. has been illegal for decades, there are nearly a dozen...

Politics

Sean Azzariti, Marine Corps Veteran Who Made First Legal Marijuana Purchase, On Colorado’s PTSD Bill

Sean Azzariti has had a lot to say about medical marijuana. Azzariti was the first person...

Politics

New Poll Indicates Americans Ready to End War on Drugs

A recent survey indicates that the American people are ready to finally put an end to...

Concentrates

The Dangers of Solvent-Based Concentrates

Back in 1996 when California passed Prop. 215, which made the state the first to legalize...

Politics

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Supports Marijuana Legalization

In an interview with NPR’s Scott Simon last week, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said...

Joint Opinions

Driving High: New Marijuana Laws Continue to Get It Wrong About Cannabis and Driving

As more and more states adopt medical and recreational marijuana policies, it seems the most feared...

Politics

DPA’s Amanda Reiman On Why Women Are Underrepresented in the Marijuana Industry

There is a lot of talk about women in the marijuana movement coming to the mainstream...

Joint Opinions

Recreational Tax Revenues Should Subsidize Medical Cannabis Users

If we legalize recreational cannabis, in any jurisdiction, at what rate will it be taxed?  How...

Books

A Federal Marijuana Prisoner Reviews Two Books About the End of Cannabis Prohibition

It is somewhat strange and ironic to me to really be sitting in prison for federal...

Politics

Will Oregon Be the Third State To Legalize Recreational Cannabis?

With legal sales in Washington expected this summer, Oregon finds itself in an interesting predicament. With...

Politics

All Over America Police Are Being Ordered To Return Seized Cannabis To Medical Marijuana Patients

While there once was a time that any seized pot was thought to be destroyed (or...

Joint Opinions

Why Advertisers Should Embrace Marijuana

With the majority of Americans in favor of marijuana legalization and the recent legalization of marijuana...