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Legal

Texas Bill Would Radically Expand Scope of MMJ Program

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would add two dozen medical conditions to the list of...

Industry Events

Marijuana’s Freedom Fighters Ready for Boston Rally

As always, The Boston Freedom Rally will continue to spread its message of cannabis legalization in...

Economics

The Greatest Billboard is a Legalization Billboard

Pot is patriotic. A red, white, and blue billboard is greeting drivers in Tempe, Arizona, with...

Politics

Arizona Will Vote on Adult-Use Legalization

Arizona voters will almost certainly have the chance to end cannabis prohibition in the desert state...

Politics

Dueling Efforts to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Arkansas

Arkansas voters might have not one, but two medical marijuana legalization measures to vote on this...

Current Events

Congressional Forces Push to Give Vets Access to MMJ

Federal lawmakers will march up to Capitol Hill this week in an effort to tear down...

Politics

Anti-Trump Voter Surge Could Also Legalize Pot

The all but certainty of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promises to energize young progressive voters...

Politics

California’s Best Hope for 2016 Legalization Advances

California is set for a historic vote on marijuana this Fall. The group behind the only...

Politics

SSDP Propels Cannabis Legalization in U.S. & Abroad

Cannabis policy reform has accelerated in the last 18 years, in large part due to a...

Politics

Vermont Still Has a Fighting Chance at Legalizing Marijuana in 2016

Although there has been some concern in recent weeks that the Vermont House of Representatives was...

Legal

Retail Pot Sales May Be Coming Soon to the Nation’s Capital

While Congress has prevented the District of Columbia from opening retail pot shops in the nation’s...

Legal

Supreme Court Still Hasn’t Decided on Colorado Marijuana Case

While the marijuana community spent much of the weekend in a haze of anticipation over whether...

Cannabis

FDA Fails to Call Attention to Consumer Fraud in CBD Hemp Market

Over the past several years, FDA has issued several warning letters to firms that market unapproved...

Politics

Sanders Outperforms Bush On Cannabis At Town Halls

With the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary looming large on Saturday, Democrats traveled to Las...

Legal

Warren To CDC: MMJ Can Treat Opioid Crisis

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden this week. Her message:...

Economics

Nature’s Root: The Fruits of a Hemp Economy

When Colorado voters opened the door for adult-use cannabis in November 2012 they also ushered in...

Economics

Tax Code 280E: The Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Medical Cannabis

Near the end of 2015, in the case of Canna Care Inc v. Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service...

Legal

Legalization Comes to the Midwest & Women Are Leading the Charge

When it comes to drug policy reform, little attention has been paid to the conservative states...

Politics

Pass It, Grassley: The CARERS Act and 2016

Assume bill dead? Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After...

Medical

MMJ in Missouri: Fundraising Hits Big Hurdle

Although 70 percent of Missouri voters support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, the state legislature is...