Search results for "prohibition"

Economics

The Fight Behind the New Kentucky Hemp Farm

In news that has swung wildly by day, the state of Kentucky is suing the DEA...

Politics

Three Bills In Illinois Legislature Aim to Decriminalize Cannabis

Just as Illinois residents, politicians and law enforcement officials begin to prepare for the implementation of...

Joint Opinions

Reefer Madness Surrounds Fatal Colorado Shooting Case

Contributing to a refreshing new form of mass media propelled Reefer Madness, Denver police say Richard...

Joint Opinions

Obama Will Reschedule Cannabis by the Year’s End

I’m not the kind of person that makes big predictions based on a gut feeling but...

Joint Opinions

Growers Must Work To Stop the Sacramento County Marijuana Cultivation Ban

Last week, Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan introduced two measures to ban marijuana growing in unincorporated Sacramento...

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...

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...

Politics

Democratic Governors Split on Marijuana Legalization

Democratic governors across the country are stuck at a crossroads when the issue of legalizing marijuana...

Joint Opinions

A House Divided Will Fall: How Marijuana Legalization Brings Society a “Democracy Dividend”

One of the greatest and least acknowledged failures of marijuana prohibition is the damage it has...

Politics

Attorney General: It’s Unclear Whether Federal Government Can Force States to Criminalize Drugs

Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today for an oversight hearing in...

Joint Opinions

Why Advertisers Should Embrace Marijuana

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

Joint Opinions

Survey Shows Majority of Police Officers Support Marijuana Policy Reform

Though not conducted with the methodological rigor of the Pew poll that came out this week showing 54...

Joint Opinions

New Yorkers: Protest #HighNYC Ad Ban in Times Square on 4/20

Just when you thought that New York had returned to the forefront of progression in America,...

Politics

Southern California Activists Eye Midterm Elections To Overturn Local Bans

Local activists living in localities that have banned medical marijuana collectives (nearly all cities in Orange...

Joint Opinions

Why Arizona Blocking the PTSD Study Isn’t Surprising

Well before the passage of S.B. 1070 put them on the extreme-right map, Arizona established itself...

Joint Opinions

California Police Chiefs Association Unwilling To Work With Cannabis Industry

In a piece for the Sacramento Bee, “California Police Have No Interest in Setting Pot Rules,”...

Joint Opinions

Attorney General Holder Announces Administration Will Consider Rescheduling Cannabis

In response to growing national momentum towards cannabis re-legalization as well as an increasing number of...

Hemp

Hempz® Herbal Body Moisturizer

In an attempt to contribute to the end of the prohibition on industrial hemp (which, like...

Economics

Advertisers Detain Marijuana “#HighNYC” Ad in Times Square

Weedmaps, a dispensary locator and review site with Headquarters in Denver, Colo., recently took a large...

Economics

MJNA’s HempmedsPX™ Launches “Don’t Move” for Marijuana Campaign

Last year, Boise mom Lindsey Rinehart had her children removed from her custody for 17 days...