Search results for "prohibition"
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Economics
Eight Cannabis Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2014
February 13, 2014By now we’ve heard the cannabis movement described as a Green Rush, an unprecedented point in...
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Economics
Next States to Legalize: Oregon, Alaska, California, Massachusetts and Maine
February 12, 2014Recreational cannabis in Colorado stands to gross $359 million this year, while weed shops in Washington...
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Politics
Amid Disproportionate Arrests of Blacks for Marijuana Possession, Washington D.C. Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Possession
February 4, 2014Washington D.C.’s Council Judiciary and Public Safety Committee has been making strides to pass a bill in the district, B20-409, which...
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Politics
Senator Jeff Sessions Uses Lady Gaga As Scientific Source Proving Perils of Marijuana Use
February 3, 2014Obama’s recent comments about the relative dangers of cannabis have sparked a lot of opinion. Some...
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Economics
California Drought Could Drive Up Nation’s Cannabis Prices
February 3, 2014There is little doubt that the drought in California this year will affect millions of people,...
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Politics
Alaska: The Next State to Legalize Recreational Sales?
January 30, 2014On January 8, the Alaska Campaign to Regulate Marijuana submitted roughly 46,000 signatures—a whopping 16,000 more...
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Politics
In Slamming Obama, DEA Administrator Presents Reformers With Rare Opportunity
January 27, 2014In a speech last week to the National Sheriff’s Association, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart had harsh...
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Joint Opinions
Barack Obama: “No More Dangerous Than Alcohol” Is Opinion, Not Fact
January 21, 2014Last week, President Obama was quoted in New Yorker magazine establishing that he indirectly feels marijuana...
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Strains
Reader Question about Indica and Sativa
January 20, 2014In response to the article The Difference Between Indica and Sativa, Ray in Washington writes: Looking...
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Joint Opinions
Arguments for On Site Consumption
January 19, 2014Now that Denver has begun retail cannabis sales, we can get an idea of just how...
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Politics
New Hampshire House Votes in Favor of Recreational Weed
January 15, 2014A bill aimed at legalizing recreational cannabis for those 21 and older in New Hampshire received...
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Medical
3-Year-Old Undergoes Brain Surgery Without Pain Medication, Doctors Forbid Cannabis Use
January 13, 2014The phone call I had with Dahlia Barnhart’s mother, Mo, still haunts me. Mo calmly described...
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Cannabis
By the Numbers: How Legalization is Changing Colorado’s Economy
January 9, 2014Colorado has changed the course of marijuana prohibition by becoming the first state to not just...
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Joint Opinions
Legal Sales in Colorado: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Allow the Free Market to Control Cannabis
January 2, 2014Now that the floodgates of legal marijuana have been opened in Colorado, it seems a lot...
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Joint Opinions
Kwanzaa’s Seven Principles: Lessons for Marijuana Activists in 2014
January 1, 2014Kwanzaa is my favorite winter celebration, mostly because Kwanzaa is about more than shopping and gifts...
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Economics
What You Need to Know About Purchasing Recreational Marijuana in Colorado On New Year’s Day
December 22, 2013Here in the mile high city, there a perceptible buzz in the air (pun always intended),...
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Legal
Senator Proposes Legalizing Cannabis in New York
December 18, 2013A New York senator has submitted a bill which would legalize recreational cannabis in the Empire...
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Politics
Uruguay to Become First Country to Legalize Cannabis
December 10, 2013Update: The bill was signed into law by President Jose Mujica on Dec. 24. Today, barring...
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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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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...