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Why Is the U.S. Providing Aid to Albania’s Cannabis Eradication Campaign?

Albania is pledging another one of its endless and fruitless cannabis eradication campaigns, which never succeed...

Economics

Billion-Dollar Cannabis? Inside the Marijuana Industry’s Biggest Deal to Date

The Chicago-based Cresco Labs bought California company Origin House, both relatively new outfits, in a stock...

Joint Opinions

How Marijuana Legalization Keeps Law Enforcement Honest

Analysis shows fruitless police searches are reduced and trust in police is increased when cannabis is...

Joint Opinions

In Defense of the Underground Marijuana Market

A thriving underground market is an analysis and a critique. It is not automatically a bad...

Politics

Computerized Cannabis Conviction Expungement: San Francisco Leads the Way

San Francisco has teamed with a software company to automate the process of conviction expungement —...

Politics

The Marijuana Justice Act Is Back In 2019 to Deschedule Cannabis

With the winds of change steadily blowing the cannabis ship forward, Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Barbara...

Medical

Wisconsin Governor Pledges to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Tony Evers announced his intentions to legalize medical marijuana as a part of an upcoming budget...

Politics

The Cities, Not the States, Are Leading on Marijuana Legalization

Proactive cities choosing to decriminalize marijuana is rapidly paving the way towards legalization.

Politics

Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Bid, Says Cannabis Legalization Tops His Agenda

Booker came out swinging for legalization — and it’s far from the first time he’s made...

Politics

NORML Releases Governor Scorecard Ranking State Leaders on Cannabis Policy

See how your state’s top politician stacks up on pot policy.

Joint Opinions

Attorney General Nominee William Barr Would Be Good For Legal Cannabis

In his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 15, William Barr made...

Economics

Former Trader Joe’s Executive Enters Cannabis Industry

4Front, one of the American cannabis industry’s biggest retail and brand development companies, has tapped a...

Legal

Illinois Is Probably the Next State to Legalize Marijuana

Illinois, with its cannabis-friendly governor, is definitely the current green rush state.

Joint Opinions

Trump’s Next Attorney General Unlikely to Care for Marijuana Legalization

Speculation that Trump will legalize marijuana forgets some pertinent facts: That’s not what presidents do and...

Politics

Report: How Your Congressmember Ranks on Cannabis Policy

No matter if a cannabis legalization bill is explicitly on a midterm ballot, almost every candidate...

Politics

Report: The DEA Ignored the FDA’s Call to Deschedule CBD

Last month, the DEA re-scheduled the drug Epidiolex — but not CBD, the cannabinoid that makes...

Politics

California Set to Approve Medical Marijuana Use on School Grounds

A bill that would allow the use of medical marijuana products in California's schools has arrived on...

Politics

Schumer Introduces Bill to Deschedule Cannabis to U.S. Senate

The Democratic senator from New York has introduced a bill to deschedule cannabis, thereby making it...

Politics

Seattle Plans to Clear Cannabis Convictions

The city of Seattle has filed a motion to vacate hundreds of marijuana convictions going back...

Politics

The 6 Best Governors for Cannabis Policy… And the 6 Worst

With cannabis still illegal on the federal level, the marijuana policy developments happening on the state...