Search results for "drug policy alliance"
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Medical
U.S. Senate Approves Historic VA MMJ Bill
June 6, 2015Photo by Kurt Clark The GOP-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee finally approved a plan that would lift...
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Medical
Texas Governor Legalizes MMJ Program That No One Can Use
June 5, 2015Photo courtesy Cannabis Culture Although Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed a bill legalizing the distribution and...
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Politics
Congress Fails to Stop Federal Prosecution of Recreational Cannabis
June 5, 2015An amendment that could have finally stopped the federal government from persecuting individuals and organizations who...
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Politics
Congress Passes Amendments to End War on Cannabis
June 4, 2015Congress signaled its support for nationwide reform by voting in favor of several amendments that would...
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Joint Opinions
Why California Legalization Is More Unified than It Seems
May 22, 2015California’s movement to legalize the adult use of cannabis in 2016 is both tremendously important and...
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Medical
NY May Create Emergency MMJ Access for Terminal Patients
May 16, 2015Photo by The Dank Depot New York’s medical marijuana program, known as the Compassionate Care Act...
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Medical
Study: Cannabis Extracts Reduce Seizures
May 11, 2015Photo courtesy of Drug Policy Alliance A new study to be published the journal of Epilepsy...
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Politics
Presidential Hopeful Chris Christie Vows to Shut Down the Cannabis Industry
April 23, 2015If the latest presidential hopeful is handed the keys to the White House in 2016, the...
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Legal
Feds Admit Cannabis Kills Brains Tumor Cells
April 17, 2015A new report issued from a U.S. government-funded research group called the National Institute on Drug...
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Politics
The Ups and Downs of New Mexican Cannabis
April 6, 2015Earlier this month, New Mexico State Senate voted to pass a historic cannabis decriminalization bill that...
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Joint Opinions
New York Medical Marijuana Rules Are Ultra-Restrictive
April 3, 2015It has been almost a year since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put his signature on...
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Politics
Bipartisan Senate Bill Could Reschedule Cannabis
March 10, 2015A landmark bill has been submitted by three U.S. Senators that would mark yet another highly...
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In History
Light One Up in Celebration of Women’s History Month
March 1, 2015The beginning of March kicks of the start of Women’s History Month. It began as a...
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Joint Opinions
Nation’s Capital is the Most Pot-Friendly Place in America
February 26, 2015When Congress approved a federal spending bill at the end of 2014 prohibiting the District of...
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Politics
D.C. Congress and Confusion Surrounding Initiative 71
January 4, 2015There was blood on the streets of Washington, D.C. after Uncle Sam dropped the axe of...
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Joint Opinions
NYC Decriminalizes Marijuana… 37 Years Late
November 19, 2014The long withstanding battle in New York City between stoners and the boys in blue has...
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In History
Alaska, Oregon and D.C. Legalize Cannabis, Florida Says No to Medical
November 5, 2014It’s official: two more states have joined Colorado and Washington to become states with recreational cannabis...
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Industry Events
Activism and Industry Meet at the State of Marijuana
July 30, 2014Cast against a backdrop of the Hollywood sign, cannabis activists and entrepreneurs gathered in Los Angeles...
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In History
6 Months of Successful Retail Sales in Colorado
June 27, 2014Closing the month of June, the State of Colorado will have half a year’s worth of...
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Legal
New Report Slams DEA Scheduling Practices
June 26, 2014The Drug Enforcement Administration is responsible for impeding and rejecting the science of marijuana and other...