Search results for "The Drug Policy Alliance"
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Politics
State of the Union 2018: Where Is the Pot?
January 31, 2018In his first State of the Union speech as president, Donald Trump made no mention of...
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Politics
Canada Will Consider Releasing Pot Prisoners After Legalization
January 20, 2018The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says amnesty for cannabis “offenders” might come after Canada’s legal...
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Politics
Marijuana Justice Act Introduced to House of Representatives
January 17, 2018The Marijuana Justice Act — which seeks to deschedule cannabis and right the wrongs of the discriminatory...
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Cannabis
California Lawmakers Say Legalization Rules Favor Big Pot
January 3, 2018Warnings that marijuana legalization was a “Trojan horse” for corporate cannabis were dismissed as nonsense from...
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Legal
Clinics Help Californians Clear Pot From Criminal Records
December 1, 2017Free expungement clinics — including one happening this Saturday in Los Angeles — are providing California...
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Politics
Two Out of Three New Yorkers Support Legalizing Marijuana
November 27, 2017Favorable public support polls are often a major step towards precipitating a victory for legal cannabis.
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Cannabis
New Mexico Officials Vote to Add Opioid Use Disorders to Medical Marijuana Program
November 7, 2017Before the condition can be officially added to the program, the state’s hesitant health secretary has...
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Politics
Potlanta: ATL Decriminalizes Marijuana
October 4, 2017The city’s anti-cannabis laws were impacting Atlanta’s black population at a severely disproportionate rate.
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Legal
DUI Tests Inadmissible in Pot Cases, Court Says
September 21, 2017The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that will help protect against false impaired-driving convictions...
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Politics
NJ Senator Introduces Bill That Could Federally Legalize Weed
August 1, 2017A new bill introduced by New Jersey senator Cory Booker aims to do more than remove...
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Politics
Sessions vs The Senate: Committee Votes to Uphold MMJ Protections
July 27, 2017National direction to protect medical marijuana advances forward.
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Cannabis
New Jersey’s New Medical Pot Conditions Must Survive Public Scrutiny
July 26, 2017New Jersey works to expand qualifiers for medical marijuana.
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Culture
McDonald’s Disagrees With Visionary Franchisee on 420 Burrito Billboard
June 9, 2017McDonald's billboard referencing cannabis causes a stir with corporate.
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Economics
After 3 Years, Feds Back to Tracking Cannabis Markets
May 1, 2017The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has decided to resume tracking the marijuana market...
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Economics
CA Cannabis Industry Responds to Governor’s Vision of the Future
April 28, 2017California readies to merge medical and adult-use cannabis.
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Politics
How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)
April 28, 2017The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...
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Legal
Guidelines Give More Clemency for Crack than Cannabis
January 23, 2017Former president Obama released more prisoners through pardon and clemency than any other U.S. president in...
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Industry Events
Emerald Cup 2016 All Star Weed Roundup
December 12, 2016Cannabis Now Staff Writer, Jimi Devine, goes behind the scenes of this stoney, star-studded celebration for a...
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Cannabis
Ireland MMJ Patients on the Verge of Safe Access
December 2, 2016After a late night effort in Dublin, Ireland is closer to medical cannabis than ever with...
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Legal
Pot POWs Head Home as AUMA Opens the Gates for California Cannabis Prisoners
November 18, 2016Nuts and bolts policy arguments characterized much of the often-heated debate surrounding California’s Adult Use Of Marijuana...