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Politics

Anti-Marijuana Group Project SAM Uses Federally Funded Non-Profits to Push 2015 Legislation

Earlier this year, a wave of conservative states passed legislation legalizing possession of medical cannabis extracts...

Joint Opinions

The Return of Reefer Madness

There was a time not so long ago, around the turn of the 1930s, when the...

Joint Opinions

DEA Reclassifies Hydrocodone While Cannabis Remains Schedule I

No one dies of marijuana overdose. At least, no one did in 2010, according to statistics ...

In History

Wales Becomes First in U.K. to Approve Sativex on the NHS

Following the approval from the Health Minister and recommendation from the All Wales Medical Strategy Group...

Cannabis

Germans Allowed to Grow Weed

While using, selling or growing marijuana is illegal in Germany, chronically ill patients will now be...

Politics

New Federal Bill May Legalize Some Strains

Although there have been major milestones in the political realm of cannabis legislation, there are still...

Joint Opinions

Five Things The “Straight” Business World Continues to Get Wrong about Marijuana

As the multi-billion dollar cannabis market transitions above ground, there is no shortage of conflict and...

Books

The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis

“The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis” provides a political and scientific look into the...

Medical

Canadian Doctor Says Medical Marijuana Is Safer than Other Medicines He Prescribes

Although some doctors remain uncertain about how to properly treat patients with medical marijuana, others are...

Medical

Marijuana and Sleep, the Debate Rages On

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania recently published a report...

Joint Opinions

Mellow Moms: A Look at Medical Marijuana Use During Pregnancy

My 7-month-old daughter knows how to party. Get her around people, and she immediately puts on...

Economics

Operation Grow4Vets Offers Free Marijuana to Veterans

A Colorado group has announced plans to give away free marijuana and marijuana-infused products to qualifying...

Politics

Army Personnel Found to Use More Synthetic Marijuana Than Other Drug

Army personnel abuse more synthetic drugs than any other mind-altering substances, according to a recent survey...

Economics

New York Legislators Propose Bill to Grow Industrial Hemp

Although growing hemp in the U.S. has been illegal for decades, there are nearly a dozen...

Joint Opinions

Recreational Tax Revenues Should Subsidize Medical Cannabis Users

If we legalize recreational cannabis, in any jurisdiction, at what rate will it be taxed?  How...

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,”...

In The Magazine

Why Is CBD Suddenly More Medicinal in Conservative States?

During the 2014 legislative sessions, a handful of conservative states passed medical marijuana bills allowing only...

Joint Opinions

Want Us to Support Obamacare? Cover Our Medical Marijuana

The current administration’s history-defining attempt to overhaul the American health care system in order to (supposedly)...

Politics

As Spain Celebrates Spannabis, UN Discusses International Legalization

Last weekend was fairly eventful for cannabis enthusiasts in Europe. Madrid and Malaga housed two different ExpoCannabis...

Legal

Alabama and Kentucky Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana? Not So Fast

Lawmakers in several states are poised to enact legislation in the coming weeks aimed at providing...