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Legal
Jeff Mizanskey: Pot Prisoner Serving Life Sentence Is Paroled
August 11, 2015Jeff Mizanskey, a Missouri man who has been serving a life sentence with no possibility for...
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Legal
U.K. Cops Give Home Growers A Pass
July 24, 2015Joining the increasing wave of decriminalization rulings sweeping the globe, law enforcement in the English city...
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Legal
Obama to Grant Clemency for More Non-Violent Drug Offenders
July 8, 2015Over the course of the next several weeks, President Obama is expected to issue executive orders...
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Legal
Feds Want to Analyze Sewer Samples For Marijuana Use
June 27, 2015Citywide pee-tests of sorts are underway in two Washington cities. The University of Puget Sound announced...
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Joint Opinions
Parenting & Marijuana: Leave No Family Behind
February 12, 2015The march of progressive marijuana legislation is a wonderful thing to behold. There are 23 medical...
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Films
Film Review: Evergreen – The Road to Legalization
January 20, 2015A documentary by Riley Morton and Nils Cowan. “Evergreen: The Road to Legalization” follows the I-502...
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Legal
Texas Could Decriminalize Marijuana in 2015
December 28, 2014While Texas has a reputation for being a roughneck state where getting caught with even a...
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Medical
Medical Patient Sues Company over Discriminatory Practices
November 17, 2014A graduate student in Rhode Island is taking matters into her own hands after being denied...
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Politics
Federal Bill Could Save the Lives of Marijuana Users
October 2, 2014When President Richard Nixon unleashed the dogs of the weed wars back in 1970s, plagues of...
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Joint Opinions
Five Things The “Straight” Business World Continues to Get Wrong about Marijuana
July 20, 2014As the multi-billion dollar cannabis market transitions above ground, there is no shortage of conflict and...
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Legal
One Small Town Could Impact Federal Prohibition of Marijuana
June 21, 2014A lawsuit against a small town in Washington state could have widespread implications for marijuana legislation...
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Politics
Three Bills In Illinois Legislature Aim to Decriminalize Cannabis
May 6, 2014Just as Illinois residents, politicians and law enforcement officials begin to prepare for the implementation of...
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Joint Opinions
Why Arizona Blocking the PTSD Study Isn’t Surprising
April 9, 2014Well before the passage of S.B. 1070 put them on the extreme-right map, Arizona established itself...
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Joint Opinions
California Police Chiefs Association Unwilling To Work With Cannabis Industry
April 7, 2014In a piece for the Sacramento Bee, “California Police Have No Interest in Setting Pot Rules,”...
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Legal
Study Suggests Cannabis Legalization Reduces Police Resources Needed in Washington
March 26, 2014Initiative 502 was passed in Washington in November of 2012 and was implemented one month later....
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Politics
Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification
February 13, 2014A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...
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Legal
Despite Drug Policy Reform, Half of U.S. Prisoners Still Serving Time for Non-Violent Drug Crimes
February 11, 2014On Jan. 30, the Obama Administration announced an early release plan for non-violent drug offenders serving...
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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
What do Drug Laws Have to do with Trayvon Martin?
July 15, 2013The verdict is in for George Zimmerman, and it shouldn’t be surprising. The government couldn’t support...
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Legal
Cannabis Publications Push Back On Porn In Federal Lawsuit
June 8, 2013Booksellers and cannabis publications are pushing back at Colorado’s plans to hide cannabis magazines with porn...