Search results for "d.c."
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Politics
Is Bashing Cannabis Legalization Good Politics Anymore?
August 12, 2018A primary fight in Wisconsin has candidates picking sides on the cannabis question. Given the polling...
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Medical
Fake Marijuana Keeps Killing People All Over the U.S.
August 4, 2018The latest death linked to synthetic marijuana demonstrates a real drug scourge facing the United States.
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Politics
Israel Decriminalizes Cannabis on a Provisional Basis
July 31, 2018Israel's Knesset overwhelmingly passed a cannabis decriminalization measure, sponsored by the ruling conservative government. The law...
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In History
Oklahoma Adopts Medical Marijuana
June 27, 2018Workable medical cannabis programs now legal across 30 states.
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Politics
Section 8 Residents Stand Up for Their Right to Cannabis
June 22, 2018Under federal regulations, Section 8 housing residents risk losing their homes if they use cannabis. But...
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Politics
Can States or Citizens ‘Nullify’ Federal Cannabis Prohibition?
June 20, 2018The doctrine of nullification has a long and harshly contested legacy in the history of the...
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In The Magazine
How Vermont Became the First State to Legalize Cannabis Through the Legislature
June 19, 2018Lawmakers divulge how they fought against the political odds to legalize cannabis possession, use and cultivation...
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Economics
USA Patriot Act Threatens Uruguay Banks Over Legal Cannabis System
June 15, 2018A year after legal cannabis first went on sale in Uruguay, it is still only available...
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Medical
Florida Patients Fight for the Right to Spark Up
May 20, 2018Florida’s medical marijuana program currently forbids the smoking of cannabis flower, but patients say this contradicts...
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Edibles
The Strange Patchwork of Edibles Regulations
April 30, 2018“Just say no” to canna-custard pie — but only in some states.
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Politics
Sessions Acknowledges ‘Some Benefits from Medical Marijuana’
April 27, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Trump administration's most notorious anti-cannabis hardliner, surprised advocates when he said...
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Economics
North American & U.S. Marijuana Indexes Show Trump/Gardner Boost
April 19, 2018The nascent legal cannabis market is still getting its footing where stocks are concerned, but the...
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Economics
John Boehner, Formerly Anti-Pot, Enters the Cannabis Industry
April 13, 2018Despite the fact that he once opposed marijuana legalization, John Boehner announced this week that he...
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Politics
Candidates Vie to Unseat Dianne Feinstein, CA’s Anti-Pot Senator
April 10, 2018California’s Senator Feinstein has worked in Washington, D.C. for decades to defeat pro-cannabis policies. Is her...
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Politics
Should State-Legal Cannabis Growers Worry About Trump’s Death Penalty Threat?
March 29, 2018After Jeff Sessions issued a memo urging prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those "dealing in...
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Politics
Marijuana Midterms: NORML Releases Guide for Midterm Election Pot Push
March 9, 2018NORML leaders give Cannabis Now an insight into what they expect will be hotly contested races...
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Legal
Vietnamese Refugees Fight Deportation on Cannabis Charge
March 6, 2018Several Vietnamese immigrants who had been living legally for many years in the United States have...
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Politics
Utah Moves to Delay Medical Marijuana Before It’s Even Legal
February 28, 2018A bill put forth in the Utah state legislature on Feb. 27 would force any medical...
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Cannabis
Today Is the 40th Anniversary of America’s First Medical Marijuana Law
February 21, 2018New Mexico enacted the first medical marijuana law in the nation on Feb. 21, 1978, thanks...
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Cannabis
Why Washington Patients Are Fighting to Grow Recreational Marijuana At Home
February 1, 2018As Washington's medical marijuana program dwindles down, medical marijuana patients are fighting for the right to...