Search results for "decriminalization"

Cultivation

Cannabis Cultivators Look Towards Energy Efficiency

It would be inaccurate and disrespectful to countless prohibition era pioneers to say the current cannabis...

Politics

Sen. Bernie Sanders Moves to End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis

In a move that decisively sets his stance on drug policy apart from any other candidate,...

Legal

Ireland Considers Decriminalizing Cannabis

In the spirit of Portugal, it appears Ireland could become the next nation to decriminalize cannabis...

Politics

Republicans on Legalization: Can We Talk About Something Else?

The Republican presidential candidates debated each other on Wednesday in Colorado, the first state to have...

Legal

Massachusetts Moving Towards Legalization

Massachusetts is known as a liberal haven for progressive policy. It was the first state to...

Medical

History of Drugs Chronicled in New Book

Dr. David Bearman's new book "Drugs Are Not the Devil’s Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created...

Legal

Support Grows for Cannabis Legalization

Eliminating the criminal penalties associated with cannabis-related offenses is significantly more important to the American public...

Economics

Canada Approves Cannabis as Medical Expense

The Great White North has had its fair share of cannabis controversy lately, with Health Canada...

Medical

Canadian Medical Cannabis Dispensary Refuses to Close

Glenn Price, the proprietor of Your Medical Cannabis Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is defiant in the...

Legal

U.K. Cops Give Home Growers A Pass

Joining the increasing wave of decriminalization rulings sweeping the globe, law enforcement in the English city...

Politics

Study: Teen Marijuana Use Down Nationwide

Since Washington and Colorado legalized adult use marijuana in 2012, scientists and officials across the nation...

Politics

Delaware Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a bill into law on June 18 that has decriminalized the...

Joint Opinions

Why California Legalization Is More Unified than It Seems

California’s movement to legalize the adult use of cannabis in 2016 is both tremendously important and...

Joint Opinions

2015 Could Be the Year for Cannabis in Texas

While Texas lawmakers have often been viewed as a bunch of bible-thumping conservatives in cowboy hats...

Politics

The Ups and Downs of New Mexican Cannabis

Earlier this month, New Mexico State Senate voted to pass a historic cannabis decriminalization bill that...

Politics

Where the 2016 Candidates Stand on Pot

For decades, cannabis has been a non-issue in American presidential politics. The standard routine was for...

Edibles

Kush Goes Kosher

Things are starting to look up for the nearly 6.5 million Jewish citizens currently living in...

Industry Events

ICBC: Legal Marijuana’s Future Starts in California

Investors and entrepreneurs in the budding legal cannabis industry met in downtown San Francisco at the...

Legal

Jamaica Decriminalizes Pot on Bob Marley’s Birthday

The universe has nearly righted itself as Jamaica, a country renowned for its cultural impact on...

Medical

The American Academy of Pediatrics Supports MMJ Research

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the most recent organization to recommend the decriminalization and...