Search results for "decriminalization"
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Culture
Despite 2016 Vote, Massachusetts Pot Lounges Could Be Years Away
October 14, 2018A series of regulatory hurdles are keeping the state from living up to its 2016 promises...
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Politics
The U.K. Approves Prescriptions for Medical Marijuana Products
October 12, 2018Physicians in the United Kingdom will be able to legally prescribe medical marijuana products, only oils...
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Medical
Physician Retracts Claim That Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug
October 10, 2018Dr. Nadia Alam, a physician who heads the Ontario Medical Association, an influential doctor’s organization in...
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Politics
Jamaica Begins Exporting Medical Marijuana Products to Canada
October 7, 2018Long famous for its contraband product, Jamaica has just dispatched its first shipment of cannabis oil...
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Culture
Back Pedaling: Inside New York’s Illegal Cannabis Bike Delivery System
October 2, 2018New York City’s growing cannabis bike delivery industry is sustainable, convenient, full of life-threatening hazards and...
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Politics
Activists Bash Trump’s ‘Global Call’ to Renew Drug War at U.N.
September 27, 2018As the United Nations General Assembly met in New York this week, President Trump issued a...
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Politics
Lesotho: Legal Cultivation Brings Canadian Investors to Africa’s Cannabis Kingdom
September 21, 2018Lesotho punches above its weight where cannabis production is concerned and international investors are noticing. With...
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Books
Book Review: ‘Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America’
September 16, 2018How marijuana reform was derailed in the ’70s and how it could happen again.
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Legal
Canadian Police Are Expecting More Arrests After Legalization
September 14, 2018Canadian police say they’re expecting to pull over large amounts of cannabis-impaired drivers after the country’s...
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Politics
Riot Police Break Up Protest Smoke-a-Thon in Colombia
September 11, 2018With Colombia's new conservative president threatening to roll back the country's ground-breaking decriminalization policy, a group...
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Economics
NAFTA Negotiations, Vicente Fox & The Future of Exporting Cannabis
September 7, 2018With the North American Free Trade Agreement under renegotiation, Mexico's former president and born-again cannabis advocate...
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Culture
America’s Most Famous Pot Prisoner Finishes Parole
August 29, 2018The case of Jeff Mizanskey, who was sentenced to life without parole for cannabis crimes, has...
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Medical
Louisiana’s First Medical Marijuana Crop May Be Planted on Friday
August 16, 2018Louisiana has been leading cannabis reforms in the Deep South recently and is about to take...
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Politics
The MPP’s New Director Is Focused on Criminal Justice Reform
August 15, 2018America’s largest organization dedicated to ending the war on marijuana users just hired a new executive...
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Politics
Cannabis Legalization Initiative Qualifies for the North Dakota Ballot
August 14, 2018Of course, the surprisingly liberal measure faces opposition from law enforcement in a traditionally conservative state.
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Joint Opinions
The DEA Should Deschedule Cannabis, Not Move it to Schedule II
August 14, 2018The debate around the medical value of cannabis often perpetuates a few crucial lies: that our...
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Politics
Major Cities in Prohibition States Stop Prosecuting Marijuana Offenses
August 9, 2018Attorney generals in New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia have all said they will no...
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Legal
Manhattan’s DA Stops Pot Possession & Smoking Prosecutions, Effective Immediately
August 1, 2018New York City has a history of disproportionately arresting black and brown individuals for cannabis crimes...
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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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Politics
Pressure Builds for Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey & New York
July 21, 2018New York and New Jersey are notorious rivals, and the two states are now racing to...