Search results for "drug policy alliance"
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Economics
Business Owners Replace Idealists in Legal-Pot Movement
October 22, 2016DENVER (AP) — Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana...
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Cannabis
New Documentary Explores Women Power Behind Cannabis
September 30, 2016In her new documentary "Mary Janes: The Women of Weed", director Windy Borman profiles the female...
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Politics
California’s Biggest Newspapers Endorse Prop. 64 As Fundraising Tops $14 Million
September 20, 2016The momentum behind Prop. 64, California’s best-ever shot at legalizing recreational cannabis for adults, continues to...
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Legal
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Unbuckles Bible Belt
September 11, 2016LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republicans control all of Arkansas’ statewide offices, hold a majority in...
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Legal
DEA Blasted For Failing to Reschedule Marijuana
August 11, 2016The Drug Enforcement Administration is under severe criticism today after it failed to downgrade marijuana from...
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Current Events
California Legalization: 10 Things To Know
July 5, 2016On November 8, voters registered in California will get a chance to end cannabis prohibition. Here’s...
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Legal
Marijuana Study Finds ‘Racial Injustice’ In California
May 31, 2016Blacks get four times the pot tickets as whites in California; Latinos 1.7 times as many.
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Economics
Rep. Issa: America’s Policing for Profit Must End
May 9, 2016In 2014, police used forfeiture law to seize more property than burglars stole, and Americans are...
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Politics
California’s Best Hope for 2016 Legalization Advances
May 3, 2016California is set for a historic vote on marijuana this Fall. The group behind the only...
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Politics
Rough Road to Cannabis Legalization Runs Through California
March 15, 2016The biggest advocates of legalized cannabis are counting on California voters, who authorized the first use...
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Industry Events
Cannabis Conference Blends Activism and Business
February 16, 2016The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) has speakers ranging from legislators and entrepreneurs to activists and...
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Grow
Will Hawaii Ban Home Grows?
February 7, 2016State Representative Marcus Oshiro wants to keep marijuana away from minors and says that home growing...
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Politics
Pass It, Grassley: The CARERS Act and 2016
January 19, 2016Assume bill dead? Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After...
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Legal
The Racial Divide – Discriminatory Policing in the Cannabis Industry
January 18, 2016Brionne Corbray’s friends warned him against opening a dispensary. The 50-year-old, Seattle-area native had never sold...
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Politics
Uruguay: The Little Country that Could
December 22, 2015Little Uruguay, population of 3.5 million, is leading the world. The tiny South American nation that...
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In History
U.S. Senate Votes to Allow Veterans Access to MMJ
November 11, 2015An important piece of legislation was passed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, which will make...
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Politics
Sean Parker Unveils California’s Latest Marijuana Initiative
November 3, 2015A number of organizations are working to legalize a recreational cannabis industry in California next year,...
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Economics
After One Year of Retail Sales, Washington Rakes In Over $70 Mil in Taxes
July 7, 2015On July 8, 2014, recreational marijuana dispensaries opened in Washington state. Now, nearly a year later,...
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Politics
Obama Administration Lifts Restrictions on MMJ Research
June 23, 2015The federal government is reportedly taking steps to more easily facilitate the research of medical marijuana....
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Industry Events
ReformCA Closes Roadshow in Oakland
June 17, 2015The meeting was conducted as a brainstorming session with the group leaders asking those in attendance...