Search results for "law enforcement"
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Legal
Seattle City Council Passes Measure to Decriminalize Psychedelics
October 11, 2021The Seattle City Council recently voted to support the decriminalization of natural psychedelics, calling on police...
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Current Events
The Cannabis Industry and the Black Lives Matter Uprising
June 9, 2020Protests have spread across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd at the...
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Legal
How Texas Accidentally Decriminalized Cannabis
March 5, 2020Differentiating hemp from cannabis causes law enforcement to back away from testing low-level busts.
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Politics
California’s CROP Project Responds to Toxic Threat of ‘Trespass Grows’
November 26, 2019Cannabis may be legal in California, but illicit cultivation persists, especially in the National Forests, where...
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Hemp
Is ‘Smokable Hemp’ Legal?
October 3, 2019So-called "smokable hemp" is suddenly available in shops from coast to coast, legal under terms of...
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Hemp
Hemp Makes Marijuana Crimes Difficult to Prosecute
September 13, 2019The arbitrary distinction that makes hemp actually marijuana is causing challenges for law enforcement.
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Legal
Miami-Dade Prosecutor Latest to Halt Pursuit of Minor Cannabis Charges
August 16, 2019The decision was prompted in this instance by the dilemma vexing law enforcement nationwide: the inability...
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Medical
Police Want Access To Medical Marijuana Records To Bust Gun Owners
May 17, 2019Law enforcement in Pennsylvania are trying to gain access to information about medical marijuana to enforce...
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Legal
How Angry Cops Could Undo Trump’s Farm Bill… And the Legal Hemp Market
February 13, 2019Despite nominal legalization, state law enforcement continues to crack down on hemp, which spells trouble for...
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Joint Opinions
The Ban on Free Marijuana Samples Criminalizes Marijuana Legalization
December 6, 2018State laws prohibiting marijuana samples hamper marijuana commerce and give law enforcement an avenue to crack...
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Politics
South Africa Decriminalizes Personal Possession & Cultivation of Pot
September 18, 2018Today, South Africa’s highest court ruled that cannabis — colloquially known in the country as “dagga”...
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Legal
Police Officers in Prohibition States Are Getting Busted for Marijuana
August 22, 2018Some law enforcement are jumping into the illegal marketplace.
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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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Legal
Anti-Cannabis Stigma Thrives in Hate Crime Trials
April 5, 2018The horrific case of an elderly Jewish woman in Paris killed in a clear anti-Semitic attack...
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Politics
Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Pot Protections
January 4, 2018The nation’s top law enforcement officer and attorney made a bombshell announcement this morning that he...
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In The Magazine
Protect & Serve: Goldstein Fights to End the War on Drugs
August 25, 2017Former law enforcement officer now works to promote cannabis legalization.
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Politics
DOJ vs DEA: AG Sessions is Blocking Cannabis Research
August 17, 2017Anonymous law enforcement officials say the DOJ is blocking approval of permits for research grows —...
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Legal
The Feds Will Be Drug Testing Drivers At Burning Man
June 28, 2017Cannabis and a variety of other controlled substances will be the targets of law enforcement officers empowered...
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Legal
AG Sessions Escalates Drug War with New Sentencing Rules
May 12, 2017Nostalgia for the 1980s and '90s is hot right now, and that retro fever seems to...
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Politics
Sessions Ups Anti-Pot Talk, But Mixed Message on Crackdown
March 15, 2017Attorney General Jeff Sessions doubled down on his anti-cannabis rhetoric in a speech to law enforcement,...