Search results for "legalization"

Hemp

Is ‘Smokable Hemp’ Legal?

So-called "smokable hemp" is suddenly available in shops from coast to coast, legal under terms of...

Politics

The State of Cannabis Today: Where Weed Is Legal Around the World

Here are the bud basics you need to know about the state of cannabis legalization around...

Joint Opinions

Harvard Professor Writes Questionable Defense of Trump’s Reefer Madness

Kevin P. Hill offers a signal-boost of the U.S. Surgeon General’s cannabis advisory that nobody needed.

Legal

Court Upholds Federal Labor Protections for Cannabis Workers

A federal appeals court in Denver has held that protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Joint Opinions

The Great Vaporizer Panic Is a Grifter’s Paradise

As public health officials urge caution — and to stop vaping until the exact cause of...

Politics

House Passes SAFE Banking Act

The effort to get banking services to state-legal cannabis businesses is on to the Senate.

Politics

Look Out: The Most Ambitious Idea for Federal Pot Reparations Is Beto O’Rourke’s


Presidential hopeful is pitching ambitious marijuana reform.

Politics

Italy’s New Government Could Legalize Cannabis

With the fall of Italy’s far-right government, advocates are hoping the path may be cleared now...

In The Magazine

Cannabis Territory

With inspiration from the states, U.S. territories push for legal cannabis.

Sponsored

Kush Hemp Is the Latest Innovation in Cultivation

Oregon’s Sovereign Fields has developed Kush Hemp, a hemp x Bubba Kush hybrid.

In The Magazine

Town Business: The Successes & Shortcomings of Oakland’s Equity Program

What Oakland, California’s cannabis equity program can teach the nation.

Politics

Washington D.C. Workers Can Now Smoke Pot Off the Clock

Burn one with a “capitol” J.

Culture

Canadian Company Promises ‘Odorless Cannabis’

What is it, is it real and does anyone really want such a thing?

Economics

Marijuana Banking Bill Is Probably Doomed in 2019

Banking access for cannabis will have trouble passing through the Senate.

Joint Opinions

Legal Pot Isn’t Villain in Vape-Disease Epidemic, But It Could Be the Solution

Illegal products have been connected to the outbreak of mysterious lung ailments as appeals for federal...

Cultivation

Home Growers Take on Corporate Cannabis in Canada

With the legal cannabis market increasingly dominated by "Big Bud," more Canadians are turning to homegrown....

Hemp

Hemp Makes Marijuana Crimes Difficult to Prosecute

The arbitrary distinction that makes hemp actually marijuana is causing challenges for law enforcement.

Economics

Injunction on Nevada Dispensaries Offers Hope for Mom-and-Pop Shops

Judge blocks Nevada marijuana licenses for alleged violations.

Legal

The Surgeon General Launches a New Anti-Cannabis Campaign

All too predictably, the anti-legalization assumptions behind the new campaign — a further disappointment for activists...

Medical

Only 3 U.S. States Have No Medical Marijuana

What’s up with Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota?