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Politics

Referendum Campaign on Recreational Pot Intensifies in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With the election a month away, marijuana advocates are airing television ads...

Cannabis

New Documentary Explores Women Power Behind Cannabis

In her new documentary "Mary Janes: The Women of Weed", director Windy Borman profiles the female...

Legal

Big Alcohol Wants To Own Legal Pot, But Prop 64 Stops Them

[Note: Story updated Sept. 2 with response from RVR] A new Politico story this week indicates...

Joint Opinions

Giant Joints, A Path to Legalization

In between the Bernie Bros. booing, Paul Simon… singing, and Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders tearing...

Economics

The Greatest Billboard is a Legalization Billboard

Pot is patriotic. A red, white, and blue billboard is greeting drivers in Tempe, Arizona, with...

Current Events

California Legalization: 10 Things To Know

On November 8, voters registered in California will get a chance to end cannabis prohibition. Here’s...

Politics

Arizona Will Vote on Adult-Use Legalization

Arizona voters will almost certainly have the chance to end cannabis prohibition in the desert state...

Politics

Anti-Trump Voter Surge Could Also Legalize Pot

The all but certainty of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promises to energize young progressive voters...

Politics

California’s Best Hope for 2016 Legalization Advances

California is set for a historic vote on marijuana this Fall. The group behind the only...

Politics

SSDP Propels Cannabis Legalization in U.S. & Abroad

Cannabis policy reform has accelerated in the last 18 years, in large part due to a...

Legal

Retail Pot Sales May Be Coming Soon to the Nation’s Capital

While Congress has prevented the District of Columbia from opening retail pot shops in the nation’s...

Politics

Rough Road to Cannabis Legalization Runs Through California

The biggest advocates of legalized cannabis are counting on California voters, who authorized the first use...

Legal

Warren To CDC: MMJ Can Treat Opioid Crisis

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden this week. Her message:...

Economics

Is Beer Afraid of Weed?

The word on the street is that the beer manufacturers are keeping a watchful eye on...

Politics

Pass It, Grassley: The CARERS Act and 2016

Assume bill dead? Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After...

Legal

Set To Explode in 2016: Pro Teams Playing in Legal Pot Towns

As marijuana advocates gear up for what many predict will be the biggest year in cannabis...

Politics

Obama Says to Leave Colorado Pot Alone As Congress Rejects New Riders to Spending Plan

Although the federal government continues to wage a vicious war against the cannabis plant, the Obama...

Politics

Maine Cannabis Advocates Join Forces to Legalize Cannabis

Two marijuana advocacy groups campaigning to bring a full-scale recreational cannabis market to Maine in 2016...

Legal

Massachusetts Moving Towards Legalization

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

Legal

FBI: One Person Arrested for Cannabis Every 45 Seconds

While states across the nation continue to legalize cannabis for medical and recreational purposes, police have...