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Politics

Alaska: The Next State to Legalize Recreational Sales?

On January 8, the Alaska Campaign to Regulate Marijuana submitted roughly 46,000 signatures—a whopping 16,000 more...

Politics

In Slamming Obama, DEA Administrator Presents Reformers With Rare Opportunity

In a speech last week to the National Sheriff’s Association, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart had harsh...

Joint Opinions

Barack Obama: “No More Dangerous Than Alcohol” Is Opinion, Not Fact

Last week, President Obama was quoted in New Yorker magazine establishing that he indirectly feels marijuana...

Strains

Reader Question about Indica and Sativa

In response to the article The Difference Between Indica and Sativa, Ray in Washington writes: Looking...

Joint Opinions

Arguments for On Site Consumption

Now that Denver has begun retail cannabis sales, we can get an idea of just how...

Politics

New Hampshire House Votes in Favor of Recreational Weed

A bill aimed at legalizing recreational cannabis for those 21 and older in New Hampshire received...

Medical

3-Year-Old Undergoes Brain Surgery Without Pain Medication, Doctors Forbid Cannabis Use

The phone call I had with Dahlia Barnhart’s mother, Mo, still haunts me. Mo calmly described...

Cannabis

By the Numbers: How Legalization is Changing Colorado’s Economy

Colorado has changed the course of marijuana prohibition by becoming the first state to not just...

Joint Opinions

Legal Sales in Colorado: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Allow the Free Market to Control Cannabis

Now that the floodgates of legal marijuana have been opened in Colorado, it seems a lot...

Joint Opinions

Kwanzaa’s Seven Principles: Lessons for Marijuana Activists in 2014

Kwanzaa is my favorite winter celebration, mostly because Kwanzaa is about more than shopping and gifts...

Economics

What You Need to Know About Purchasing Recreational Marijuana in Colorado On New Year’s Day

Here in the mile high city, there a perceptible buzz in the air (pun always intended),...

Legal

Senator Proposes Legalizing Cannabis in New York

A New York senator has submitted a bill which would legalize recreational cannabis in the Empire...

Politics

Uruguay to Become First Country to Legalize Cannabis

Update: The bill was signed into law by President Jose Mujica on Dec. 24. Today, barring...

Joint Opinions

Will Legalization End the War on Weed? Doubtful.

With little over a month left until the new legalization laws in Washington and Colorado go...

Joint Opinions

Another Official Study Proves “War On Drugs” To Be A Complete Failure

Despite the growing realization that the global war on drugs has been a caustic – and...

Legal

Election 2013: Cities Vote to Legalize Cannabis

Citizens who walked into polling booths yesterday sent a strong message to state and federal government,...

Current Events

Is Oracle the Most Expensive Cannabis Strain in the World?

Somewhere, in some deep, dank corner of the internet, word leaked about the best marijuana strain...

Joint Opinions

Majority of Americans Now Favor Cannabis Legalization

As Washington and Colorado continue to blaze a path toward the retail sale of cannabis a...

Current Events

Activists Face Federal Charges Over Smoking Joint

photo by Kit Friday This article originally appeared on the Daily Chronic and was written by...

Politics

VIDEO: Feds Green-Light Cannabis Legalization

Attorney General Eric Holder has told the governors of both Washington and Colorado the federal government...