All posts tagged "2016 elections"

Politics

Utah Legislators Set to Discuss Medical Marijuana

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislative committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss...

Politics

Hillary Clinton Claims the Democratic Nomination Before Winning California

A slimy chill of discontent settled in at both ends of the stoner nation on Tuesday...

Joint Opinions

Politics and Pot: After the Iowa Caucuses

Wherein your resident political junkie smokes a bowl and explains what happened in Iowa this week,...

Politics

President Will Not Make Marijuana Reform a Priority in 2016

Although many people had hoped that President Obama would make an effort to end marijuana prohibition...

Politics

Clinton Calls for Rescheduling of Marijuana, But Is She Serious?

Hillary Clinton has never really taken the issue of marijuana legalization as seriously as the current...

Legal

Ireland Considers Decriminalizing Cannabis

In the spirit of Portugal, it appears Ireland could become the next nation to decriminalize cannabis...

Politics

Sean Parker Unveils California’s Latest Marijuana Initiative

A number of organizations are working to legalize a recreational cannabis industry in California next year,...

Politics

Republicans on Legalization: Can We Talk About Something Else?

The Republican presidential candidates debated each other on Wednesday in Colorado, the first state to have...

Joint Opinions

The Next President Must End the War on Cannabis

When the latest round of Democratic presidential candidates stepped out on to the stage in Nevada...

Politics

Bernie Sanders Talks Cannabis Legalization

Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders made an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week to talk...

Medical

California Governor Signs Law Regulating Medical Marijuana Market

California's Governor, Jerry Brown, is designating a new regulatory system intended to improve the overall quality...

Legal

CA Looks Toward Cannabis Legalization in 2016

ReformCA, the coalition with perhaps the best chance of legalizing marijuana in the state of California...

In History

Cannabis Gets Its Day in First-of-its-Kind Museum Exhibition

The OMCA exhibit will explore 10 ways people consider cannabis in California including cannabis science, medical...

Legal

Ohio State Legislature to Decide on Record Expungement for Pot Crimes

ResponsibleOhio, the organization attempting to legalize a statewide cannabis industry in the November election, announced earlier...

Joint Opinions

GOP Debate on Cannabis Represents Progress

What happened last Wednesday was inconceivable as recently as eight years ago. Four Republican candidates for...

Joint Opinions

Will Hillary Clinton Ever Support Cannabis Legalization?

Throughout the past several months, cannabis reformers have been sizing up all of the candidates that...

Politics

South Carolina Voters Want the Feds Out of MMJ Laws

The majority of the voters in South Carolina want the federal government to stay out of...

Politics

The End of the Wild Wild West: California To Regulate Its MMJ Industry

After months of negotiations, California lawmakers struck a deal late Thursday night on a historic framework...

Politics

5 Ways Medical Marijuana Could Be Federally Legalized

Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Fifteen other states have...

Politics

Two Groups in Massachusetts Fighting to Legalize Marijuana in 2016

Two groups of cannabis activists in Massachusetts recently announced that they would be submitting the language...