All posts tagged "Activism"

Culture

Cannabis ‘Vaudeville’ Traces History and Culture

New York’s East Village this summer witnesses the world premiere of a multimedia extravaganza centered on...

Cultivation

The Price of Advocacy

Casey O’Neill of HappyDay Farms has spent years fighting for small farmers, but with California cannabis...

Medical

Pebbles Trippet: The Activist With Her Own Legal ‘Standard’

One longtime California cannabis activist actually has a legal standard named in her honor. Pebbles Trippet...

In History

Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity

Sister Somayah Kambui spent her life working toward "cannabis equity" — a term not yet coined...

In History

Legendary Emerald Triangle Freedom Fighter B.E. Smith Dies at 72

The Trinity County grower, who did time in federal prison for openly cultivating cannabis under California's...

Medical

George McMahon, Who Got Medical Pot from the Feds for Decades, Passes Away

McMahon was one of a handful of patients who received free medical marijuana through a federal...

Culture

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Legal

Activists Back Last-Ditch Bid for New York Cannabis Legalization in 2019

With the end of the legislative session in Albany closing in, a new bill has been...

Q&A

Meet the Activists Leading the Charge for Cannabis Equity in New York

Advocates are already working hard to ensure New York’s soon-to-legal market and existing medical marijuana industry...

Politics

Riot Police Break Up Protest Smoke-a-Thon in Colombia

With Colombia's new conservative president threatening to roll back the country's ground-breaking decriminalization policy, a group...

Culture

America’s Most Famous Pot Prisoner Finishes Parole

The case of Jeff Mizanskey, who was sentenced to life without parole for cannabis crimes, has...

Politics

Activists Pass Out Joints to Protest D.C. Pot Laws

District of Columbia activists passed out joints to city lawmakers this week in their effort to...

Joint Opinions

The 12 Days of Kushmas: 4 Calling Causes

The holiday season is a wonderful time to think about giving back to the community, so...

Culture

Honoring The Marijuana Movement’s Deceased Heroes

This Dia De Los Muertos, Cannabis Now remembers and honors those activists who have since passed...

Joint Opinions

The Melissa Etheridge Interview: This Is M.E.

Melissa Etheridge is known around the globe as a songwriting musician who’s earned all the badges...

Legal

Paul Stanford: 40-Year Cannabis Activist Reflects on Legalization

Paul Stanford first tried cannabis when he was just 11-years-old. The year was 1971 and he...

In The Magazine

Hempfest at the Crossroads: What Place Will the Classic “Protestival” Fill After Legalization?

The Hempfest That Wasn’t I had already walked the length of the converted hangar, stuck my...

Hemp

Remembering the Godfather of the Modern Hemp Legalization Movement, Jack Herer (1939-2010)

I’m not sure when I first ran in to Jack Herer, but it was in the...

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...

In The Magazine

Out of the Closet: A New Tool for the Cannabis Activist

Suppose you really want to legalize marijuana. What do you do? You’ve tried all the usual...