All posts tagged "Decriminalization"
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Medical
Tripping on the High Road: Cannabis & Psychedelics
May 22, 2019When it comes to the way cannabis plays off more heavy-hitting hallucinogens, we pretty much have...
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Politics
Sen. Schumer Reintroduces Marijuana Freedom & Opportunity Act in Congress
May 17, 2019Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced he will reintroduce his bill to remove cannabis from the...
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Politics
Conservative-Led North Dakota Lowers Pot Possession Penalties
May 13, 2019North Dakota’s Republican governor and legislature just lowered the penalty for possessing marijuana.
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Politics
Wisconsin Republicans Kill Decrim and Medical Marijuana Reforms Attached to Budget
April 26, 2019This February, Wisconsin’s new Democratic governor pledged to legalize medical marijuana. He tried to attach reforms...
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Politics
Police Play ‘Catch and Release’ With Cannabis Offenders: Roadblocks to Progress in Maryland
April 1, 2019Maryland’s attempts at progress in cannabis policy have met with resistance, both from the police and...
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Legal
MOMS Call on Baltimore Mayor to Stop Cannabis Arrests
February 22, 2019A Baltimore advocacy group is pushing for the city’s mayor to stop cannabis arrests, but she...
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Politics
Portugal Considers Legal Cannabis, After Years of ‘Depenalization’
January 24, 2019Two bills to legalize "recreational" cannabis have been introduced in Portugal, where there’s already a thriving...
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Politics
Two Major Marijuana Reform Bills Filed in Texas
November 14, 2018The 2019 legislative session will see two bills designed to improve cannabis laws in Texas.
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Politics
Report: How Your Congressmember Ranks on Cannabis Policy
November 2, 2018No matter if a cannabis legalization bill is explicitly on a midterm ballot, almost every candidate...
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Legal
U.S. Marijuana Arrests Rise for Second Straight Year in 2017
September 24, 2018The most recent data on drug arrests from the FBI paints a sobering picture.
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Legal
Manhattan’s District Attorney Says New York ‘Doesn’t Have To Be Afraid’ of Legalization
September 19, 2018Weeks after starting a new policy of not prosecuting low-level marijuana violations, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus...
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Politics
South Africa Decriminalizes Personal Possession & Cultivation of Pot
September 18, 2018Today, South Africa’s highest court ruled that cannabis — colloquially known in the country as “dagga”...
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Economics
NAFTA Negotiations, Vicente Fox & The Future of Exporting Cannabis
September 7, 2018With the North American Free Trade Agreement under renegotiation, Mexico's former president and born-again cannabis advocate...
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Politics
The MPP’s New Director Is Focused on Criminal Justice Reform
August 15, 2018America’s largest organization dedicated to ending the war on marijuana users just hired a new executive...
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Politics
Pressure Builds for Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey & New York
July 21, 2018New York and New Jersey are notorious rivals, and the two states are now racing to...
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Legal
The Next Countries Likely to Legalize Cannabis
June 27, 2018With Canada now joining Uruguay as the second country to legalize cannabis at the national level,...
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Legal
Pennsylvania City Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
May 21, 2018The Allentown, Pennsylvania city council voted to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis on Wednesday. Local prosecutors...
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Politics
Youth Movement Protests Pot Prohibition in Ex-Soviet Georgia
May 20, 2018A protest in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia to demand legalization of personal drugs use, with...
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Politics
Mitch McConnell Proposes Legalizing Industrial Hemp
March 28, 2018Some people may be shocked that the Republican Senate majority leader is proposing the federal decriminalization...
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Politics
Legal Cannabis Inches Forward in Jamaica
March 27, 2018Many people associate Jamaica with cannabis, but the island is just starting to fully enact decriminalization.