All posts tagged "War on Drugs"
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Politics
House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearing on Cannabis & Racial Justice
July 16, 2019The discussion was specifically framed in terms of recognizing and correcting the racial and social iniquities...
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Economics
Global Cannabis Partnership Unveils ‘Social Responsibility’ Standards
June 26, 2019A group of cannabis companies have announced certification standards to promote corporate responsibility, a move seemingly...
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Legal
Illinois’ Equity-Centric Approach to Recreational Marijuana Is Worth Watching
June 4, 2019Illinois takes on adult-use cannabis legalization with an eye towards racial and social justice.
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Industry Events
NYC Cannabis Parade Draws Prominent Politicians as Legalization Stalls Upstate
May 8, 2019New York City's annual Cannabis Parade was headlined by one of the city’s highest officials, Public...
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Politics
Illinois Governor Unveils Cannabis Legalization Plan
May 6, 2019The countdown to legal marijuana in Illinois has begun, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker just unveiled his...
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Films
Review: ‘Grass is Greener’
April 30, 2019A music-centric documentary addresses the ugly realities of cannabis prohibition and the problems that persist today.
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Legal
Amid Equity Rhetoric, California Blocks Tribal Participation in Cannabis Industry
April 4, 2019California's Native American nations were completely overlooked in the text of Proposition 64, and its enabling...
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Legal
Los Angeles Prosecutors Clear 54,000 Marijuana Convictions
April 2, 2019Dismissing marijuana convictions can help open educational and employment opportunities.
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In The Magazine
Let’s Mess With Texas: The Lone Star State on Pot
March 28, 2019Here’s why 2019 may be the year Texas gets a real medical cannabis program.
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Joint Opinions
How Marijuana Legalization Keeps Law Enforcement Honest
March 25, 2019Analysis shows fruitless police searches are reduced and trust in police is increased when cannabis is...
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Legal
Mexico Militarizes Anti-Cannabis Enforcement Despite Legalization Promises
March 21, 2019Contradicting his boast to have "ended" the drug war and his pledge to explore cannabis legalization,...
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Politics
Can a Canna-Basic Income Work in Maryland?
March 20, 2019In Maryland, one state representative has an idea to leverage cannabis revenue to kickstart a major...
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Politics
Computerized Cannabis Conviction Expungement: San Francisco Leads the Way
March 8, 2019San Francisco has teamed with a software company to automate the process of conviction expungement —...
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Legal
Denver Could Seal 13,000 Cannabis Convictions
February 21, 2019While state law prevents Denver from clearing the records all at once, officials are running a series...
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Politics
El Chapo Found Guilty, But Prohibition-Fueled Violence Rages On
February 14, 2019Notorious narco-lord "El Chapo" Guzmán was just convicted by a federal jury in New York. But Guzmán...
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Politics
Mexico’s New President ‘Ends’ Drug War — Or Does He?
February 9, 2019President López Obrador announced a formal end to Mexico’s "war on drugs." But troops are still being...
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Politics
Now That Kamala Harris Wants to Be President, She Really Likes Cannabis Legalization
January 12, 2019Harris wasn’t too fond of legal pot as San Francisco’s district attorney or California’s attorney general....
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Culture
Netflix Hosts a ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Rooftop Party With Fake Cannabis
November 24, 2018Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” includes one of television’s largest depictions of a cannabis farm, so the streaming...
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Politics
Colombia Returns to Hardline Policies Even as Legal Cannabis Booms
November 18, 2018Colombia is facing a strange contradiction — foreign capital is pouring in for the legalized cannabis...
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Politics
U.N. ‘Shadow Report’ Blasts Drug War as ‘Failure’
October 31, 2018Will the U.N. take heed when it revisits the question of drug policy in 2019?
