Category Archives: Politics

Bill to Allow Weed Businesses to Put Their Money in Banks Under Consideration

By MICHAEL TRENT A bill that would allow cannabis businesses to legally open bank accounts at [...]

World Health Organization: Cannabis Is “Relatively Safe”: WHO Slams USA For Having a Schedule 1 Listing

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) had a meeting in [...]

Why is There Still Such a Negative Stigma Surrounding Cannabis? It’s 2018.

A cloud continues to follow cannabis. Like other biases, ignorance, political populism, and moralism continue [...]

Oklahoma Adopts Medical Marijuana

Workable medical cannabis programs now legal across 30 states. By Jimi Devine Tuesday’s primary vote [...]

Sen. Chuck Schumer Introduces Cannabis De-Scheduling Legislation

By Graham Abbott The Senate’s top Democrat, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), has introducedlegislation that [...]

Chart: Medical cannabis as alternative to opioids could give Illinois’ MMJ program a massive boost

By Eli McVey Pending legislation in Illinois that would allow medical marijuana as an alternative [...]

This Portland Edibles Company Is Helping Defend Detained Migrant Children

-MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A Portland Oregon edibles company is donating part of their sales to help [...]

The RESPECT Resolution Seeks Restorative Justice

Thursday, 14 June 2018 Washington, DC: Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced The “RESPECT Resolution: Realizing [...]

USA Patriot Act Threatens Uruguay Banks Over Legal Cannabis System

A year after legal cannabis first went on sale in Uruguay, it is still only [...]

UN Drug Committee Finds Cannabis an Effective, ‘Relatively Safe Drug’

The World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland, last week to review the agency’s first-ever [...]