Tag Archives: Politics

Out of Touch Bloomberg: Trying to legalize marijuana is ‘perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done’

BY MICHAEL BURKE Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday said that attempting to legalize recreational [...]

Study Debunks Claim That Traffic Deaths Increase On The 4/20 Marijuana Holiday

By Kyle Jaeger Concerns about higher rates of impaired driving on the unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20 [...]

Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana In The U.S. Virgin Islands

By Kyle Jaeger Medical cannabis was legalized in another U.S. territory on Saturday after the governor [...]

New Bill Would Allow Medical Marijuana in New Mexico Schools

Senate Bill 204 will help students who rely on medical cannabis for their health.

Legal Marijuana Advocates Rank The Best And Worst Governors On Cannabis

By Tom Angell The U.S.’s 50 state governors just got their annual report cards from a leading [...]

Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road

By IAN STEWART For the first time in U.S. history, a leading cause of deaths — [...]

Courts Disagree If Cannabis Smell Justifies Search and Seizure

In a win both for cannabis freedom and racial justice, Vermont’s top court ruled in [...]

Trump Attorney General Nominee Won’t Go After Legal Marijuana Businesses And Urges Congress To Act

At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, attorney general nominee William Barr said he would not [...]

Most Medical Marijuana Patients Stop Or Reduce Pharmaceutical Use With Cannabis, Survey Finds

By Kyle Jaeger Medical marijuana patients generally have more faith in cannabis than the mainstream health [...]

New Congressional Marijuana Bill Is Actually Numbered H.R. 420

By Tom Angell 420, of course, is a special number for marijuana enthusiasts, who celebrate the [...]

Could Oregon Be the First to (Legally) Export Marijuana to Other States?

One state lawmaker wants to prepare for a future in which federal prohibition doesn’t ban [...]

Surgeon General Believes It’s High Time For Marijuana Reclassification

By Nicole Fisher At the close of 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a [...]

Views From the Farm at the End of 2018

Looking back on the past year in cannabis and setting intentions for the next one.

Washington Governor Will Pardon People With Marijuana Possession Convictions, He Announces

By Kyle Jaeger People who have a misdemeanor marijuana possession conviction on their record in Washington [...]

Budding Cannabis Trends In 2019

By Nick Kovacevich This new year bodes well for the cannabis industry. There’s excitement as we [...]