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War On Drugs

Prosecuted Then, Prioritized Now: LA Brings Social Equity to Marijuana Sellers

Uruguay Government Defends Legal Cannabis As Global Bankers Bust Distributors

Uruguay’s president has defended the anti-prohibition law as banks boycott pharmacies involved in the cannabis trade, citing global regulations.

22 8 月, 2017
teleSUR
22 8 月, 2017
作者 teleSUR

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez has reiterated his government's commitment to continue the legalized sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies, despite protests by banks worried about running afoul of international regulations. The country's ruling party, the Broad Front, has been dealing with controversy after popular former President Jose

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Oakland Requires Half Of Legal Pot Permits Go To Those Arrested For Marijuana Offenses

Even though Oakland’s foray into drug war reparations could amount to overreach, it is a symbol of the dramatic turnaround that has taken root with respect to the war on drugs.

31 7 月, 2017
Justin Gardner
31 7 月, 2017
作者 Justin Gardner
A marijuana bud is seen at a medical marijuana facility in Unity, Maine. A new study suggests that cannabis could help ease the deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Oakland, CA – Oakland is beginning an experiment that can be considered both laudable and questionable. As cannabis businesses are set to spring up across the city, following California’s legalization of recreational cannabis, Oakland is providing reparations to victims of the drug war. They’re not doling out money, though. They’ll be doing it

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Jeff Sessions’s War On Weed Goes Up In Smoke In Nevada

It turns out the reality of supply, demand and the tax man bites for medical users.

21 7 月, 2017
Doug French
21 7 月, 2017
作者 Doug French
Bryce Tallitsch hangs up a sign for recreational marijuana at the NuLeaf dispensary, June 30, 2017, in Las Vegas. Nevada dispensaries were legally allowed to sell recreational marijuana starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. (AP/John Locher)

(Opinion) -- Thousands lined up to purchase recreational marijuana legally at 12:01 a.m. on July 1. At Euphoria Wellness, with a location in southwest Las Vegas, a crowd of 400 to 500 people were lined up at midnight. Other locations had just as many. Among the first to purchase was state senator Tick Segerblom, who has a strain of weed named

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After Legalizing Marijuana, Unemployment Plummets In Colorado

According to a report from the New Data Frontier, which focuses on cannabis industry data, there could be as many as 283,000 jobs in cannabis by 2020.

6 6 月, 2017
Carey Wedler
6 6 月, 2017
作者 Carey Wedler
Farmworkers transport newly-harvested marijuana plants, at Los Suenos Farms, America's largest legal open air marijuana farm, in Avondale, southern Colorado, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP/Brennan Linsley, File)

Colorado —Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. “While the national unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest since 2001, Colorado’s jobless rate is the nation’s lowest at 2.3 percent,” CNBC reported Monday. According to Governor John Hickenlooper, multiple factors have

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Congress Agrees To Give Jeff Sessions $0 To Wage War On Medical Marijuana

Considering Congress also bears responsibility for decades of the failed war on drugs, it is telling that in recent years, those same lawmakers have appeared to soften their stalwart approach.

3 5 月, 2017
Carey Wedler
3 5 月, 2017
作者 Carey Wedler
A bag of medical marijuana

The war on drugs is such an abysmal failure that even the lawmakers who have funded it for decades are drawing a line in the sand. Multiple bills in Congress have cropped up in recent months aiming to protect medical marijuana and reschedule cannabis, if not legalize it altogether. The most recent development comes in the form of Congress’

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Canada Moves To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

If the law is passed, it will undoubtedly cut into crime rates in Canada, where tens of thousands of marijuana users are still arrested for possession every year.

14 4 月, 2017
Carey Wedler
14 4 月, 2017
作者 Carey Wedler
Neil Closner, MedReleaf, chief executive officer poses for photographs at the growing facility in Markham, Ontario

Canada officially moved to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday when the government introduced legislation allowing the possession of small amounts of cannabis. The new law also sets regulations for the sale, growth, and purchase of the plant. USA Today reports: “Canada’s federal government set the age at 18, but is allowing each of the

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