The U.S. has been incrementally legalizing cannabis now, on a state-by-state basis. Something that’s been a bit of a hot potato, however, is home cultivation. Alaska was famous for allowing cultivation of a few plants for years before the...
The U.S. War on Drugs had a profound effect on American society, but it disproportionately impacted communities of color. Many of the most recent states to legalize weed have created frameworks to try and undo some of those injustices....
Urban legend has it that the Bill of Rights was written on hemp paper. The reality is less clear-cut: While drafts of the Constitution and its initial amendments were probably written on hemp, the actual, official document was written on...
One of the hottest topics in legal circles is marijuana. That’s because a patchwork of state laws have been built around legalizing cannabis, while the Federal government drags its heels. Even hemp, which was legalized in the 2018 Farm...
Just about everywhere you go there are “legal limits” to drinking alcohol and getting behind the wheel of a car. That’s because the effects of drinking on drivers is well documented. With cannabis legalization a relatively recent...
By the time Oregon made marijuana legal in 2014, the idea was old hat. Colorado and Washington had already passed legalization two years earlier, so the vote in Oregon got much less attention (the same was true in Alaska...
Believe it or not, there are Ben & Jerry’s superfans. The brand definitely has a cult following, in addition to the occasional purchaser given the brand’s wide distribution of its fun-filled ice cream products. It’s founders are unabashed hippies,...
New York’s recent move to legalize recreational weed is already paying dividends. New York City cops can no longer use the smell of pot as a justification to carry out a vehicle stop and search.
The NYPD issued a memo...
The show High Maintenance on HBO depicts a weed delivery man, known only as the Guy, biking around New York and delivering his wares to a diverse customer base. For now, recreational pot is still illegal in New York....
House lawmakers in Maine voted to decriminalize possession of all drugs on the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of the federal government’s war on drugs.
The approved bill – LD 967 – passed in a 77 to 62...
