Maine’s road to legalization has been a bumpy one. The previous governor, Paul LePage, was adamantly opposed to legalizing cannabis, and kept vetoing the bill before him after the initial ballot measure passed in 2016. Now, Governor...
Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, wants to push ahead with plans to bar foreign visitors from frequenting the city’s infamous and euphemistically named ‘coffeeshops’ as part of an effort to curb mass, low-income tourism. In a letter to the city...
Synthetic weed has been a scourge for a while now, causing thousands of emergency room visits just a few years ago. A resurgence in the “drug” sometimes called spice, continues to cause problems even in states where marijuana is...
Ah, Vermont. A state known for being the birthplace of Ben and Jerry’s and also as being one of the largest contributors to the maple syrup trade. And now, Vermont has a new claim to fame. Residents...
Three new states have officially joined the marijuana legalization club in the US. Connecticut, New Mexico and Virginia all passed bills earlier this year to legalize pot and all three measures are now in effect.
This means five states have...
It's no secret the history of marijuana prohibition is a story of American racism. Like most other "dangerous" drugs, cannabis was initially banned because of its association with Mexican immigrants in the American Southwest.
That background has led some reformers...
“The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!”
So said Scotland’s most celebrated poet, Robert Burns, in a passage popularized for American audiences by John Steinbeck in his...
We are closer than ever to cannabis reform on a federal level. But the evolution of federal marijuana law has been a long and strange trip.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first attempt at federal...
A new study suggests marijuana advocates are more likely to win the fight for legalization at the federal level if they pursue medical cannabis reforms first.
Efforts are underway to reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act so the drug...
The governor of Connecticut signed a bill into law that will legalize recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older starting July 1, 2021. The measure allows for adult-use sales but they’re not expected to launch until next year.
The...
