California was a pioneer in cannabis legalization, beginning with medical marijuana legalization way back in 1996. The state had a ballot initiative as far back as 1972. But as other states have begun their own legalization efforts, they’ve increasingly...
Marijuana legalization marches on to the South, with Virginia becoming the sixteenth state to pass the measure.
After sailing through the Virginia Assembly, the bill narrowly squeezed through the Senate with the tie-breaking vote of Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax following...
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...
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...
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...
Even though cannabis is enjoying a moment around the world as more countries loosen up prohibition, there’s a bit of the opposite happening in Spain. Holland is famous for its cannabis cafes, dating back decades now, but Barcelona’s manifested...
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...
