There’s a growing global momentum around decriminalizing pot. The infamous U.S. Drug War influenced not only America, but the entire world, as the United Nations took a dim view of marijuana early on in its existence. A UN document...
It's been a tumultuous political season, and partisan tensions are only likely to rise as November nears. In the chaos, it can be easy to forget how important this race is for marijuana users and the advocates who support...
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...
For every cause, there is an effect. For every push, a pull. For every win, a loss.
This applies to marijuana as much as anything else. The spread of legalization promises to impact a wide range of industries, but it...
Should people who do a crime that is illegal one year but not the next remain in jail? While we’re obviously talking weed here, there is some precedent. Unfortunately, not a good one. Back in the prohibition days --...
One of the arguments against legalization was that if you make weed legal, more kids will try it. Like so many misconceptions promulgated during the War on Drugs, this one is also a falsehood dripping with the fear of...
America’s harmful War On Drugs didn’t just damage communities by throwing people in jail for long sentences due to low-level drug crimes, it weakened trust between law enforcement and communities. That is, if there had been a good relationship...
Marijuana legalization is a good thing, and not just for stoners wanting a hassle-free smoke. Its benefits are manifold and multifaceted, from healthcare to criminal justice to liberty.
And it seems the US public have woken up to these benefits...
Across the USA laws are changing, but so far at the Federal level marijuana is still illegal. The 2018 Farm Bills legalized hemp, however, which changes the story for the US Postal Service. There was a time...
“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...
