A recent review of medical literature, courtesy of the Headache Center at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, has shown that cannabis has potential therapeutic effects for the treatment of headache disorders, including migraines. Read article here: High Times
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TODAY: Congress Voting on Numerous Amendments to Reign in Troubled Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Amendments Would Prohibit DEA from Undermining State Marijuana Laws; Shut Down DEA’s Controversial Bulk Collection Surveillance Programs; Cut Agency’s Budget Amendments Come in Wake of Recent Forced Resignation of Agency’s Head, Michele Leonhart WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the U.S. House of Representatives considers the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill today and tomorrow, legislators […]
Judge Married to Drug Dealer Sends SWAT Team After Innocent Man
The latest culprit in this tumultuous tale is Florida Judge ElizabethScherer, who signed off on a violent SWAT raid at the home of a suspected pot dealer in 2014 that resulted in the death of Howard Bowe and uncovered no illegal drugs. And while the concept of law e… Read article here: High Times
Drug Lab Misconduct Leads to New Trials for Thousands
Tens of thousands of prisoners across the state of Massachusetts who were convicted as a result of drug tests overseen by one state scientist may soon challenge these convictions in court. Read article here: High Times
Police Are Using Prepaid Card Readers to Seize Drug Money
A recent report from theArizona Journalindicates that the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office has been approved to begin usingERAD-Prepaiddebit card readers during traffic stops that result in the discovery of illegal drugs. The overall goal, acco… Read article here: High Times
Arizona Officials Are Using Drug Money to Oppose Marijuana Legalization
In anattempt to prevent the legalization of marijuana in Arizona, a multi-agency drug war task force has donated tens of thousands of dollars collected from the civil asset forfeiture program to ensure a statewide cannabis industry never sees the light of day. &… Read article here: High Times
Staggering Cannabis Statistics Revealed in World Drug Report
Marijuana remains popular throughout the world, according to the 2012 World Drug Report from the United Nations (UN). Read what the statistics had to say. Read article here: High Times
United Nations Asked to Change International Drug Laws
While the United Nation prepares for the first time in nearly two decades to examine the staleness of international drug law, advocates from all over the world have joined forces in an attempt to persuade the global governance to reform the policies that bind individual n… Read article here: High Times
Marijuana Is Not, Repeat Not, A Gateway Drug
With states legalizing marijuana by popular vote, some politicians, including Boston mayor Marty Walsh and New Jersey governor Chris Christie, are still calling marijuana a gateway drug. The gateway theory argues that because heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine users often used marijuana before graduating to harder drugs, it must be a “gateway” to harder drug use. […]
Scientists Debunk Theory That Pot Is a Gateway Drug
A 2012 study claiming marijuana is a gateway drug has been debunked. In fact, fresh analysis shows that poverty, mental illness and peer group pressure are all much stronger predicators of drug use. Read article here: High Times