Important Victories Build on Last Night’s Votes to End DEA's Controversial Bulk Data Collection Program, Cut DEA's Budget WASHINGTON, D.C.—Legislators passed three amendments today to prohibit the DEA and U.S. Department of Justice from undermining state marijuana laws, as part of the U.S. House of Representatives' consideration of the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, and […]
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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
Cannabusiness: Opportunities Knock As Jamaica Eases Weed Laws
A new partnership between United Cannabis and Jamaican R&D can bring great new medical-grade strains to the island and new jobs. Such are the positive consequences of decriminalization. Read article here: High Times
Holland’s New Marijuana Laws Are Changing Old Amsterdam
The last time Derrick Bergman came to Amsterdam to buy cannabis, he did so behind a locked door with a long, thick curtain obscuring his activity from the canal-lined residential street outside, in the quiet Lastage neighborhood. The secretary of the Netherlands’s Union for the Abolition of Cannabis Prohibition, Bergman comes here to weekly gatherings […]
Group Files Lawsuit Against Colorado Over Pot Laws
A cabal ofpot-hatershas emerged in Colorado in a feeble attempt to sever the pulse of legalized marijuana in the United States. On Thursday, theSafe Streets Alliance, an cut-rate organization overseen by a former crony of the Reagan Administration, filed… Read article here: High Times
Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Suicide by Men Under 40
Researchers D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J.Sabiahave updated their groundbreaking work from 2012 showing that the passage of medical marijuana laws reduces the incidence of suicide in those states. Their latest brief, “High on Life? Medic… Read article here: High Times
Shocking Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws On Opioid Deaths
A study found that states with medical marijuana laws had a 24.8% lower mean annualopioidoverdose mortality rate than states without medical marijuana laws. Read article here: High Times
States Sue Colorado Over Marijuana Laws
The states of Nebraska and Oklahoma have asked the United States Supreme Court to issue a declaratory judgment finding that Colorado’s laws regulating the state-licensed production and sale of marijuana to adults violates the US Constitution. Read article here: High Times
Final Year-End Federal Spending Bill Prohibits Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana and Hemp Laws
Spending Bill Allows Legalization of Marijuana Possession in Washington, D.C. to Move Forward, but Prevents Taxing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Momentum Builds Nationally to End the Failed War on Drugs WASHINGTON, D.C. – The final “cromnibus” federal spending bill that Congress passed over the weekend contains historic language prohibiting the U.S. Justice Department from […]
HISTORIC VICTORY: Congress Prohibits Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws
Top Congressional Leaders Side with States on Hemp Research and Medical Marijuana Provisions on D.C. Marijuana Legalization Remain Unclear: Advocates Say Any Congressional Interference with Law that Passed with 70% Support is Outrageous The final “must pass” federal spending bill that Congress will consider this week, also known as the “cromnibus,”and released by senior […]