As a New Jersey family wages a court battle to get permission for their daughter to consume edible medical marijuana in school, Colorado this week became the first state in the nation to legalize on-campus cannabis use. Inspired by the plight of Jack Splitt, a Lakewood, Colo. teenager who relies on a ventilator and wheelchair, […]
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IrresponsibleOhio: Group Aims to Monopolize Legal Marijuana Market
A group of ambitious capitalists in Ohio, under the name of ResponsibleOhio, want to amend the state constitution to give them control of the legal marijuana market in the state. Read article here: High Times
Indiana: Purdue Ready To Plant Legal Hemp
Ronald Turco has conducted critical research in his 30 years at Purdue University but his current project is the first to be vetted by federal drug agents. An agronomist, Turco has spent months clearing hurdles to begin the first legal production of industrial hemp in decades in Indiana. Facing questions from the U.S. Drug Enforcement […]
Family Relocates To Colorado For Legal Cannabis, Says New Tennessee Bill Falls Flat
A medical marijuana bill signed into law in Tennessee is not adequately benefiting many of the patients it’s intended to help. Some Tennessee families that moved to Colorado for medical marijuana say the bill’s limitations keep them from being able to move back. This is true for Millie Mattison. The 3-year-old has battled Epilepsy her […]
Former DEA Agent Speaks Out in Favor of Legal Marijuana
An initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona has gained support from an unlikely source. A former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent, who spent six years as the DEA's Marijuana Coordinator in Miami and New Mexico, is now speaking out in favor… Read article here: High Times
California: Drawing A Road Map To Legal Marijuana
Thursday, California took a Key step toward legalizing the Recreational use of Marijuana when experts led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom showed a policy road map that includes the Key issues of taxes, driving under the influence and children’s accessibility. “This is not as Black and White as some people think. And we have the […]
Report: Racial Disparities in Arrests Persist with Legal Pot
Not surprisingly, the legalization of marijuana in Colorado has reduced pot arrests, but a newly released study says it doesn't solve one of the central goals of drug-policy reformers: ending racial disparities in enforcement. Read article here: High Times
Alaska Becomes 3rd Legal Marijuana State
Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana *is now legal in America’s wildest state*, thanks to a voter initiative aimed at clearing away 40 years of conflicting laws and court rulings. Making Alaska the third state to legalize recreational marijuana was the goal of a coalition including libertarians, rugged individualists and small-government Republicans who prize the privacy rights […]
The Future of Legal Weed in DC: Part 2
The recently implemented Initiative 71, which legalized the recreational use, cultivation and transfer of marijuana, has caused numerous conflicts between the District of Columbia and Congress. But Councilman David Grosso is confident that DC will establish a cannabis ind… Read article here: High Times
Pot Growers Convicted on Fed Count in State Where It’s Legal
Three people were found guilty Tuesday of growing marijuana, but they also were exonerated of more serious charges in a widely-watched federal drug case in a state where medical and recreational marijuana is legal. Read article here: High Times