Cannabis consumers need a regulated industry, and, frankly, are not in such a position of strength that they have the luxury of voting down legalization proposals in states with potentially harsh penalties for possession and sales because they think they can get a better … Read article here: High Times
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Pot Matters: 10 Reasons to Register and Vote
Registering and voting are the single most important things you can do to further the cause of marijuana’s legalization in the United States. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Legalization Debate in the Silver State
Marijuana legalization will be good for Nevada, the Silver State, and its voters will consider the arguments for and against Question 2 and decide the matter this November. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: The 1980’s Plan to Win the Drug War
Regardless of the era, and regardless of the issue, anyone who understand the history of drug prohibition should understand the danger posed by those who claim that common sense trumps debate and that “positive action is displaced by inaction resulting from endless … Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Arizona Discord
A common concern in the politics of social change has always been whether the perfect becomes the enemy of the good. Indeed, the reasoning of holding out for the best public policy would have worked against every marijuana reform enacted over the four-plus decades. Every … Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Marijuana Use in the States
It takes non-marijuana using voters to pass marijuana legalization ballot initiatives. However, the more marijuana users there are, the more likely it is that non-users have a realistic understanding of marijuana use and are less susceptible to pro-prohibition propaganda…. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: More Facts on Driving and Drugs in Colorado
A June 2016 study inthe Journal of Safety Researchconcludes that“polydruguse, rather than marijuana, is the most common cause of drugged driving in Colorado.” Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Racial Disparities After Legalization and Other Reforms
Here is a lesson from history: Any law criminalizing marijuana will disproportionately affect racial minorities, especially African Americans. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Untrue Marijuana Stories
Most of the stories circulating in popular culture about cannabis are false. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Criminal Conspiracy
The Massachusetts Association for School Superintendents has decided tooppose a fall ballot measureto legalize marijuana because, “where marijuana is legal, we see increased use and abuse by young people." They really haven’t thought this thro… Read article here: High Times