LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Officials from the NFL Player’s Association are pitching a more lenient policy on marijuana use to the league, in part to broaden pain treatment options for players. DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA, announced the proposal Tuesday, which seeks to reduce penalties on players who use marijuana…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Lawmakers are mulling a marijuana legalization bill in Washington state that would assist families who are forced to treat their child’s severe conditions with illegal pot. The state is considering making it legal to grow marijuana on private property and to share the substance with other people….
Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Steve Birr GOP Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions argued Congress ultimately needs to change federal pot laws if Americans do not want him to crackdown on states’ rights, leaving uncertainty within the marijuana industry. Sessions, who started his confirmation hearing Tuesday for the post of attorney general, is a staunch opponent of…
By Kody Fairfield Earlier today, The Libertarian Republic published an article that libertarian-leaning Republican Sen. Rand Paul, and progressive Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders came together to vote on an amendment which would open the prescription drug market in the US to Canadian drugs. The two staunchly opposed Senators proved that libertarians and progressives can indeed find common ground…
By Robert Donachie A wheelchair-bound woman lit up a cigar filled with marijuana on a New York City subway car. A cell phone video went viral Tuesday that shows a woman in a wheelchair rolling up and smoking a blunt on an M train. The woman argues with a young male passenger, before getting thrown…
By Steve Birr More than 100 people serving jail time for marijuana convictions in Vermont received a pardon from the governor Tuesday in one of his final acts in office. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, pardoned 192 individuals convicted on marijuana charges after receiving 450 requests before Christmas. Shumlin encouraged marijuana convicts to make a…
By Steve Birr Marijuana use among America’s youth is experiencing a decline and young teens say the drug is growing increasingly difficult to find. Marijuana accessibility is at a record low for 8th and 10th graders and has stayed roughly stagnant among students in 12th grade. Just 34.6 percent of 8th graders said they could…
By Joe Klare Earlier this year, a man named Shaun Smith was raided by local law enforcement in Oceanside, CA. When all was said and done, police had taken 3 ounces of cannabis concentrates, 55 pounds of cannabis and over $43,000 of his medical marijuana collective’s cash-on-hand. Not content with that, authorities seized everything else…
by Steve Birr Medical marijuana may be beneficial in aiding addiction treatment for alcohol abuse and opioid dependency, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) studied the relationship between marijuana use and mental health and tested its interaction with different illnesses. The findings, published in Clinical Psychology Review, suggest marijuana…
by Steve Birr Marijuana advocates stand to secure major victories on election day as nine states gear up for ballot votes on legalization for recreational and medical purposes. Five states are putting recreational marijuana legalization on the ballot this November — California, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada — while an additional four states are voting…