A new report from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is taking the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to task for some four decades of obstruction when it comes to scientific research on cannabis. Soon after the Controlled Substances Act became law in the early 1970’s, activists began petitioning the DEA to…
You’ve probably heard of Focus on the Family, the group that uses your superstition about a magical fairy in the sky to get you to fork over your hard-earned dollars so they can build bigger mansions and nicer churches and fight the evil gays who are going to get married and somehow ruin society. Yeah,…
This year is shaping up to be the most historic ever in the admittedly short history of the cannabis law reform movement. Which means the forces that oppose the legalization of marijuana know this could possibly be their last stand when it comes to slowing or maybe even stopping the momentum behind legalization. At the…
By Guy Bentley Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson promises he won’t use marijuana if he’s elected president in November. Johnson won the nomination for the second time May 29 and picked former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld as his running mate. In an interview with The Hill Monday, Johnson freely admitted he had used marijuana as…
Last week Hamilton County, OH Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard was deciding cases in his courtroom when the overwhelming odor of marijuana caused him to stop the proceedings. “This courtroom has an overwhelming smell of marijuana,” the judge said. “So whomever has it, if you want to give it up right now it’s going to…
Flo Matheson is 77 years old, is running for Congress, and she likes weed and doesn’t care who knows it. But she denies having knowledge of the 180+ cannabis plants growing in her barn. Flo is a congressional candidate in Tennessee and she is very vocal about her support for marijuana legalization. “I really don’t regret…
As someone who has been writing about the cannabis community and industry for the past several years, it has been interesting to watch the evolution of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) on the issue of recreational marijuana legalization. When Governor Hickenlooper was up for reelection in 2014 he called Colorado’s legalization “reckless” and warned other…
As of now it seems that The Adult Use of Marijuana Act in California has more than enough signatures to make the statewide ballot this November. According to reports, backers of AUMA have gathered over 600,000 signatures, far more than the roughly 365,000 needed to make the ballot (many petition signatures are usually thrown out…
The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner went down this past Sunday in Washington D.C., and as is the custom, President Obama got on stage to tell some jokes. One of the jokes getting the most attention is his clever quip about marijuana: Obama on his approval ratings: “The last time I was this high, I…
A few weeks ago we reported on the possibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing the rescheduling of cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act. While this is something they have looked at before, this may be the year that finally brings about some sort of change from the DEA. Last week the DEA gave…