Jacob Sullum explains why Washington’s black market for weed could be almost untouched by the legal market: 25% taxes at 3 points in production. Studies estimate legal...

There are two kinds of cannabis dispensary business models out there. Dispensaries either attracts its customers by aggressively playing the lowest price game or attract customers by...

Just days after legal cannabis patient Ronnie Chang’s federal incarceration came to an end freeing him to return to his elderly mother, Crispin Price sits in court...

A cat was busted smuggling weed into prison at Penitenciarului Nr 9 prison in Moldova. The cat was carrying 2 bags of bud in its collar and was...

 week, the biannual International Drug Policy Reform Conference will take place in Denver, Colorado. This conference promises to bring together a wide range of drug policy and social...

The Sensible BC CannaBus is touring British Columbia collecting signatures to decriminalize cannabis. The campaign still needs over 300,000 signatures.

Cannabis activists are planning Stop CPS: Free the Babies International Day of Action for November 12th, 2013. The event is being coordinated by Moms for Marijuana, a...

Yesterday medical cannabis patients Dennis and Deborah Little were in the San Diego County Courthouse in Vista as their attorneys Lance Rogers and Logan Fairfax argued a...

For a few days I’ve been craving delicious pasta, and when I came upon a recipe for pot infused pesto, I absolutely had to make it. The...

San Diego District Attorney and anti-medical cannabis crusader Bonnie Dumanis wants to put a patient-provider on trial for the third time. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs...

My friend and transplant from Alabama, Urb Thrasher has been keeping up with cannabis politics in his home state, and it’s pretty grim. If not for Urb,...

Recently I stumbled upon these beautiful Chinese dragon smoking pipes on Etsy. Each one is unique, intricate and would make an excellent addition to a collection of...

Medical Cannabis patient Jerry Duval is serving a 10-year sentence for cultivating cannabis under Michigan’s medical cannabis laws. While we all know 10 years is a ridiculous...

We are proud to report that Phillip Smith, the longtime writer and editor of Stop The Drug War, is the 2013 recipient of the Edward M. Brecher...

Marijuana seeds will no longer be illegal in Slovakia as of March 2014, according to a report in the Slovak Spectator. The decision came Wednesday in a proposal...

Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California, will chair a blue ribbon committee tasked with studying marijuana legalization in the state. This was announced at a joint press...

Hundreds of users of medical marijuana protested outside Parliament last Wednesday to demand changes to Britain’s strict cannabis laws, a move many experts believe could yield billions...

Will California wait until 2016 to vote on legalizing marijuana? A poll released Thursday strongly suggests voters in the Golden State are ready to legalize it right...

I actually thought I was seeing things and/or so high I was actively creating my reality as I viewed it when I happened upon a website for...

The Dalai Lama told reform supporters in Mexico that he supports medical marijuana use. He is not in favor of recreational use, however.