The LA Times reports that the Obama administration handed backers of medical marijuana a significant victory last Friday, opening the way for a University of Arizona researcher to examine whether cannabis...
Bitcoins, Bitcoins, Bitcoins… Ya know the anonymous drug money for nerds, backed by the asshole twins that screwed Zuckerberg. Cryptocurrency, or the idea of paying for things...
The Leaf Online asks, with four marijuana legalization initiatives vying for the California ballot, one thing is clear: All four reforms are better than the state’s current prohibition. The...
Researchers at Institutions of higher education have an obligation to comply with federal drug laws as a condition of receiving grant funding or other financial assistance under...
On Thursday, Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling and galvanizing The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sat down with poet/activist Asha Bandele of the Drug Policy...
America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses,...
On Sunday February 16th, I bought legal weed for the first time from a recreational cannabis store in Denver, CO. I spent a few minutes speaking with some of the employees,...
The National Labor Relations Board agreed to hear claims of union-busting at the Wellness Connection of Maine, a medical marijuana dispensary. Although the case was settled first, the...
Delaware’s first medical marijuana dispensary will open in September. The program was signed into law in 2011 but was delayed due to fear of federal intervention. But,...
Thousands of veterans and other medical marijuana patients nationwide use marijuana to treat symptoms of PTSD, but the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) is blocking researchers who...
The Epilepsy Foundation comes out in support of medical marijuana, the feds delay a PTSD study, CBD bills are popping up, and a battle over local dispensary...
The District of Columbia’s attorney general, Irvin Nathan, has issued an opinion saying that the proposed DC marijuana legalization initiative should not go before the voters because it violates...
No you’re not being paranoid. Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA documents shows just how robust the government’s Orwellian data-gathering apparatus has become. But despite the spy agency’s...
Vice President Joe Biden said in a Time interview on Thursday that the Administration supports smarter enforcement, but not outright legalization. “I think the idea of focusing significant...
My homeboy Kevin Sabet is at it again. He dropped this tweet about an article on medical marijuana dispensaries and crime, and I salivated: The anti-pot...
Congressional Members Slam Drug Czar’s Office for Failing to Acknowledge Facts About Marijuana and Relying on Marijuana ‘Propaganda’ At Tuesday’s House committee hearing, the deputy drug czar...
The omnibus federal farm bill approved by Congressional conference committee negotiators this week and destined to be quickly signed into law includes the hemp amendment that was approved by...
Continuing from Part 1 of my What the FAQ?, in regards to Whitehouse.gov’s rather exhaustive (and highly biased) FAQ section on marijuana: Question: Isn’t marijuana generally harmless? From the...