Weedists: Meet Mason Tvert “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Mason Tvert is largely credited with the...
State Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) was joined by Rep. Aaron Libby (R-Waterboro) at a press conference Thursday to unveil the details of her new bill that would...
In the wake of the introduction of federal marijuana reform bills on February 5, the national media has started paying closer attention to the possibility of change in the...
Lawmakers that used to avoid marijuana lobbyists are now seeking them out. Now that many members of Congress are working to reform federal marijuana laws, groups like...
A tripartisan group of 39 co-sponsors, led by Rep. Christopher Pearson (P-Burlington), has introduced a bill to remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana...
If the first day of the California NORML state conference is any indication, most of the major players in Golden State marijuana law reform are lining up behind the...
Marijuana Policy Project has big plans for 2013. On the agenda are things such as decriminalizing marijuana possession in Vermont, legalizing medical marijuana in New Hampshire, and...
In the wake of the legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and medical marijuana in Massachusetts, activists are talking about where the next marijuana reform...
“It’s entirely unconstitutional and it’ll just subject the state to costly litigation,” says Tvert, of the Marijuana Policy Project and critic of Project SAM, an organization that opposes...
MPP is taking issue with former Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s plan to force marijuana consumers into treatment and marijuana “education” classes, which his new organization, Smart Approaches to...
Mason Tvert is now the communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, the national lobbying group that is the parent organization for Tvert’s SAFER Colorado and was...
A bipartisan group of legislators from around the country led by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) introduced a bill in Congress today that would clarify that Colorado and...
Nearly six out of ten Americans support legalizing cannabis, according to a just released Public Policy Polling automated telephone survey of 1,325 voters, commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. 58...
