On Monday March 18, Madeline Martinez, Leia Flynn and I filed with the state of Oregon as chief petitioners of the Legalization Justice Act of 2020 (LJA). The Oregon Justice League was formed to champion legislation for the next presidential ballot. Our intent is to make a dent in the injustices of prohibition that we […]
Here in the Central American nation of Costa Rica, establishing regulatory laws allowing for the cultivation and distribution of cannabis to medical patients has proven to be a long, drawn-out process. Legislators have been debating the terms of regulatory legislation since 2014. In fact, more than 300 discussions have been filed in the legislative assembly […]
“I still wake up some days and can’t believe I am who I am, and that I get to do what I get to do,” says Zooey Zachow, co-founder and CEO of Ritual Cannabis. It has taken many years, and many trials and tribulations, but Zachow is finally who she wants to be: a former […]
The planned vote on recreational marijuana by New Jersey lawmakers was postponed on Monday, as there simply wasn’t enough support from the state Senate. Once he realized he wouldn’t receive the necessary 21 votes in support, Senate President Stephen Sweeney cancelled the vote on the bill spearheaded by Senator Nicholas Scutari. Hours after the vote […]
One of the more interesting effects of the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill is how much the government is now talking about all things cannabis. Due in part to important changes to the bill regarding the legality of hemp, government agencies have been reaching out to the public to source information as they move forward. […]
Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney for Baltimore, has had enough of processing dime-bag infractions for cannabis possession — a large percentage of which tend to be violations against people of color. As of this year, Mosby says her office will no longer prosecute for such harmless offenses. In fact, regardless of the weight of weed a […]
Facebook users who have launched pages for cannabis businesses, legalization advocacy or other cannabis-related groups have long faced issues with their pages being deleted without warning and not being able to advertise on the social media platform. These restrictions have harmed their ability to grow their businesses and has made cannabis advocacy more difficult to […]
If you’ve ever wondered how a person might get kicked out of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), New Zealander Mark Taylor just created the playbook for how to do just that with gusto. First, you accidentally geotag a social media post while you’re tucked away in a concealed terrorist rubble pile in […]
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