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 […]
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 […]
The United States is unique. It’s difficult to think of another country where its states, cantons or provinces have their own sets of civil and criminal laws. There are some countries — Canada and Switzerland, for example — where cantons or provinces can create laws around issues such as education or whether to allow a […]
The first clinical trial approved by the Food and Drug Administration examining how cannabis, particularly the cannabinoids CBD and THC, can be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans has officially been completed. The effort to get this study completed took about 10 years, and there were many obstacles, but we will soon […]
Federal cannabis prohibition in the United States received another well-deserved bit of shade in January, as California Senator Kamala Harris — who recently announced her intentions to run for president in 2020 — came out strong in support of cannabis legalization. She also stressed the need to erase nonviolent pot-possession infractions from the criminal records […]
William Barr, who served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, is President Donald Trump’s nominee to return to the post following the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions last November. Barr was recently questioned by Congress during his first confirmation hearing, and many of the inquiries regarded his past as an anti-drug warrior and how […]
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