Following the liberal footsteps of Colorado and Washington, Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia passed ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana this month.
The Tasmanian Government has swiftly rejected a recommendation from an Upper House committee that it urgently move to decriminalise medicinal cannabis.
For the last decade, $2.50 would get you a 30-minute tour through the ins and outs of herbal medicine – from the story behind Absinthe to a brief history of magic mushrooms in Canada to ancient cannabis use.
The movement to end marijuana prohibition has made significant progress recently, but it could all be undone when the next president takes office in 2017.
CANNABIS CULTURE - In the 1920s, Maclean's magazine and other media portrayed opium and marijuana as tools used by Chinese and blacks to snare white women and dominate the white race.