The results of a new study indicate that the passage of medical marijuana laws is associated with a decrease in the public’s consumption of alcohol and fewer alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with drafting regulations for dispensaries, or "compassion centers" in Delaware-speak. dispensaries.
Oregon is about to join the ranks of states with legal, regulated medical marijuana dispensaries after Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) Wednesday signed into law a bill designed to do just that.
John Liu, NYC Comptroller, has released a report detailing plans to overhaul the city’s broken marijuana laws by taxing and regulating recreational use.
A federal judge Monday found that the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk search tactics violated the constitutional rights of racial minorities in the city and ordered a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms in the department.
CANNABIS CULTURE - For years the police told us "If you don't like the law, then you can always change it." Too bad they didn't tell us what they do to people who actually change the law.
CANNABIS CULTURE - When CNN was riding high in the television ratings, Dr. Sanjay Gupta was making pronouncements on the evils of medical marijuana. When it was on the ballot in many states, he stumped against it. Dr. Sanjay Gupta was goosestepping right along with DEA and big pharma about how cannabis had no medical value.
Now ratings are tanking and his White House career has hit a glass ceiling and he has apologized to the cannabis community for being the Bad Guy.
But I'm not accepting it.