Growing Demands for UN Drug Policy Reform
The United Nations' Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has wrapped up the High-Level Segment portion of its annual meeting in Vienna.
Alabama and Kentucky Poised to Legalize Cannabidiol
Four states may allow limited access to cannabidiol while maintaining existing legal restrictions on the whole cannabis plant.
Poll Finds Iowans Strongly Support Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
Iowans overwhelmingly support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical use, according to poll results released Monday.
Witness to History: Me and Dennis Peron, Getting Raided, and Proposition 215
This is a story about how I was with Dennis Peron at a pivotal moment in the 1996 campaign for proposition 215 in California, even though Dennis was actually in Vancouver. He had been invited up to participate with me in a protest and commemoration of an anti-pot police brutality incident that had happened twenty-five years earlier.
California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Fails
One of two surviving initiatives that would ask voters to legalize recreational marijuana in California has failed to make the ballot, the Secretary of State's office says.
Federal Government Signs Off On Study Using Marijuana To Treat Veterans’ PTSD
The federal government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a development that drug researchers are hailing as a major shift in U.S. policy.
Medical Marijuana Users Threatened With Legal Action By Health Canada
Medical marijuana growers hoping the federal government would be lax in implementing its new ban on self-grown pot next month are likely to be disappointed.
Michigan Workers Fired Over Medical Marijuana Use Sue For Jobless Benefits
Medicinal pot is legal in the state. So why are workers being canned for using marijuana?
Olivia Chow Inhaled Cannabis
No real shocking news, but CBC is reporting established Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow inhaled cannabis. Her journey included some minor experimenting with marihuana, but she stresses she preferred camping, hiking and biking to buds. A cannabis enthusiasts will tell you - all these activities go great with ganja!
Maryland Senate Okays Marijuana Decriminalization
The Maryland Senate today overwhelmingly approved a marijuana decriminalization bill with bipartisan support. It now heads to the House of Delegates.
