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Politics & Policy

Features Aug 18, 2020

Is cannabis becoming a wedge issue in the presidential election?

While most Americans are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and a flailing economy, the candidates and...

Opinion & Editorial Aug 13, 2020

Cannabis community has conflicting opinions on Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris

Earlier this week, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose California Sen. Kamala Harris...

Features Aug 7, 2020

Minnesota Sen. Smith pushes for federal cannabis legalization ahead of November election

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith has introduced a new bill calling for the feds to lay off recreational...

Features Aug 5, 2020

Pelosi, Republicans bicker over cannabis provisions in COVID-19 stimulus package

At a press conference last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was forced to defend the Democrat...

Interviews Jul 30, 2020

Taking pride in the LGBTQ movement and the intersectionality of cannabis legalization: A conversation with Candace Gingrich

The history of cannabis is filled with courageous names from the LGBTQ movement, as well as their...

Features Jul 28, 2020

Democrats reject cannabis legalization as part of 2020 party platform

The Democratic National Committee rejected adding cannabis legalization to the party platform, with...

Features Jul 14, 2020

Alabama goes full drug war in sentencing Iraq War veteran to five years in prison for cannabis possession

In one of the most serious abuses of the judicial system since the legalization of cannabis over the...

Features Jul 10, 2020

Biden-Sanders “Unity Taskforce” presents cannabis recommendations, making no one happy

In a somewhat disappointing but not unexpected move, the joint Joe Biden - Bernie Sanders “Unity...

Features Jul 9, 2020

Pennsylvania State Sen. Sharif Street leads Democratic call for cannabis legalization in light of lagging revenues due to COVID-19

Sen. Sharif Street of Pennsylvania led a group of 14 Democratic State Senators in urging the...

Features Jul 6, 2020

House passes defense spending bill with second-chance cannabis provision

Late last Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee passed a $740.5 billion defense spending bill...

Features Jul 3, 2020

California DAs meet July 1 deadline to clear hundreds of thousands of cannabis convictions

According to a report in the Ocean County Register, local counties in Southern California cleared...

Features Jul 2, 2020

Legal cannabis initiative files 420,000 signatures in Arizona in preparation for November ballot

On Wednesday, Smart & Safe Arizona, the citizen’s initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis...