The war on drugs includes the potential of the federal death penalty for anyone caught with too much of an illicit drug. Nobody has ever actually been executed for anything other than murdering someone else, but Provision 18 U.S.C. § 3591(b)(1) would allow federal prosecutors to go for capital punishment on anyone in possession of…
12 SHARES ShareTweet Spread the love Point Pleasant Beach is a New Jersey town afraid of what legal marijuana might to do to its economy. The city has already voted to not allow recreational or medical marijuana before the state has even legalized adult-use cannabis. Point Pleasant Beach is afraid that marijuana will hurt their…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) released a voter guide Monday that grades Maryland gubernatorial candidates strictly on their positions and statements about cannabis policy. The report contains letter grades for each person running in Maryland’s Democratic Primary for governor in June and is based on answers to a questionnaire MPP sent to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (3M) Committee overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana bill on Thursday in a vote of 14-3, sending it to the full House for consideration. The South Carolina Compassionate Care Act, known as H 3521 in the House, would allow seriously ill patients to use marijuana…
The stigma and uncertainty surrounding marijuana legalization is as present in Canada as it is here in the United States. Many people may have the impression that states like California and Colorado, or the entire country of Canada, are full of people that strongly support the legalization of cannabis. After all, California did see 57%…
Kentucky has been one of the most progressive states in the country concerning hemp production and is looking to make Kentucky hemp a major portion of their economy. Earlier this week the Kentucky House of Representatives voted to ask congress to remove hemp from the federal Controlled Substance Act. Hemp contains very little THC, the…