67 SHARES ShareTweet For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Contact Morgan Fox, Director of Communications 202-905-2031, [email protected] New Gallup Poll Finds Record Support for Making Marijuana Legal in U.S. – 64% Marijuana is currently legal for adults in eight states and the District of Columbia; several more states to consider regulating marijuana like alcohol…
Published: Sep 26, 2017, 2:33 pm • Updated: Sep 26, 2017, 2:43 pm By Hunter J. White, Special To Civilized In my work trying to bring the issue of marijuana reform to the forefront of Republican policy-making, I have often heard “old guard” Republicans parrot Nancy Reagan’s infamous “Just Say No” to drugs mantra. For…
The post Legal Marijuana and Restorative Justice appeared first on High Times. Restorative justice is an emerging trend in the implementation of marijuana’s legalization. In other words, how can society make up for the damage caused by prohibition? San Francisco is taking steps to clear convictions for marijuana offenses, utilizing authority provided by the passage…
59 SHARES ShareTweet The alcohol industry must be getting nervous especially with the most recent study that has been released. The University of Connecticut and Georgia State University compared data from the Nielsen retail scanner database of alcohol retail stores across the country after a number of states legalized marijuana this year, and found alcohol…
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post) In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John’s University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf tournament and other events to…
Published: Oct 31, 2017, 2:47 pm • Updated: Nov 3, 2017, 5:47 pm By Benjy Egel, The Sacramento Bee Colfax Mayor pro tem Tony Hesch cursed out a resident last week during a City Council meeting for interrupting him during a debate on keeping some marijuana policies under local control in the California city. Hesch…
The post Cannabis Oil Use In The UK Doubles appeared first on High Times. CBD oil has proved to be a potent medication for a variety of different medical conditions, and usage has risen dramatically in recent years. This isn’t just exclusive to the United States, however— according to new data, cannabis oil use in…
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 1:44 pm • Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 11:13 am Denver Post Staff Retired Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld ran the most powerful military on Earth, but in a poignant essay for The Atlantic said he was powerless to save his son from opioid addiction. Winnefeld’s 19-year-old son, Jonathan, was found dead of…
Colorado’s forests and mountains aren’t just crowded with hikers and their selfie sticks. Last year, the long arm of the law pulled a record number of marijuana plants from public lands in the state. In all, officers uprooted nearly 81,000 plants in 2017 from the depths of the state’s mountain ranges, compared to about 45,000…
One of the major worries of marijuana legalization opponents is that the normalization of cannabis consumption could lead to children becoming exposed to marijuana. A recent example in Arizona of children being exposed to marijuana could have happened regardless of the existence of the AZ medical marijuana program but nonetheless is at the heart of…