The widely successful efforts to legalize and decriminalize cannabis have dramatically shifted the conversation on the drug. Emphasizing cannabis’ myriad health and wellness benefits as well as the historical harms and injustices of criminalization, those efforts have downplayed the drug’s potential risks. But for the same reasons that researchers have only a vague understanding of…
The post Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Jeff Sessions appeared first on High Times. In a blow to medical cannabis activists nationwide, a federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Jeff Sessions. The suit sought to have the government’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substances Act unconstitutional. The decision was announced…
Voters in Michigan will have the chance to approve recreational marijuana for the state, as a legalization initiative now dubbed Proposal 1 will appear on the November ballot. The Board of State Canvassers assigned the number to the voter initiative on Thursday. If passed, the measure would legalize the use and sale of recreational cannabis by…
Legalization wasn’t looking good for Arizona until lawmakers had an innovative idea. Following Governor Doug Ducey’s pledge to give Arizona public school teachers a raise, the state is in tight straits, budget-wise. Legalized weed would provide an untapped source of tax revenue. As of Monday, Democrats and Republicans are working together so that Arizona might source…
The Jefferson Accelerator Zone, a “command central’ for entrepreneurial innovation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is sponsoring a “Shark Tank”-style competition for weed and hemp start-ups. The contest, the first ever of its kind to be sponsored by a university, will award substantial prizes and legal services to one winner and two runners-up. Applications…
Published: Aug 16, 2017, 7:47 am • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 7:47 am By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts murder suspect who wants statements he made to police dismissed as evidence has told a judge that he was too high on drugs to understand his Miranda rights. Lee Rios is charged with…
7 SHARES ShareTweet The October wildfires in California impacted many legal marijuana cultivators and may have ruined some people’s hopes of making their living growing cannabis. However, while the wildfires drew a lot of attention, they are not the cause of the confusion surrounding attempts to calculate the 2018 California marijuana prices. There are two…
It seems like at this point, if a democrat was to be nominated president in the 2020 election, marijuana is very likely to become legalized nationally at that time. Most of the leading democrats for presidential nomination have now at least cosponsored Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act, and we can now include Senator Kristen Gillibrand…
Young adults who suck down ridiculous amounts of popular energy drinks, like Monster and Red Bull, are at an increased risk for becoming zombie-eyed speed fiends later in life, claims a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Public Health say they have discovered…
Published: Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 am • Updated: Sep 26, 2017, 8:25 am By Ken Sugiura, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Tech’s substance-abuse policy has been in place since the 2012-13 academic year. Athletic director Todd Stansbury believes it’s time to take a look at it. He has the backing of his most prominent coaches, Paul…