Review may lead WHO to reschedule cannabis
The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) will review and assess the medical uses and harms of Cannabis on June 4-7 to recommend the most…
NM eyes legalization, Albuquerque takes action
Just two months after a New Mexico state legislative committee voted in favor of taxing and regulating cannabis for adults, the Albuquerque City Council voted 5-4 on a party-line vote…
Cook County vote: Prelude to Illinois legalization?
Voters in Cook County, Illinois, approved a non-binding ballot measure March 20 to support the legalization of adult use and sales of marijuana statewide. The overwhelming Yes vote is a…
St. Louis MO joins the cannabis-decrim club
St. Louis, Missouri, city lawmakers approved municipal legislation March 21 that reduces minor marijuana possession offenses to a $25 fine-only violation that does not include arrest, joining the elite group…
Americans tour Portugal to see benefits of full Decrim
How did Portugal go from having the highest rate of overdose fatalities in the E.U. to the second lowest? Or from having the highest rate of injection drug-transmitted HIV infections…
Federal government sued over its cannabis ban
A judge for the Federal District Court in Manhattan heard arguments on Valentine’s Day, Februrary 14, in a lawsuit that asserts the DEA has known since the 1972 Shafer Commission…
Three times more arrests for drugs than for violence
Is the Drug War really winding down? Earlier this year, the United Nations and World Health Organization released a joint statement calling for repeal of laws that criminalize drug use…
Federal DOJ taskforce leak: Leave cannabis law to states
Ever since US Attorney General Jeff Sessions took power, one big question has been how his anti-cannabis bigotry would affect marijuana reform. Those concerns intensifed when Sessions surrounded himself with…
Connecticut Dems’ budget plan features adult cannabis
Democratic state lawmakers in Connecticut proposed a budget May 16 that includes regulating and taxing marijuana for use by adults 21 and older. The plan emphasis the partisan divide on…
Want a successful career? Swap cannabis for alcohol
When politicians stop punishing cannabis users for choosing a safer high than alcohol, the overall job landscape improves for everyone. Even decriminalizing helps. This is according to a recent study…
Israel decriminalizes non-medical cannabis
Israel’s Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of marijuana at its March 5 meeting, in a vote supported by politicians from across its deeply divided political spectrum. The nation already allows…
Texans activists, cops mobilize for cannabis reform
Marijuana policy reform supporters have seen growing support within the law enforcement community after they converged at the Texas State Capitol for a citizen lobby day February 8 as part…
College students may do better with weed
Marijuana use among college students has taken another spike upward, according to a new survey, but these students’ grades may have likewise climbed. “As part of Inhale Labs’ Cannabis in…
Open letter: Gov. Brown, please give general amnesty for cannabis
Dear Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California. California voters legalized marijuana via Proposition 64 and you are no doubt aware that its provisions are retroactive. The Adult Use of…