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Tom Angell points out one of those incredible “how far we’ve come” indicators… Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream In state after state, governors and public health officials are deeming cannabis businesses “essential” operations that can stay open amid coronavirus-related forced closures and stay-at-home mandates. People might not be able to go bowling […] Hey gang, I know I haven’t been posting here (thanks so much to Servetus for keeping the site active!) Retirement is a different game, and I’ve been hard at work recovering from my shattered leg two years ago. Some of you may have extra time during these next few weeks due to virus-related closings and […] Lawmakers File Resolution Demanding Congress Apologize For The Racist War On Drugs Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and several colleagues introduced a House resolution on Friday calling on Congress to admit that the war on drugs has been a racially biased failure, provide justice to those negatively impacted by it and apologize to communities most […] NYPD Brags About Weed Bust That Business Owner Says Is Just Hemp “Precision policing and relentless follow-up” is how the New York Police Department characterized a recent marijuana bust it bragged about. But the business owner caught up in the case begs to differ, saying the cops simply have legal hemp on their hands. […] […] One thing we’ve seen for decades is that the DEA handles any challenges to its authority over marijuana by delaying, sometimes for many years (particularly with scheduling challenges). And they’d get away with it pretty much all the time. That may be changing. Federal Court Orders DEA To Explain Marijuana Research Block On Monday, the […] Hearing tomorrow in the United States House Committee on the Judiciary: Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform Having a really hard time even wrapping my head around that concept, when I think back to what Congress was like on marijuana issues when this blog started in 2003. We always said […] So, the local paper is aware that I’ve been pretty active in drug policy reform and decided to interview me (and others) about the new legalization of marijuana in Illinois. In today’s Pantagraph, Marijuana legalization proponents, opponents look to future Not bad, overall, although comments were shortened and sometimes lost context (it was an hour […] It’s been rough living in Illinois and seeing all the progress in Colorado, California, Washington, etc., with only one of the most meager and restrictive medical marijuana programs. So, it’s pretty thrilling to now be living in the first state in the union to pass marijuana legalization through the legislature. The final bill passed today […] Joe Biden threw his hat in the ring today, and Kyle Jaeger at Marijuana Moment has done an outstanding job of detailing Biden’s history of positions with regard to marijuana and drug policy. Where Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Stands On Marijuana Former Vice President Joe Biden is making another run for the White House, he […] Despite reports in recent years that teen delinquency has been on the decline, stop-and-frisks in New York City and similar police encounters in US drug enforcement operations appear to partly counter the reductions. Publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, lead author Juan Del Toro explains the significance of his research team’s […] |
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