Image: Nixon signing the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act, 1972. (Courtesy National Archives, photo no. 66394272) As we round out Black History Month, we feel it is imperative to […]
The War on Drugs has been a colossal failure, has disproportionately impacted communities of color, and has been another devastating tool of systemic racism. Cannabis use is roughly equal among [...]
Original article can be found here. Last week’s decision by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to place a marijuana-derived drug in the least restrictive category under federal law [...]
More states are turning to medical marijuana as an alternative to the addictive prescription painkillers that have driven the public health crisis. Why it matters: Recent studies found [...]
Pressing Pause on Pot Convictions By Steven M. Fulop and Jacob V. Hudnut Mr. Fulop is the mayor of Jersey City, where Mr. Hudnut is the chief prosecutor. July 29, […]
The Washington Post / By Rob Kuznia and Katie Zezima / December 17, 2017 LOS ANGELES — Yirtuamlak Hailu Derege came to California a decade ago with dreams of making it big in the entertainment [...]
New Hampshire just became the 22nd state to decriminalize marijuana. VOX / Updated by German Lopez / Jul 19, 2017 New Hampshire just took another step in ensuring its state motto — “live […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical-marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public [...]
May 5, President Trump signed the current federal budget bill, which included an extension of the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment’s coverage—forbidding the use of federally appropriated funds to [...]
Congress is considering a bill that would expand the federal government’s ability to pursue the war on drugs, granting new power to the attorney general to set federal drug policy. […]