Reflecting on the War on Drugs During Black History Month
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 Last Prisoner Project and Roll it Up Program
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 [...]
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Posted FDA Says Marijuana Ingredient CBD Doesn’t Meet Criteria For Federal Control
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 [...]
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Posted The states using medical marijuana for opioid substitutes
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 [...]
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Posted Pressing Pause on Pot Convictions
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, […]
Convicted of a marijuana crime in California? It might go away, thanks to legal pot.
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 [...]
With New Hampshire, all of New England has decriminalized or legalized marijuana
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 […]
Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical-marijuana providers
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 [...]
Attorney General Calls for End to Protections for State-Legal MMJ Businesses
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 Jeff Sessions’s power to escalate the war on drugs
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. […]
