by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach DirectorDecember 28, 2018
Looking back at 2018, it was another productive year for marijuana law reform advocates. In addition to advancing legislation in state houses around the country, NORML chapters played a significant role in...
A CBD American Shaman store south of Omaha received a cease-and-desist letter from a local prosecutor ordering the removal of cannabidiol products by the end of next week.The order comes despite the fact that hemp-derived CBD is no longer a...
While President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 legalizing hemp for the first time since 1970, the legislation doesn’t legalize all forms of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating component of both hemp and marijuana.
The Farm Bill, which...
LOS ANGELES — Nestled among the vintage shops, bars, restaurants, and art galleries of LA’s chic Melrose Avenue, The Antidote looks a lot like any other modern boutique. With its large, sidewalk-facing windows, bubbling indoor water feature, and streamlined...
It took a whole lot of rolling (joints) and scrolling (old news feeds) to complete a thorough review of the most important, inspiring and infuriating stories about cannabis from the past year—and no doubt I still missed a few...
It’s hard to believe that legalization was just a few months ago. And, while the rollout of cannabis legalization in Canada has been nothing short of a rocky, there are a bunch of exciting developments on the horizon.
The future of...
It was a normal Monday…
My personal journey learning about the connection between healing traumatic brain injury and cannabis started on March 27, 2017. It was a normal Monday, or at least I thought it was, until approximately 4:38 p.m.,...
by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy DirectorDecember 27, 2018
Read the ten biggest stories that shaped marijuana policy in 2018.
#1: Public Support in Favor of Adult Use Legalization at Historic HighsMore adults than ever before believe that marijuana use by adults...
In the coming months, New York legislators will likely be sweating out the details of the adult-use cannabis regulations that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said is one of his top priorities for the first 100 days of 2019.
A...
The authors of a new study on teen marijuana use say legalization in Washington has not caused rates to go up — they appear to be in decline
Cannabis legalization for adults 21 and over in Washington has not led...