Politics

People who have a misdemeanor marijuana possession conviction on their record in Washington are now eligible to receive an expedited pardon under a program announced by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Jan. 4, 2019. The governor rolled out his Marijuana...

The 116th Congress went into session just days into 2019 and a bipartisan marijuana reform bill has already been introduced in the House. Reps. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, and Don Young, a Republican from Alaska, re-introduced the Compassionate...

Amid a flurry of rumors regarding his possible run for the White House in 2020, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced a limited program to pardon misdemeanor cannabis convictions stemming from 1998 to 2012. “We shouldn’t be punishing people for...

As 2018 came and went, we can look back on a year that brought a lot of news, much of it historic and record-breaking, particularly about cannabis. Plenty of it was also amusing and unexpected. Here is a brief...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing ahead with plans to fully legalize marijuana this legislative session. Democratic Rep. Jake Wheatley Jr. on Jan. 3, 2019, released a co-sponsorship memo seeking support for a forthcoming House bill that he described as “the most...

Who grows the greatest cannabis on earth? You do, or at least you can, and it’s not as hard as you might think. But if 2019 is going to be the year you pop your first seeds or root your...

Legal marijuana cultivation and sales are all but a sure thing in New York in the state’s new political environment. Not only are both houses of the Legislature firmly in the hands of Democrats after their November 2018 electoral sweep,...

Seven years after Washington legalized the adult use of cannabis, Gov. Jay Inslee says he plans to pardon thousands of convictions for misdemeanor possession. 'We shouldn’t be punishing people for something that is no longer illegal behavior in the state...

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would protect medical marijuana users in states with legal pot. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, and Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young are the sponsors...

by NORML January 4, 2019 Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee today announced his intent to provide an expedited process in order to grant pardons to those with past criminal misdemeanor marijuana-related convictions on their record. It is estimated that some 3,500...