Politics

The U.S. Senate blocked an effort Dec. 18, 2018, to attach far-reaching marijuana reforms to bipartisan criminal justice legislation. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado sought unanimous consent of the body to amend the prison-and-sentencing reform bill being considered by...

If there were a theme running through the top cannabis news stories of 2018, it might be this: Nearly all were predicted in 2017. Hello CBD, good-bye Jeff Sessions. Canada went legal. So did California and Massachusetts. In fact, with most...

This article is presented by VividGro, an agricultural lighting company developing technology-based products that empower growers to create a superior growing environment. Indoor cannabis grows have, thankfully, come a long way from the power-sapping, makeshift setups of yesteryear. Agricultural tech...

by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach Director December 18, 2018 As marijuana sales in Colorado exceed $1 billion, residents are seeing marijuana tax revenues being put to work in their communities. From funding local projects to restore historic sites and construct...

The path to legal marijuana in Arkansas has been rocky at best. Though voters in 2016 approved a medical cannabis measure granting access to patients with certain conditions, residents have seen a plethora of stumbling blocks from anti-pot Republicans...

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by Jenn Michelle Pedini, NORML Development Director December 18, 2018 This holiday season, give the gift that helps end marijuana prohibition when you make a donation to NORML. Your generosity will help bring freedom to the millions of Americans living...

The widely successful efforts to legalize and decriminalize cannabis have dramatically shifted the conversation on the drug. Emphasizing cannabis’ myriad health and wellness benefits as well as the historical harms and injustices of criminalization, those efforts have downplayed the...

The United States Senate could vote to legalize cannabis at the federal level on Tuesday if Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado can successfully amend a prison reform bill now under consideration. Gardner said in a statement that he...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers will consider making it illegal for businesses to fire employees who flunk drug tests for using marijuana off the clock, reviving a workers’ rights campaign that failed in the statehouse last year. RELATED STORY Why...