Politics

Young people who don’t use cannabis are becoming increasingly tolerant of their peers who do, according to a new study. In an effort to track how patterns of consumption and attitudes toward cannabis are shifting in the age of legalization,...

Millions of people currently live in federally subsidized housing are prohibited from using medical marijuana, regardless of whether its legal in their state. But, with 31 states and Washington, D.C. legalizing medicinal or recreational cannabis use, there’s a growing...

By, David Eggert LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Backers of broad cannabis legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November 2018 and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and...

A government-owned petroleum firm in Poland has struck a deal to produce bioethanol from hemp.Grupa Lotos, one of the 10 largest fuel companies in Central Europe by sales, entered the agreement with the state-owned Institute of Natural Fibers and...

By, Linda Childers Obtaining a prescription for medical cannabis can be the first step toward relief for consumers suffering from debilitating symptoms, but many are challenged to navigate the sometimes-unfamiliar terrain of dispensaries and then find the best product to...

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director October 9, 2018 Sixty-two percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Pew Research Center. The percentage is the highest...

by Mary Kruger, Executive Director, Roc NORMLOctober 9, 2018 A listening session was held Thursday evening in Rochester, New York to get feedback about what the community wants to see in the legislation currently being drafted to legalize cannabis for...

By, Jessica Brown Recreational cannabis has been legal in Washington since 2012, and medical use has been legal since 1998. In 2003, Seattle voted in favor of Initiative 75, making cannabis possession arrests the lowest priority for law enforcement. Between 1996 and...

Support for marijuana legalization increased again, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center. In the poll of about 1,750 people administered in late September 2018, 62 percent of Americans said they agreed that cannabis should be legal. That’s...

A bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana could advance in the Pennsylvania legislature the week of Oct. 8, 2018. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to take up the bill Oct. 9, 2018. It was...