Politics

States that have failed to remove criminal penalties for marijuana possession have experienced increased arrest rate disparities over the past two decades, according to data published in the journal JAMA Health Forum. A team of researchers affiliated with Eastern Virginia...

The global hemp clothing market is booming. According to Allied Market Research, hemp clothing is expected to reach $23.02 Billion in market value by the year 2031. Hemp, unlike many other clothing materials has vastly superior benefits when compared...

In terms of an unreliable source, you can get much more so than a cannabis CEO boasting of the potential of its market. But even so, most would agree that there’s a huge amount of potential in the market whenever...

These are exciting times for those of us working to end cannabis prohibition in America. Today, we launch the initial rollout of NORML’s Smoke the Vote for the 2022 midterm elections! Every election cycle, we provide a suite of tools...

The overwhelming majority of Americans who acknowledge having ever used cannabis view it positively, according to nationwide polling data provided by Gallup. Among the nearly one-half of American adults who have tried marijuana, 70 percent say that it impacts most...

Local officials in Clark County (population: 2.2 million) have awarded $1.2 million in grants to a trio of non-profit groups for the purposes of reviewing and sealing the records of those with low-level cannabis convictions. The grant funding was...

Texas continues its purple transformation. A new poll shows that 55% of Texans either support or strongly support the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state. This is more evidence that marijuana is transcending its place in politics and becoming...

North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced today that a measure to legalize the private possession and retail sale of marijuana has met the requirements to appear on the November ballot. New Approach ND, the campaign organizers behind...

Voters in 31 municipalities will decide at the ballot box this November whether or not to license marijuana-related retailers in their communities. The towns voting on measures are: Barrington, Bristol, Burrillville, Charlestown, Coventry, Cumberland, East Greenwich, East Providence, Gloucester,...

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed legislation (S. 3096) into law that seeks to promote greater diversity among those participating in the state’s licensed cannabis industry and that lays the groundwork for the establishment of on-site cannabis consumption facilities. Specifically,...