Tag: Marijuana

Legalizing, taxing, and regulating is good for the economy and creates jobs.

We can see this playing out in the states that have legalized marijuana. Early legalizers, Colorado and Washington, saw double-digit jobs growth last year.

"We need to promote Sun+Earth and other high-bar standards—because it’s best for the Earth in this age of climate crisis, and produces the cleanest, greenest and most ethical cannabis possible.”

District Attorney George Gascón partnered with Code for America to use a technological approach to help identify eligible cases, some going back decades.

But the crassness of this Boehner cannabis pitch somehow symbolizes, to me anyway, how low too many of our craven, so-called public servants are willing to stoop for an almighty buck once they’re out of office.

"Our caution has to do with the particular way marijuana legalization has occurred in the U.S.: at the ballot box."

Strong public support and successive waves of state-level legalization in election years has led many policy analysts to argue that marijuana has reached a tipping point in the United States.

"This is a historic step forward for the movement to end marijuana prohibition."

U.S. withdraws from Human Rights Council, Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, first ladies unite against family separation at the border, and more.

The U.S.’ acts against people and the planet make the era of transformation more likely.