Tag: Marijuana

It's no longer a question of whether New York will legalize marijuana, its how to go about the legalization. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

"Advocates are hopeful that real marijuana reform benefiting those most affected by the War on Drugs could be around the corner."

For the first time since the war on marijuana was declared by President Richard Nixon, progressive marijuana law reform was considered on...

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.