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See how the fight for marijuana legalization is unfolding on the national and state level.
Burma’s Rohingya Refugees Tarred with Narco-Stigma
The Rohingya Muslim people of Burma are facing what some have called genocide in their homeland, long denied citizenship rights…
July 26, 2017
Federal Lawsuit Against Sessions and DEA Says MMJ’s Schedule I Status Is Unconstitutional and Racist
An 11-year-old girl who suffers from epileptic seizures, former New York Jets player Marvin Washington and an Iraq…
July 26, 2017
Indiana Police Raid Retail Grocery Chain Over CBD Dietary Supplement
Indiana law enforcement is apparently confused over what is exactly legal and illegal across the state in terms…
July 26, 2017
Philippines: Youth Protest Drug War ‘Dictatorship’
Some 7,000 protesters marched on the Philippines’ House of Representatives in the Batasan district of Manila on Monday as ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte gave his…
July 25, 2017
New State Law Might Make It Tougher to Spot Pot Shops
A new Washington State law that went into effect on Sunday will make it a bit more difficult to…
July 24, 2017
Tool to Help Police Deal with Opioid Crisis Draws Privacy Concern
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is the latest state amid a national opioid crisis to consider allowing…
July 24, 2017
Will AG Sessions Impose a Federal Pot Crackdown?
There are concerns that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will get serious about imposing a federal marijuana crackdown…
July 24, 2017
Maine: Legislative Panel Mulls Raising 10 Percent Tax on Marijuana
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — As the legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Maine nears, a legislative panel has…
July 24, 2017
Jeff Sessions Desperately Wants to Allow Police to Keep Stealing Your Property
Nearly lost in the miasma of secret anti-marijuana meetings in Colorado and Donald Trump’s very public wish for…
July 20, 2017
Gallup: Percentage of Americans Who Have Tried Weed Reaches New High
The most recent Gallup poll reveals that at least 45 percent of U.S. adults say they have tried marijuana—at least once…
July 20, 2017