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Activists
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State Lawmakers’ Group Demands Feds Remove Cannabis from Controlled Substances Act
An influential organization representing lawmakers all over the United States is calling for the federal government to eliminate…
August 8, 2017
SoCal Cannabis Activists to Appeal to Voters
A cannabis industry trade group has filed paperwork in eight of San Diego County’s 18 cities to let…
August 7, 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
Activists Celebrate Milestone Moment, One Step Closer to Hemp Legalization
The National Hemp Association (NHA) recently announced that it had reached its goal of gathering over 130,000 signatures…
February 20, 2017
Native American Activist John Trudell Passes On
On Tuesday, December 8, John Trudell died of cancer at his home in Santa Clara, CA. He was…
December 10, 2015
Arizona Pro-Pot Group Unleashes Halloween Billboard
A group working to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona next year recently unveiled a new billboard campaign that…
October 21, 2015
Mexico: Activist Slain in Missing Students Case
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco, a leading activist in Mexico’s violence-torn state of Guerrero and a vocal advocate for…
August 12, 2015
Too Short and Friends Come to the Rescue of Handicapped Pot Activist
Last month, a video of cops eating pot brownies and taunting a disabled patient during a dispensary raid in Santa…
July 14, 2015
Charges Filed Against Medical Marijuana Advocate in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A medical marijuana advocate who at least temporarily lost custody of her 11-year-old son…
June 8, 2015
Parents of Missing Mexican Students Take Campaign to U.S.
March 28 saw more angry protests in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Guerrero, as students from the rural…
April 1, 2015