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Status Report: This is what Colorado looks like 6 months after legalization
When Amendment 64 was passed(November 2012), Colorado became the first state in the United States to regulate the growing, and sale of cannabis for adults over
Read More »250 Cities Worldwide Take Part In Cannabis March
Cannabis lovers from around the world have united to try and get their drug of choice legalized. The 15th annual Global Cannabis March took place over the weekend in over 250 cities across the
Read More »24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America
The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll. You thought your pot came from environmentally conscious hippies? Think again. The way marijuana is grown in America, it turns out, is anything but sustainable
Read More »18 Members Of Congress Ask Obama To Reschedule Cannabis
On February 12th, a bipartisan letter to President Obama was sent by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) along with 17 other members of Congress, asking him to tell Attorney General Eric Holder to reschedule marijuana
Read More »18 Members of Congress Formally Ask Obama to Reschedule Marijuana
Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) along with 17 other members of Congress, sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama asking him to direct Attorney General Eric Holder to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I of
Read More »President Obama says marijuana is ‘less dangerous’ than alcohol – but the drug is still off limits for Sasha and Malia
President Obama believes that marijuana is not as dangerous as alcohol and that the ban in most states unfairly targets the poor and minorities. In an interview with the New Yorker, the president stated that
Read More »Big Cannabis: will legal weed grow to be America’s next corporate titan?
The people who made a hippie dream come true do not look the part. Instead of tie-dye T-shirts, the campaigners who masterminded the legalisation of recreational marijuana in Colorado wore dark suits and ties to
Read More »Who Orchestrated the Prohibition of Marijuana?
Cannabis as medicine in tincture form reached its peak popularity in the U.S. in about the year 1900. Because the active ingredients had not been identified, potency varied widely from batch to batch, and
Read More »9 Weird Facts About Marijuana
Although both marijuana and hemp are weeds, have a similar leaf shape, and are subspecies of the Cannabis sativa plant, they are in fact very different. Marijuana has flowering buds with a high content
Read More »Bill Introduced to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) today introduced two pieces of legislation to de-federalize marijuana policy and create a framework for the federal taxation of cannabis. Polis’ Ending Federal Marijuana
Read More »US Court Rules Against Reclassification of Marijuana
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling today in the medical marijuana reclassification case, Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In a 2-1 decision, the Court
Read More »Obama Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Alarming Rate
This month will see a number of patients sentenced, sent to prison despite compliance with state medical marijuana laws. Fallout from the Obama Administration's aggressive federal enforcement in medical marijuana states has reached a fever
Read More »Video: At Least 5 More States Expected To Vote On Marijuana Legalization Soon
At Least 5 More States Expected To Vote On Marijuana Legalization Soon
Read More »United Nations threatens Colorado, Washington state over marijuana decriminalization laws
Likely empowered by a U.S. administration that favors the kind of nanny state politics a ruling global entity would no doubt embrace, the head of the United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board feels comfortable
Read More »Marijuana legalization or decriminalization backed by most Canadians: poll
A new poll shows a majority of Canadians support loosening the country’s marijuana laws, a stance that’s starkly out of sync with the federal government’s pot policy. According to the poll, released Tuesday by Toronto’s
Read More »UN Drug Czar: States Can’t Legalize Marijuana Under International Law
The president of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, wrote a threatening letter to the U.S. government to challenge marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. Apparently the voters in Colorado and
Read More »Law Enforcement and Politicians Beg DOJ and DEA to Respect State Marijuana Legalization Votes
While many lives are still being ruined by drug prohibition, the fate of the drug war has already been sealed, because the general public is no longer buying the scam. Slowly but surely support for
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