Why is Marijuana Illegal Now When it was Legal For a Long Time? Most of us are familiar with the term reefer madness. We use it to describe weed haters. People who don’t know what they’re talking about. People who resort to scare tactics, fear mongering and brainwashing to push…
Published: Mar 11, 2018, 2:06 pm • Updated: Mar 11, 2018, 2:07 pm By Kristie Cattafi, The Record of Woodland Park CLIFTON, N.J. — Edward “Lefty” Grimes was in pain. It had been an hour since he’d arrived at the Clifton police station with what should have been a straightforward…
Published: Feb 16, 2018, 2:21 pm • Updated: Feb 16, 2018, 6:28 pm By Lindsey Bartlett and Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff It’s a pairing as natural as milk and cookies, or beer and pretzels. The Girls Scouts of Colorado have decided it’s now cool to peddle their baked goods…
The world seems to be finally coming around to the fact that marijuana can be a beneficial plant. Marijuana is now legal in several parts of the US, and Canada too recently passed legislation that would pave the way towards full legalization in the future. As a result, the weed…
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post) In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John’s University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf…
Published: Jan 9, 2018, 3:58 pm • Updated: Jan 9, 2018, 4:09 pm By Mark Matthews, The Denver Post WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said he plans to press Attorney General Jeff Sessions on federal marijuana policy when the two Republicans meet Wednesday — emphasizing in an interview that…
Published: Oct 16, 2017, 2:14 pm • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 3:20 pm By Karl Richter, Texarkana Gazette TEXARKANA, Ark. — As Dr. Joseph Parker sees it, he has little choice except to prescribe medical marijuana — even though doing so may raise some eyebrows in Texarkana, Ark. “I was…
Published: Oct 13, 2017, 3:05 pm • Updated: Oct 13, 2017, 3:05 pm By The Cannabist Network Roughly 1.5 percent of the Canadian population is Jewish. Up until last month, however, there was no way for them to access medical marijuana that complied with their belief system. In other words,…
Published: Sep 12, 2017, 1:52 pm • Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 1:52 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Laura Cavaness boasted a new uniform as she set out for another day of tidying tented cabins, dusting antique trinkets and clearing the cobwebs that each night seem to emerge from…
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 10:39 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 12:09 pm By Joel Shannon, York Daily Record ABBOTSTOWN, Pa. — What would they think? His congregation. His representatives. All those people in the town hall. He didn’t look like a rebel. And he didn’t look like a stoner…