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Jamaica's reggae artists are unrivaled in their vociferous championing of marijuana usage and persistent rallying for its legalization. A primary tenet of the island's indigenous Rastafarian way of life, which is inextricably linked to the cultural identity of roots reggae, regards cannabis, or ganja, as a sacred herb.
Now in its second year, the drive focuses on helping families that have been hurt by the war on cannabis. These families struggle to survive every day, especially during the holidays.
Ferguson, Missouri has become a bedrock of racial tension since the shooting death of unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, by police officer Darren Wilson. In light of the recent events, it seemed appropriate to revisit prohibition’s racist roots and unpack ...
Every year, the people at the Oxford Dictionary anoint one word that they deem to be a new or otherwise culturally important sign of the times.
This November's general elections were of great importance to weedists in the States, as 3 different states and the capital: Oregon, Alaska, Florida and Washington D.C. voted on measures to loosen restrictions on cannabis use. So what is the fate of our favorite herb in these 4 locations after polls closed? Let's check the results.
From slick video ads online to scrawled chalk messages on college campus sidewalks, intense get-out-the-vote drives are mobilizing in Oregon and Alaska to legalize retail sales of marijuana to anyone old enough to drink. If young people 18 to 29 years old vote like they did in 2012...
As the rest of the world sits back and watches Washington and Colorado rake in all of the profits from the cannabis industry, many states cannot help but want to get in on the action. This is easier said than done as legislature proceeds at a snail’s pace. So instead, Texans have taken matters into their own hands...
Rock the Vote's latest campaign involves a video that, quite frankly, was more amazing than I could have ever anticipated. It just kept getting better and better as I watched, and even took up the cause of legalization.
SPD took a lot of hate when this story broke and I didn't agree with it. The Seattle PD I know is the one that realized that cannabis wasn't hurting anyone. The one that doesn't even train their dogs to sniff for cannabis anymore.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of October 01, 2014:
The battle over legalizing recreational marijuana in California is already being set for 2016. But while many reformers’ eyes are focused on the next presidential election, this year’s votes on marijuana initiatives have the power to shape that fight.
The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions...
While the nation focuses on marijuana legalization initiatives in Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Oregon, a California initiative of defelonization that would turn drug possession felonies into misdemeanors is quietly heading for a likely victory at the polls in November.
Medical cannabis patients and industry teamed up to win an important victory in Nevada yesterday. A crowd of more than 100 patients, industry workers, lawmakers, and other stakeholders persuaded the state's Division of Public and Behavioral Health to abandon plans to limit the number of licensed cultivation facilities authorized under state law.
Last week, the D.C. Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety voted unanimously to support B20-467, legislation that would allow individuals to file a motion to seal records relating to offenses that were subsequently decriminalized or legalized.
The first of two important upcoming events is the "Students for Sensible Drug Policy 2014 Conference + Lobby Day," Sep 26-28 in Rosslyn, Virginia. The second event is "Crossroads & Intersections: the 10th National Harm Reduction Conference," taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, from Oct 23-26.
Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol from their summer recess Monday, while medical marijuana supporters rallied for Senate Bill 1182, or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act.
Adding to his ever-growing series of pro-cannabis law reform song parody videos, as well as in support of his home state's current efforts to pass a medical cannabis initiative, comedian and Miami Beach political gadfly Steve Berke has just released a new pro-pot parody based on the famous movie of the 1970s 'Grease'.
