Oklahoma is the 30th U.S. state to legalize medical cannabis, but the state’s new law is notable in that it is the country’s most progressive medical marijuana program to date. The law also reduces penalties for the possession of cannabis …
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Need to Know: Supreme Court Sides With Trump in Travel Ban Ruling
Photo via Franz Jantzen/ U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court voted in a 5-4 decision on Tuesday to uphold Donald Trump’s travel ban, restricting persons from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. In yesterday’s decision on the administration’s …
Read More »New Jersey Postpones Legal Cannabis Bill to Late Summer
The state legalized medical marijuana in 2010, but Christie delayed the rollout of the program and added several layers of restrictions that made it extremely tough for patients to get access to their medicine. For this reason, many state legislators …
Read More »Canada Plans to Allow Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation
Under Canada’s medical cannabis program, cultivators were required to grow their ganja indoors, in tightly regulated facilities where every interaction with a plant is recorded on video. The strict laws on these grows were intended to ensure that marijuana remained …
Read More »Colorado Schools Are Using THC Test Strips to Find Out What Students Are Vaping
In 2018, the idea of high schoolers sneaking a cigarette or lighting joint behind the bleachers before fifth period is as antiquated as sock hops and landlines. Instead, teenage students today puff on vaporizers stocked with nicotine e-juice or THC …
Read More »FDA Approves Cannabis-Derived Medicine for the First Time
In a statement, the FDA noted that Epidiolex is “The first FDA-approved drug that contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana.” The agency explained that the drug contains CBD, and not THC, and is hence not psychoactive in any …
Read More »New Hampshire Democratic Party Officially Endorses Legal Weed
Party officials adopted a measure in favor of legalization during this Saturday’s Democratic convention in Stratham. State delegates also approved a resolution calling on the federal government to remove cannabis from the category of Schedule I drugs. New Hampshire has …
Read More »Russia Says Cannabis Legalization in Canada Violates International Law
While this new law marks a historic turning point in the progressive acceptance of marijuana after decades of prohibition, it has also placed the country in violation of several international drug treaties. This week, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a …
Read More »Need to Know: Trump Tries to Save Face on Migrant Family Separation Crisis
“If you are really, really pathetically weak, the country’s going to be overrun with millions of people. And if you’re strong, then you don’t have any heart. That’s a tough dilemma. Perhaps I’d rather be strong. We’re going to have …
Read More »Massachusetts Awards First Recreational Cannabis Business License
Sira Naturals, an established Massachusetts medical marijuana producer, has also applied for permits to research and transport legal weed, but has not been approved for either of those distinct licenses. Sira Naturals is now responsible for growing the first commercial …
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