Legalization

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a decade later, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of nearly 12,000 youth. Published in Sleep …

We cannot broach the topic of the Drug War without discussing the growing cannabis industry and the activism it took to start moving the legacy market to a legalized, adult-use market complete with retail shops that look as nice as …

While possession of small amounts of cannabis is still illegal in Ohio, those caught with up to 200 grams will be off the hook with just a civil citation and a $150 fine, according to a recent decision in the …

Like countless cities across the United States, Kansas City, MO, is taking steps to address long-standing issues between law enforcement and black and brown communities in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The national uproar in response to …

Members of a criminal justice task force created to inform presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign have been discussing marijuana legalization — a policy the former vice president continues to oppose. Most of the group—which consists of advisors appointed …

In a vote of 236-181, the House of Representatives approved the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which will prohibit federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, religious and discriminatory profiling. Although there was no specific cannabis …

The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to abolish the police department following a massive public outcry following the May 25th murder by police of George Floyd. The council seeks to dismantle the police and replace it with a “department of …

(HealthDay)—More and more U.S. states are allowing marijuana to be taken as medicine, and a new study suggests that users do indeed feel better. In a survey of nearly 1,300 people with chronic health conditions, researchers found that those using …

Missouri is now a legal medical marijuana state, but six years ago in 2014, the Missouri legislature was able to pass SB 491 a modified, uniform criminal code law that significantly reduced the legal consequences for possession of marijuana for …

Dr. Lester Grinspoon celebrated his 92nd birthday on June 25 and passed away in the early morning of June 26, with his wife Betsy by his side. An associate professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and senior psychiatrist …