PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Travel writer Rick Steves’ next trip is happening far from Europe and is focused on helping people in New Jersey get high. The public TV host is coming to Princeton Wednesday as part of a regional …
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Trump Selects Drug Czar Nominee Amidst Opioid Crisis and Staffing Chaos
It appears the White House has finally settled on who will become the newest Drug Czar — they didn’t have to search far. White House deputy chief of staff Jim Carroll is expected to become the next Director of the …
Read More »Washington State and Vermont Are Working to Dismiss Low-Level Cannabis Misdemeanors – News
help clear cannabis misdemeanors. The current state law already allows cannabis offenders to have their cases expunged, but offenders must wait a minimum of five years to become eligible. The proposed bill would also assist individuals arrested for violating the …
Read More »Seattle Mayor, Vermont House Committee Explore Marijuana Conviction Erasures
“The war on drugs had devastating impacts on people, especially people of color and their families. People’s lives were ruined for misdemeanor marijuana offenses. This action is a necessary first step in righting the wrongs of the past and putting …
Read More »Marvin Washington Making Headways on CTE Discussion at Superbowl LII
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Read More »House Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill Focused on Racial Justice
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) introduced legislation that ends federal marijuana prohibition and which contains a range of provisions to repair communities most devastated by the war on drugs. Lee and Khanna are …
Read More »Justice Department ends Obama-era marijuana policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded a policy begun under Democratic former President Barack Obama that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws, saying it would be up to federal prosecutors across the country to prioritize …
Read More »Longtime Washington State Medical Marijuana Activist Dies
SEATTLE — JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington state who went to sometimes difficult lengths to obtain the drug for the patients she served, has died at age 74. McKee passed away Nov. 18, said her longtime …
Read More »Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Debating Pot in America
Only the weather seems to change more frequently than marijuana laws have in recent years. The constant flux around governance of the drug, whether for medical or recreational use, is kept churning by impassioned activism on all sides of the …
Read More »Seattle: Bad Cop Pleads Guilty to Transporting Marijuana to Baltimore
Alex Chapackdee, a 16-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department has pled guilty to money laundering and transporting marijuana to the East Coast. Arrested in May in the Western District of Washington State, the former Seattle police officer admitted …
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