Earlier this month, Senate democrats introduced groundbreaking legislation that would federally legalize marijuana. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) was co signed by Sen. Corey Booker, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden. Many questions revolving the bill are centered around how the bill will implement banking into the […]
I can’t remember which documentary I watched in high school, maybe it was Food Inc., but I’ve been taught to demonize the Koch Brothers. They seemed to represent everything greedy and corrupt in American capitalism. So, I can’t help but take it with a few grains of salt when I see Charles Koch putting down […]
Kratom is a naturally occurring drug that is growing rapidly in popularity. It comes from an evergreen tree in Thailand that is a “cousin” to the coffee tree, and has similar effects to opioids. However, the FDA considers it pretty much the same thing, and they’ve been trying to ban it nationally for years. Their […]
A research fund of $700,000 has been given to a medical school in Australia to test the benefits of giving children in the advanced stages of cancer a prescription for medical marijuana to manage their pain and sleep. This will be a three-year study, and will tackle the largely untouched and taboo field of marijuana […]
As soon as next week, there will be a crucial vote in the US House of Representatives on an amendment to protect legal marijuana states from federal interference. This critical measure is known as the Blumenauer-McClintock-Norton-Lee amendment, after Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D), and Barbara Lee (D) (co-Chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus), Tom McClintock (R) […]
According to data from the Arizona Republic, the state of Arizona has made over $75 million in tax revenue from marijuana sales during the months of January to May. This comes after recreational sales of marijuana became legal for anyone above the age of 21. The Arizona Republic also stated that the state is scheduled […]
A new study has found yet another link between schizophrenia and marijuana. The study, coming out of Denmark, found that associations between the two have risen since 1995. That year, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses were associated with marijuana. That number rose to 4% in 2000, and 8% since 2010. An author of the study emphasizes […]
Amazon is almost constantly in the news for something, typically in a form of criticism. But with Bezos up in space, maybe there’s some room for Amazon to change its ways. In June, it was announced that Amazon would no longer require employees to pass drug tests for marijuana, and that they would lobby for […]
There are, basically, two modes of weed legalization occurring on the national level. One is a progressive, step by step approach, and the other is a push for a complete stripping of any criminalization, all within one bill. Corey Booker, along with Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden, are in the latter camp. In particular, Booker […]
Seven years ago, Colorado became one of the very first states in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana. In the last few days, the state of Colorado has released a 200-page biennial report which lists the impacts legalization has had on the state as well as the state’s tax revenue. According to the Regina […]
