Cancer is one of the leading cause of death in North America, with an estimated 200,000 people diagnosed with cancer, according to figures reported by the Canadian Cancer Society in 2017. With the landscape of medical cannabis rapidly changing, many have turned to the plant for its therapeutic properties while dealing with cancer symptoms. Cannabis […]
Farmers (and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) aren’t the only ones who are excited about hemp. According to a recent study, the crop also attracts a variety of bees — and that can help inform ecologically sustainable agriculture practices. For the study, published in February 2019 in the journal Biomass and Bioenergy, researchers at Colorado […]
Today the Drug Policy Alliance is releasing a new report, The Costs and Benefits of a Supervised Use Site in Denver, Colorado. Produced in collaboration with Colorado Fiscal Institute, Law Enforcement Action Partnership and Harm Reduction Action Center, the report marshals the best available data from Denver and from existing facilities in Canada and Europe […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday that his budget will include proposals to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use and legalize medical marijuana. “People shouldn’t be treated as criminals for accessing a desperately needed medication that can alleviate their suffering.” Gov. Tony Evers, State of Wisconsin The […]
Panelists include DPA’s New Jersey State Director, Roseanne Scotti, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and More Trenton, NJ – The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs will convene a collaborative discussion on February 20th that will explore the impact of the War on Drugs, barriers to change and achievable solutions to addressing both […]
The 2018 Farm Bill included language federally legalizing hemp, and the authors of that provision told the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a letter in mid-February 2019 that such policies must be implemented “expeditiously” and “as Congress intended.” “We specifically drafted the Hemp Farming Act in a way that allows hemp pilot states to […]
The Roll-Up features co-hosts Bruce Barcott, Ben Adlin, and Alyssa Yeoman in a Friday morning roundtable about the week’s top cannabis news. Leafly Podcast Episode 73: Stoner Saves a Tiger This week: This week we look at a Congressional hearing on cannabis banking, Sen. Kamala Harris’ changed position on legalization, and the Texas hero who saved […]
Media reports today indicate that President Trump plans to use drug law enforcement money to help pay for his border wall. Below is a statement from Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance “While Trump is drawing from failed drug war programs to fund the wall, this is not a moment to […]
Most cannabis-legal states don’t shield cannabis-consuming employees from anti-marijuana regulations at their office. But a recent case involving a substitute teacher in a Colorado charter school begs the question: How can some educational institutions fire employees for legally using cannabis, while still taking cannabis industry tax revenue from the state? The Pot Scientist’s Origin Story […]
On February 5th, Rick Sanchez walked toward me with a beer in hand and a grin on his face. He didn’t notice my watching, though. To him, I was just another face in the crowd, another one of the dozens of smiling faces who moved from station to station at KingPins in Portland, Oregon. I […]
