In an urgent bid to create jobs and raise money to pay off debts, the village council of Rasquera will hold a vote to rent out a field for growing cannabis.
A pragmatic regulatory framework allowing for the limited legal use cannabis would best mitigate the potential health risks and societal costs associated with its use.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of federal marijuana prohibition in the United States. It only took 13 years for Americans to realize the futility of alcohol prohibition.
Only two of the four seem to have any chance of success this year, but if one or both makes the ballot, the Pacific Northwest could soon be a hot spot for marijuana law reform.
Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 8, 2011.
U.S. Attorneys in California have announced a campaign to target medical marijuana, suggesting the beginning of the end for the medical marijuana industry.
Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 28, 2011.
The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms are teaming up to deny medical marijuana users the the 2nd Amendment. For once, the NRA is nowhere to be found.
There's a budding movement urging pot growers to ask themselves: How green is your grass? The carbon footprint of the marijuana industry needs to be reduced.
With only a few months to go until the election, the campaign to legalize marijuana in California has only $50,000 in cash on hand. The question now is: How can it win?
Inspired by the founders' Federalist Papers, a group of reformers have penned a series of essays exploring the role of cannabinoids in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
A flourishing and unregulated industry of pot delivery services is circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries and bringing medical marijuana directly to Californians' homes.
