*Donald Trump said, ”The only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness. When I was in China, I said ‘Mr. President, do you have a drug problem?’” [Xi Jinping replied] “No, no, no, we do not”. “I said, how … what do you attribute that to?” [Xi replied], “the death penalty”. … Trump…
“I am not going to tell Colorado or California or someone else that possession of marijuana is legal under United States law,” he said, answering student questions after the speech at Georgetown’s law school. But, he added, federal prosecutors “haven’t been working small marijuana cases before, they are not going to be working them now.”…
…echo[es] data from the 2017 Global Drug Survey, which found that mushrooms were by far the “safest” drug, accounting for the fewest number of hospital visits throughout the year (only 17 people total). People who take mushrooms tend to take less of them than other drugs and tend to be better prepared than those who…
[He] praised other countries for imposing the death penalty or life in prison for drug dealers Saturday, saying the United States should consider similar penalties. He said, “I think it’s a discussion we have to start thinking about. I don’t know if we’re ready — I don’t know if this country’s ready for it, Original…
“If psilocybin were an approved medication, it would likely be prescribed for mood disorders such as depression, or depression related to a life-threatening illness,” Albert Garcia-Romeu, a research associate at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “There are legal medications for depression, anxiety, and for some addictions. However, these do not always work, and often…
Lawyers for the Justice Department argued for a dismissal of the suit, arguing: “There is no fundamental right to use marijuana, for medical purposes or otherwise.” A judge for the Federal District Court in Sacramento considered similar arguments in a 2014 legal challenge, also spearheaded by members of the NORML Legal Committee, but ultimately rejected…
More than one in five American adults can eat, drink, smoke or vape [cannabis] as they please. The result is the slow decline of pre-employment drug tests, which for decades had been a requirement for new recruits in industries ranging from manufacturing to finance. As of the beginning of 2018, Excellence Health Inc., a Las…
On February 1, 2018, portions of IB 2015, c.5, “Question 1 – An Act to Legalize Marijuana” took effect in Maine requiring employers to stop drug testing job applicants for marijuana use and also preventing employers from firing workers 21 years or older for the use of marijuana outside of the workplace. The portion of Question 1 dealing with…
Molson Coors Brewing Co. voiced concerns about the potential impact that cannabis legalization could have on its beer sales The 13K filing indicated that the company views legal cannabis as a possible “risk factor” to its business, suggesting that “although the ultimate impact is currently unknown, the emergence of legal cannabis in certain U.S. states…
It’s progress that players entering the league seemingly won’t be punished for cannabis usage like they once were, but it still isn’t anything resembling honest change. Many teams no longer regard marijuana usage as the detrimental character issue they once did. Just last year, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones privately advocated to end the league’s…
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