Between Jeff Sessions and the Colorado Springs Gazette one could be forgiven for thinking that marijuana legalization is one of the most pernicious political decisions made in the modern era. Except it isn’t. And there is a pretty significant body of evidence that indicates as much. Marijuana opponents … are quick to identify all sorts…
In the nomenclature of recovery studies, cannabis aided alcoholism recovery is referred to as “Marijuana Maintenance”. The Harm Reduction Journal reports that cannabis can curb an addict’s alcohol cravings and it is a viable, natural alternative to prescription medications such as benzodiazepines. Secondly, a large quantity of drinkers medicate with alcohol to relieve psychological conditions…
The federal government has mostly dodged these questions for years. But as more and more states legalize, it’s going to become much harder to deny where this is all going. Until Election Day 2016, only four relatively small states had done so: Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Altogether, these states hold more than 17 million…
“We want that recognition that cannabis is not a back-alley business,” said Terri White, a psychotherapist [at] Time for Healing dispensary. The ability to pay employees through an automatic debit system, buy supplies with a debit card and purchase marijuana through wire transfers put Maryland pot businesses a step ahead of pioneers in such states…
A growing bipartisan group of members of Congress has sought a legislative solution to the problem. House and Senate bills to provide permanent clarity to the banking industry about working with marijuana businesses have earned increasing cosponsor numbers, but haven’t been scheduled for hearings or votes. Because of banks’ reluctance to work with marijuana…
…according to Springfield-based Roseburg Forest Products (RFP), the lumber company owns Weed’s water and has the right to sell it to Crystal Geyser to bottle it and sell it to places like Japan, far from the town on the slopes of Mount Shasta. “Roseburg [Forest Products] acted like a bully in suing these citizens, and…
Beyond sentencing, some local governments are making efforts to further repair damage from criminalization by enacting “equity programs” that allow for victims of the war on drugs to have application priority during the marijuana business licensing process. “As states start dialing back their war on marijuana consumers … it is important that those who were…
“This is a once in a multi-generational event,” Dennis Peron said, likening it to the end of prohibition of alcohol in 1933. He also obtained a new license to continue selling marijuana for medical uses. “This is what a lot of activists in the industry have been working for since the 1990s when Dennis Peron…
On average, 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Marijuana has not led to one officially recorded overdose. And the study indicates it may actually have a hand in preventing them. The study set out to find if there is a correlation in opioid-related deaths and legalization of cannabis. Researchers looked at opioid-related…
Now, thanks to the fact that [he] inadvertently showed an agenda for the meeting to a TV camera that was in the room to capture introductions … we know what the prohibitionists discussed in secret after reporters were kicked out. The document appears to read … Agenda / Bertha Madras: Marijuana is not a substitute for…
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