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A few weeks ago I wrote a piece in this space ("Yikes! Sessions!," Nov. 24, 2016) that listed some of the reasons why I thought Trump wouldn't re-start the war on marijuana – despite the fact that he named Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, a reefer-madness-obsessed crank, as his choice for Attorney...

President Obama made some news the other day with another slew of pardons and commutations, adding to his record number as president. Obama has pardoned more people than all presidents back to Truman combined, which is both notable and commendable. Many of these pardons came for Draconian...

Medical marijuana supporters and activists are looking ahead to 2017 when medical pot will be expanded in Florida, but the full legalization and implementation of the drug may still be months away. Patients who qualify for the drug should essentially be able to begin receiving their...

Tbilisi, DFWatch — Georgia's Constitutional Court has struck down a law which sent many young people to prison for using marijuana. Being charged with possession and consumption of marijuana will no longer land you in jail in Georgia, after the Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled it...

Despite legalizing cannabis for both medical and recreational use in 2014, Colorado law remains complex. Possession and use of cannabis is legal for those over the age of 21, but those protections to not extend to public use, driving while in any way intoxicated, or to employers' substance...

Drug test coming up if I don't pass I'm screwed:welcome:

This week's question comes from James in Orinda, who asks: Q: "I voted for the legalization marijuana in the last election. I want to know about what the rules are. How much can I have? How much can I grow? Can I be fired for smoking pot off the job? I can drink while I'm not on duty; can I...

Hi, I'm a long-time lurker, first time poster. I have received an offer for a great new job in another state. I currently have a job, but always keep a resume or two floating around on employment sites in case something better comes up. A contract employment company notified me. I had a...

After some deliberation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officially labeled cannabidiol hemp oil and marijuana extract oils as federally illegal Schedule I drugs. Despite the cannabis-based oils' proven healing effects on various severe diseases with minimal health detriments, the...

Boston - Massachusetts on Thursday became the first state in the densely populated U.S. Northeast to legalize marijuana for recreational use, a step that advocates say could help spread the drug's acceptance across the United States. The state is one of three where ballot measures legalizing...

An Americans for Safe Access [ASA] national report released last week calls for an end to contradictions between federal and state guidelines with regard to medical marijuana policies. Showing that not only do opiate related deaths drop an average of 24.8% in states with medical cannabis...

The outgoing president will sign an executive order reversing President Richard Nixon's 1970 order, listing Marijuana as a Schedule One Drug, forbidden at all times. This is said to have been a jab at 1960's "Hippy Culture." President Barack Obama, who wrote of experimenting with marijuana as...

Legal marijuana has become big business. Thanks to recent ballot initiatives, 28 states and the District of Columbia now permit medical marijuana use, and eight of those have passed measures legalizing it recreationally — a number that is expected to grow in the near future. As a result, we are...

In the Drug Enforcement Administration's annual survey of the nation's law enforcement agencies, heroin remained the top concern in 2016 -- head-and-shoulders above all other illicit drugs -- while marijuana was a drug of negligible concern. Only 4.9 percent of law enforcement respondents named...

Marijuana in small doses may be a miracle drug in the bedroom. Some researchers think the Schedule I drug could double as an aphrodisiac, according to a new study published in the Pharmacological Research journal on November 21. People who light up before getting busy report feeling...

Ann Lee is a lifelong Republican who's lived in Texas most of her 86 years. She's anti-abortion, supports small government and voted for Donald Trump. Lee says she never smoked pot, even when she was younger. But she heads up a coalition of Republicans who support legalizing marijuana. "I...

Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Homeland Security, Gen. John Kelly, was formerly the head of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which deploys U.S. military personnel throughout Central America, South America and the Caribbean to help counter drug cartels. Gen. Kelly thinks states...

Düsseldorf City Council on Wednesday took the next step in its plan to legalize the regulated sale of recreational cannabis to over 18-year-olds, taking advice from experts in psychology, crime and economics during a consultation at City Hall. Representatives from other city councils...

"People are right now breaking the law." Those words were among the first Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to say to the editorial board of the Toronto Star last Friday. Trudeau, whom the Star described as "frustrated" sat down to talk about why he felt municipalities should be...

Voters across the country passed a drug policy milestone in November by approving medical marijuana in three new states, making the drug legal in most of the U.S. for medical purposes. Now, some patients are urging state legislators to give them access to the drug in Missouri. "Kids with...