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Little Rock - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he's looking at an effort to legalize a limited form of marijuana for patients if two medical pot proposals fail in next month's election, but has questions about how the alternate proposal would comply with federal law. The Republican...

Little Rock - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he's looking at an effort to legalize a limited form of marijuana for patients if two medical pot proposals fail in next month's election, but has questions about how the alternate proposal would comply with federal law. The Republican...

The following is an excerpt from the new book Marijuana: A Short History by John Hudak (Brookings Institution Press, 2016): As marijuana legalization proceeds, new issues will arise and the pressure to deal with existing issues will increase. How local, state, and federal governments as well as...

Come Nov. 8, California may be joining states such as Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, allowing residents to possess limited amounts of marijuana for recreational use. College campuses have been a hotbed for marijuana use - as well as other drugs - since the late 1960s. Most schools...

Medical marijuana may be a billion-dollar industry in California, but it's a cash business. Because marijuana remains illegal under federal law, most pot shops can't get bank accounts or accept credit card transactions because the financial services companies fear they would be penalized or...

New York State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo received the National Legislator of the Year Award from the industrial hemp advocacy organization Vote Hemp at a Hemp Industry Association conference last month. Lupardo, who represents the state's 123rd Assembly District, which includes Binghamton...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a U.S. federal research institute focused on "[advancing] science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction ... to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health. " Though it admits "the majority of people who use marijuana do...

Did you know that of you are a legal medical marijuana card holder you can not possess a firearm or ammunition? What would happen if someone found out we have a medical marijuana card and try to rob/hurt us? Shouldn't we have the right to protect ourselves and our much needed medication...

Nearly 50 years ago, President Nixon declared war on certain drugs. A lot of people weren't convinced that cannabis was terrible, so Congress established a commission to study cannabis. That commission reported that cannabis was no more harmful than alcohol and that the harm of the drug was...

Trenton, N.J. — Last Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a measure expanding the state's medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice. A coalition of representatives introduced Assembly Bill 457 (A457) in January. The the new law adds post-traumatic...

Cannabis is only allowed in Germany for select cases of serious illness, but this year the amount of legally-bought weed has shot up as politicians hope to pass a medical marijuana law. In the first half of 2015, around 33.8 kilograms of cannabis was sold to chronically ill patients. But that...

Cannabis is only allowed in Germany for select cases of serious illness, but this year the amount of legally-bought weed has shot up as politicians hope to pass a medical marijuana law. In the first half of 2015, around 33.8 kilograms of cannabis was sold to chronically ill patients. But that...

Frankfort, Ky. — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles urged the federal government to reconsider positions that would impede the ability of Kentucky and other states to carry out research projects on industrial hemp. "I am concerned that some of the positions set forth in [the]...

On May 26, the RCMP conducted a raid of Toronto's medicinal marijuana dispensaries in a massive mobilization of police forces, which led to 90 arrests and 257 charges. Police also seized 270 kg of dried marijuana and other products which left many of the 43 targeted dispensaries in ruin. Why...

On May 26, the RCMP conducted a raid of Toronto's medicinal marijuana dispensaries in a massive mobilization of police forces, which led to 90 arrests and 257 charges. Police also seized 270 kg of dried marijuana and other products which left many of the 43 targeted dispensaries in ruin. Why...

Delaware has relaxed some of its marijuana laws. We're not to the point of four states and the District of Columbia, which have legalized recreational pot use. But, like nearly half the states in our country, Delaware is taking a pragmatic approach to cannabis. The federal government, on...

Delaware has relaxed some of its marijuana laws. We're not to the point of four states and the District of Columbia, which have legalized recreational pot use. But, like nearly half the states in our country, Delaware is taking a pragmatic approach to cannabis. The federal government, on...

The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to deny a Nevada woman's right to choose which gun to buy because of her status as a medical marijuana card holder is just ridiculous. Jazz looked at this yesterday and admitted he didn't have an answer. I do...the FDA needs to get rid of the...

This November's election could be a decisive turning point in the struggle to end U.S. marijuana prohibition. ​It's been a long time coming. As recently as the '90s, every major political faction was squarely in favor of prohibition. Only drug-addled hippies and libertarians thought...

While the Lanham Act bars the federal registration of trademarks related to illegal goods and services, there is no such prohibition against patenting illegal products or processes. However, the value of such patents is debatable. State Legalization Leads to Increased Patent Applications...