marijuana

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, among the most well-known living scientists this side of Stephen Hawking, said this week that "there's no reason for [marijuana] to ever have been made illegal." The remark came in response to a question submitted by Tom Angell of the pro-legalization group...

Marijuana legalization is an issue that can bring together people from all over the political spectrum. From libertarians to socialists, almost any political ideology can support legal cannabis. But that doesn't mean that it's not surprising when certain famous people support the issue. Here are...

Indiana Republican State Rep. Jim Lucas is backing medical marijuana as an alternative method to curb the state's opioid epidemic. Lucas says medical marijuana could provide people an alternative to addictive opioids, and he combats claims that it is a gateway drug. "When you look at the...

A Friendship man recently submitted a proposition to legalize marijuana, a change that he said would benefit taxpayers, local government and school districts. Ryan M. Cross said he submitted the proposition, called Proposition 585, to Allegany County Clerk of the Board Brenda Rigby Riehle last...

State lawmakers have no legal right to make it a crime for medical marijuana users to possess the drug on college campuses, an attorney for a student who was arrested is arguing to the Arizona Supreme Court. In new legal filings, attorney Thomas Dean is urging the justices to void the...

Two former Kern County Sheriff's deputies avoided prison time Monday for stealing and selling marijuana that was seized during drug busts. Logan August and Derrick Penney were sentenced Monday to three years' probation for the charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to...

He's a cereal offender. A dope was busted toting around weed-filled granola bars – among 1.5 pounds of marijuana in various forms – during a routine bag check at a Jersey City train station, cops announced Monday. Brooklyn resident Michael A. Regalado, 23, was arrested Saturday at Journal...

Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam has submitted a letter to the Virginia State Crime Commission on Monday calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. In the letter, Northam says Virginia's marijuana enforcement and sentencing laws are costly and "disproportionately harmful to communities...

The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against two people — an Argus man and a Florida resident — accused of trying to buy over 35 pounds of marijuana and marijuana-related concoctions worth an estimated $75,000. Richard A. McCalvin, 42, Argos, and John R. McCalvin, 65, of...

Want to own a pot business but don't want anyone to know? Open up shop in North Las Vegas. They've got you covered. North Las Vegas denied a Review-Journal request for who owns the city's marijuana businesses, claiming that the names and ownership interests are not public documents. That...

Growing up in a Colonial home in Downingtown, Pa., Alessandro Cesario cultivated an interest in the family garden, trying to become "in tune" with plants and insects. By the time he was 16, he knew he wanted to work with plants in his career. Specifically, one plant: cannabis. So he spent...

Huber Heights residents are split over medical marijuana, according to the results of two city-commissioned surveys. The surveys – one conducted online, the other by phone – reveal the severe division in opinion held by residents as the city struggles to determine how to move forward on the...

Anything goes in Las Vegas, right? Wrong. On the Strip, buying marijuana legally is one thing, smoking it is another. Last month Nevada became the eighth state to allow the sale of recreational pot to adults 21 and over. The law mandates that legally bought marijuana be consumed in a...

A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers joined legislators from across the country on Monday in calling for the federal government to reclassify marijuana so it's no longer a Schedule 1 drug. If the federal government were to heed the request, it could ease restrictions on cannabis research...

When California passed Prop 64 last November, effectively legalizing recreational marijuana in the state, savvy small business owners began gearing up for 2018's oncoming gold or, in this case, 'green' rush. To understand the buzz, you have to first consider the numbers: By 2026, California's...

This week, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act of 2017. Without question, this is the most progressive piece of marijuana-related legislation ever filed in the United States Congress. It goes far beyond the popular Rohrabacher-Blumenauer legislation that...

One big question marijuana entrepreneurs will face in states like Massachusetts is whether federal agents will crack down on the state-sanctioned business, which is still illegal under federal law. At a gathering of policymakers from around the country on Monday, a lawmaker from Washington...

Quebec's jail guard union is worried violence behind bars could increase with the upcoming legalization of marijuana. Safety has become a concern for the union, called the Syndicat des agents de la paix en services correctional du Québec, which has members in the province's 18 correctional...

Gov. Phil Scott says he's about to convene a "blue ribbon commission" to study issues related to the legalization of marijuana. In less than a year, retail outlets in Maine and Massachusetts will begin selling legal recreational marijuana to anyone 21 and older. Scott says he wants the new...

Washington state wants Jeff Sessions to do his homework about weed. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson both released statements last week criticizing the U.S. attorney general for a July letter he sent them which they say used faulty information to judge the impact of...