Forgotten Victims of Unjust Drug Policy: Medical Marijuana Felons
After enduring prosecution and years behind bars for a marijuana offense, Crohn’s patient Chris Martin had to overcome the stigma of a felony conviction to thrive.
Were raided cannabis dispensaries targeted after police dispute?
SANTA ANA – Sky High Holistic, a medical-marijuana dispensary that gained national attention after Santa Ana police officers were caught on video during a 2015 raid eating snacks and making fun of a disabled woman, was one of two dispensaries closed by city officials Tuesday morning. Sky High and Elevated Dreams, in the same strip mall in…
Marijuana-based anti-seizure drug shows strong study results
A new class of epilepsy medications based on an ingredient derived from marijuana could be available as soon as the second half of 2018 in the United States, pending Food and Drug Administration approval. Officials from GW Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the drug, on Wednesday announced promising results from a study on 171 patients…
Thanks to legalization, children are finally getting a real education on weed
Parents and young people in Colorado are better educated about cannabis–and they’re talking more about it, thanks to legalization. According to a recent report from the state health department, marijuana users are now more knowledgeable about the pot laws than non-users in the state. When voters approved marijuana legalization back in 2012, the Colorado Legislature…
Wholesale cannabis prices hit historic lows in January, but don’t blame Sessions
The price of a pound of legal marijuana plummeted in January, according to a new report tracking the commodity’s U.S. spot price index. The first month of 2018 has been marked by uncertainty in the cannabis industry after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era guidance on marijuana enforcement. But analysts at Cannabis Benchmarks, an…
After sounding alarm about increased crime, Sessions credits Trump with crime rate drop in first half of 2017
“In 2017, we brought cases against more violent criminals than in any year in decades. We charged the most federal firearm prosecutions in a decade. We convicted nearly 500 human traffickers and 1,200 gang members, and helped our international allies arrest about 4,000 MS-13 members. We also arrested and charged hundreds of people suspected with…
Canada’s green rush to create 150,000 legal weed jobs
For decades the ‘Green Rush’ has been a phenomenon exclusive to California’s Emerald Triangle where thousands would descend on its small forest towns to join the underground cannabis industry. With Canada legalizing marijuana this summer, that enthusiasm has rushed north with an expected 150,000 cannabis-related jobs coming to the country. According to Deloitte, the Canadian…
