As Canada moves closer to legalizing recreational cannabis in 2018, a number of questions still remain. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that enforcement of regulations is a focal point. This is concerning considering a document released about strict restrictions on marijuana advertising. “Cannabis is not an approved drug or medicine in Canada,” the federal government’s…
DetailsTwenty-nine states and over 95 percent of the American population have access to medical marijuana. Missouri hopes to be the 30th state with access, but it has a history of close calls with no results. In 2015, a medical marijuana bill failed in Missouri’s House of Representatives before it could make it to the Senate. In 2016,…
DetailsFor a long time now, Oregon has been a very weed-friendly state. In fact, it became the very first state to decriminalize marijuana, way back in 1973. Oregonians legalized medical cannabis at the ballot box in 1998, and recreational weed by the same method in 2014. While marijuana can’t be legally sold or smoked in…
DetailsFor lawyers, the cannabis industry is a great equalizer. Thanks to the legalization of marijuana (in some shape or form) across 29 states and D.C.—and particularly the recent wave of legalization for recreational marijuana—the cannabis industry has emerged as a unique corner of the legal world where new and experienced lawyers alike have equal footing. …
DetailsBeneath the soaring redwoods of California’s Emerald Triangle lives America’s largest cannabis community and its worst kept secret. For decades, these farmers have been cultivating marijuana in what could be considered the last frontier of the Wild West. But as an end to prohibition comes to California, it could bring the death of that Wild…
DetailsKevin Roelofs, a United States Military combat veteran, had been around marijuana his whole life, but until he returned from Iraq, he had never considered it anything other than recreational. Like many veterans, when Roelofs got back to America, he brought the war home with him. A relatively busy supermarket or clothing store was enough…
DetailsIs marijuana addictive? That depends on how you define addiction. And, in an increasingly polarized political atmosphere, it depends on who you ask. Roger Roffman, a cannabis dependence expert and professor emeritus of Social Work at the University of Washington,told Leafly: “Addiction results from a combination of biological and psychological factors that contribute to conditioned behavioral patterns…
DetailsWhen Attorney General Jeff Sessions stood in front of reporters last week to announce the opening of a new DEA field office to combat the opioid crisis, it was clear that not much had changed in the federal government’s approach to drug abuse. As politicians and narcotics agents continue to recycle brute-force methods of beating…
DetailsIn July of 2018, Canada is set to become the second country on earth—after Uruguay—with legal recreational marijuana. A big difference between provinces will be whether cannabis is sold alongside alcohol or at standalone shops, like a dispensary. There are also differences in regards to legal age for consumption; where people will be allowed to…
DetailsThe federal government has been marijuana’s number one enemy for years, but in this instance, cannabis needs the feds to stay afloat. This afternoon, the Senate and the House hastily passed stopgap funding bills to keep the lights of the federal government on, staving off a government shutdown that would have gone into effect on…
DetailsDenver’s Office of Marijuana Policy has successfully implemented some suggestions made last year by the city’s auditor; however, the regulatory office continues to fall short on full transparency about how pot tax revenue is spent, a report released Thursday shows. Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien issued a follow-up report to his 2016 audit of the…
DetailsState Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office is investigating the Buffalo Police Department’s use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments, The Buffalo News learned Wednesday. The investigation follows a complaint filed by members of Black Lives Matter Buffalo and other community groups on Aug. 31 with the Attorney General’s Office accusing…
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