On Friday afternoon the U.S. House of Representatives, under the control of democrats, voted 228-164 to decriminalize marijuana and expunge criminal records related to marijuana offenses. It was technically a bipartisan vote, with a humongous FIVE Republicans voting with the dems. BUT pot dreams may be up in smoke: it’s very unlikely it will pass […] More
Recreational use of marijuana became legal in Illinois last week and almost immediately ran into problems. It seems that while the stores that sell the weed are privately owned, the state was slow in approving cultivation centers to grow it. And after just five days, legal pot dispensaries were running out of product because the […] More
People who use medical marijuana have higher rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug use — including pain relievers — than others, according to a new study. Researchers at Stanford University and University College Cork in Ireland analyzed more than 57,000 responses to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to determine if medical […] More
Fiery rhetoric on marijuana legalization from Attorney General Jeff Sessions is prompting some states to preemptively act to limit federal power over local pot laws. “They could start issuing a bunch of threat letters, they could begin raiding and arresting people in various states,” Tom Angell, chairman of the Marijuana Majority, told The Daily Caller […] More
Do you think that Trump should try to pass laws that will legalize marijuana on the federal level? More
Should someone who is in prison only for marijuana-related charges be let go if their “crime” is now defunct in their state due to legalization? More
Marijuana has been classified as a schedule 1 drug for years, but several states have already lifted their ban on the drug, most of them profiting well off the plant. Most medical research now also leans heavily toward marijuana having many uses for patients of many different ailments and diseases. Do you think that marijuana […] More
