Articles in Politics category

The CARERS Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation, was one of the best chances for the United States to reclassify cannabis as a non-Schedule I class drug.

Despite the feds’ promise of a hands-off approach in states with legal cannabis use, a USPS memo is stoking confusion about newspaper advertising in the Northwest.

California advocates have bonded together to support a recreational cannabis legalization initiative for 2016 called the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.

A California company hopes to address the concern of driving under the influence of cannabis by offering police a roadside test to check drivers for impairment.

This week Uruguay announced the types of cannabis that will be available for sale to the public at approved legal pharmacies.

Industrial hemp played a valuable role in the 20th century’s movement to use renewable agricultural materials to make industrial products. Today it has the opportunity to do so once again.

Minnesota will add intractable pain to the short list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program, bumping the total to 10 approved conditions or illnesses.

Last week the U.S. Postal Service issued a memo to newspapers that printing paid advertisements for marijuana dispensaries could put them in violation of the U.S. federal government.

I don’t think even the most potent-smelling strain could be confused with a bag of stinky socks, a lesson one Michigan man learned the hard way.

In January, the Mexican government will be holding a national debate on whether or not to overhaul Mexico’s laws on cannabis.