Articles tagged with "legalization"

Parliament on Friday will consider a bill to legalize medical cannabis. It’s the furthest the UK legalization movement has come in years, but it’s still a long shot.

A year after a law took affect allowing people to erase old cannabis convictions, nearly a million people still have criminal records more tarnished than they deserve.

Dr. Michael Verbora spent six years in medical school, during which only 30 minutes were devoted to learning about cannabis. Now he’s fighting to change that, one conversation at a time.

Social consumption has been a matter of discussion in nearly every legal state, but the Massachusetts proposal would go further than what others have allowed.

Senators have agreed to vote on the Cannabis Act by June 7. Because it will take at least eight weeks to get the retail system going after the bill is passed, Canadians will have to wait until at least August to buy recreational cannabis.

Today’s announcement brought a wealth of specific information for Alberta’s would-be cannabis retailers.

As recently as last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was insisting it was on track for legalization in July.

The advice columnist dishes good counsel to a medical cannabis patient; also, Rick Steves advises Congress, and Ben offers tips to Olympic snowboarders.

“I think this whole legalization stuff has to slow down,” said state Sen. Ronald Rice.

The first legal medical marijuana sales under a 2-year-old state law began Thursday at a dispensary in western Pennsylvania.