Articles tagged with "opinion"
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Opinion: It’s Past Time to Stop the Sexualization of Cannabis
Jessica Ginet - Published on May 12, 2018read moreLet’s promote cannabis products with accurate descriptions of their features and benefits rather than sexualized images of one-dimensional women.
Guest Opinion: Don’t Let Big Business Shape California Cannabis
Hezekiah Allen - Published on December 20, 2017read moreIt is critical that as many California cannabis growers as possible have an opportunity to transition to a regulated system.
How Activists Turned a Bad Massachusetts Bill Into a Great Law
Shaleen Title - Published on July 24, 2017read moreLegislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.
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Washington’s Cannabis Law Is an Obstacle to Equity. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
Hanna Brooks Olsen - Published on May 24, 2017read moreLegalization was billed as a great equalizer of racial injustice, but the system to arise out of I-502 has only reinforced age-old barriers.
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Want to Solve America’s Public Defender Crisis? Stop Arresting People for Cannabis
Brian Saady - Published on May 4, 2017read moreArrests for cannabis possession outnumber all violent crime arrests combined. It’s contributing to a constitutional crisis.
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Cannabis Strategy Under Trump: Here Are Four Ways to Play It
Leafly Staff - Published on December 1, 2016read moreWhat is to be done? Here are four post-election strategies from an author, a law professor, a lobbyist, and a conservative editorial board.
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Here’s How Congress Can Protect Cannabis From the Trump Administration
Ben Adlin - Published on November 18, 2016read moreIt wouldn’t be hard for the Trump administration to target legal cannabis. But Congress could help prevent it.
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Can Cannabis Change Capitalism? VICE Columnist, Author Thinks So
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 22, 2016read more“Cannabis should transform capitalism, not the other way around,” says David Bienenstock. “We have to fight really hard to make this an inclusive industry.”
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A Cannabis Advocate’s Case for Bernie Sanders
Sara Dilley - Published on April 1, 2016read moreIf the evidence stacks Bernie up as the only pro-cannabis candidate—and it does—why hasn’t the industry done more to support him?
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Why Isn’t the Cannabis Industry Feeling the Bern? Here Are Two Good Reasons
Marcus H. Johnson - Published on March 22, 2016read moreShould the movement and the industry be doing more to support Bernie Sanders? Not necessarily. Here’s why.









