Articles tagged with "politics"

In a triumph for sanity and compassion, British Columbia has declared mandatory minimum prison sentences for cannabis producers to be unconstitutional.

New study disproves, once again, the myth that “nobody goes to jail for cannabis anymore.” In California, thousands still do.

Dozens of cities and counties are contemplating tough restrictions on cannabis sales and cultivation in anticipation of Prop. 64’s passage.

Some of the Prop. 64 campaign’s most visible endorsers are officials who “can’t stand” cannabis and “don’t advocate” its consumption. What gives?

Wee-hour campaign calls urging a no vote on medical marijuana woke up hundreds in the state this weekend, annoying and sometimes scaring voters.

The District’s patients may finally be able to shop at more than one dispensary.

In a last-ditch effort, the Boston Archdiocese donated $850,000 to the effort to defeat a state ballot measure to legalize cannabis.

Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson has donated tens of millions of dollars to cannabis prohibition causes. But why?

An Arkansas legalization initiative bites the dust, Alaska opens its first testing lag, and why are some Florida ballots missing Amendment 2?

Some absentee ballots in Broward County left off Amendment 2, which would legalize medicinal cannabis in the state. Advocates have filed a lawsuit.