Big News on the Way from the DEA?
In response to an open letter from US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Boxer, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and others inquiring about their agencies’ progress on loosening federal cannabis policy,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Utillian 650 Delivers Style, Not Performance
Of all the sleek vaporizer designs to come to market in the past few years, the Utillian 650 ($119.00 USD) delivers one of the sleekest, most discrete packages we’ve ever seen — which makes its...
View ArticlePennsylvania Legalizes Medical Marijuana
After a long wait and just in time for 4/20, Pennsylvania patients finally have something to smile about. The Keystone state is about to bring limited medical marijuana freedom to its 12.8 million...
View ArticleUNGASS Promotes “Flexible” Treaties
The UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) closed in New York City without any formal reform adopted by the member nations in attendance, but with tacit approval to reform-minded...
View ArticleNebraska Severely Limits Asset Forfeiture
With a stroke of his pen, Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts took the courageous step of restoring one corner of due process to his state. By signing the popular bill LB 1106, Gov. Ricketts has almost...
View ArticleCops Seize, Then Return, $53,000 from Christian Rock Band
It’s a bizarre set of facts which could only make sense under the logic of today’s drug war. Eh Wah, the manager of a Burmese Christian rock band on a US tour to raise money for a college in Myanmar...
View ArticlePTSD Cannabis Study To Finally Move Ahead
After a tortuously long wait marked by intrigue and sudden reversals, a landmark study on the effectiveness of cannabis to treat PTSD is finally ready to begin enrolling combat veterans who have proven...
View ArticleREVIEW: Zeus Iceborn Helps You Keep Your Cool While Toking Down
Every toker knows the feeling. You’re all excited to take that big rip from your new rig; you fire up the torch and heat up the nail to solar proportions, drop the dab and inhale. But the rip triggers...
View ArticleUnder Political Fire, Vaporizer Market Maturing
California’s latest political assault on vaping is its strongest salvo yet against a growingly popular practice, but the state’s continued attempts to characterize vapor as harmful smoke have ignored a...
View ArticleCannMed 2016: Not if, but how
By John Dvorak It was a humbling experience watching more than a dozen doctors, researchers and citizen scientists present at CannMed 2016: a Personalized Cannabinoid Medicine Conference hosted by...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Endorses AUMA
Only nine days after responding that he hadn’t studied the Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders familiarized himself with the initiative — and now says...
View ArticleProp 64: Legalization on the California Ballot
For the first time since 2010, California voters will have a chance to vote on whether to replace key parts of the state’s cannabis criminalization with cannabis regulation. This is the official...
View ArticleEuropean Medical Marijuana Update
Even while backward prohibition, antiquated scare tactics and rampant misinformation continue to plague European attitudes and policies toward cannabis, good news has begun cropping up all over the...
View ArticleANALYSIS: What Schedule 2 Will Mean for Cannabis
I admit that the first report from an anonymous DEA lawyer that the agency was about to reschedule cannabis aroused my skepticism. There were multiple problems with the article’s statements of law, and...
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