Max Savage LevensonJuly 3, 2020 The sun may be setting on cannabis prohibition in Arizona. Voters will decide on an adult-use legalization measure in November. Legalization advocates in both Arizona and Nebraska have submitted what is likely enough signatures to qualify adult-use and medical programs, respectively, for their November ballots. The petition signatures must now…
Max Savage LevensonJuly 2, 2020 A statewide measure to decriminalize all drugs was approved for the November ballot in Oregon. Voters will decide if the time has come to stop arresting people for what they put into their own bodies. (AdobeStock) In the upcoming November election, Oregonians will vote on a measure that would decriminalize…
Max Savage LevensonJuly 1, 2020 Virginia is for lovers…of cannabis. It’s not legal to sell it to non-medical patients, but as of July 1 adult possession of up to one ounce is punishable only by a $25 civil fine. (AdobeStock) Starting today, Virginia residents will get their first taste of much-needed cannabis reform. Thanks to…
Bruce BarcottJune 30, 2020 Dispensaries in Arizona, Florida, and Texas remain open as essential businesses. (AdobeStock) As coronavirus cases continue spike alarmingly in Arizona, Florida, Texas, and other southern states, some once-reluctant governors are taking action to shut down gathering places. On Monday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered all bars, movie theaters, gyms, and water…
Colleen Fisher TullyJune 29, 2020 The legal minimum age is 21 in most US states, but 19 in Canada. What’s really the best age limit? Researchers think Canada’s answer might be the right one. (AdobeStock) Minimum legal age varies for all kinds of grownup things. Alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis can be 18, 19 or 21,…
David BienenstockJune 25, 2020 Just a couple of scientists who changed the world: Astronomer Carl Sagan, left, and psychiatrist Dr. Lester Grinspoon, right, came from different academic fields but bonded over a shared fascination with the science of cannabis. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Peter Grinspoon) Dr. Lester Grinspoon passed away peacefully this morning, just a…
Bruce BarcottJune 24, 2020 Seattle’s drug loitering law was adopted in 1992 as part of the war on drugs. Since then it’s been used primarily against people of color. (AdobeStock) The Seattle City Council voted earlier this week to repeal the city’s 1992 “drug loitering” law, a catchall statute that allowed police to stop, harass,…
Bruce BarcottJune 23, 2020 US Attorney General William Barr launched false antitrust investigations into 10 cannabis companies, says a Justice Department whistleblower. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) In a blockbuster statement released today, a high official within the US Department of Justice accused Attorney General William Barr of ordering antitrust investigations into 10 cannabis companies, based solely…
Chris KudialisJune 22, 2020 Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak pardoned thousands of past marijuana convictions, allowing residents to exercise voting rights, apply for financial aid and housing, and avail themselves of other opportunities previously denied. The light at the end of the tunnel is in sight for thousands of Nevadans convicted of low-level marijuana possession—which is…
Leafly StaffJune 20, 2020 After getting shut down by the COVID-19 quarantine, Montana advocates mounted a signature-gathering surge to put them over the top. If the state verifies the signatures, marijuana legalization should be on the November ballot. (AdobeStock) Cannabis legalization advocates in Montana submitted more than 130,000 signatures to state and county officials on…
Max Savage LevensonJune 17, 2020 Medical legalization advocates must collect at least 130,000 signatures by July 3 in order to secure a spot on the statewide November ballot. (AdobeStock) Like a handful of other states pushing for cannabis reform this year, Nebraska’s efforts seemed destined to be thwarted by the coronavirus. Yet the state began…
David BienenstockJune 16, 2020 Police have used cannabis prohibition as a pretext to hassle and arrest Black people, and other people of color, for decades. Police agencies not only enforce these unjust laws, they help create them, protect them, and increase the human suffering that flows from them. (AdobeStock) To love cannabis is to know…
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