Cannabis has changed. So must its legal classification.

Pennsylvania Taxpayers Spend Billions On Marijuana Criminalization While Neighboring States Reap Benefits Of Legalization (Op-Ed)

“People carrying less than one ounce of weed make up 45 percent of all substance possession arrests in Pennsylvania. That amount would be perfectly legal in most surrounding states.” By Chris Goldstein, NORML Politicians in Pennsylvania’s Capitol are having a very slow dance with Mary Jane. It’s taking decades to debate the well proven concept […]

Nevada’s cannabis industry is positioned to grow should federal policy shift

In the United States’ burgeoning marijuana industry, state lines are more like walls as the drug’s Schedule I narcotic status alongside heroin and LSD makes interstate commerce illegal. But one day, maybe over ...

Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low

"Although Congress has failed to amend federal cannabis laws to explicitly recognize state-legal cannabis markets, the attitudes and priorities of federal law enforcement agents and prosecutors have clearly shifted in a manner that reflects their reality. Now it’s time for Congress to do so by repealing the failed policy of federal marijuana prohibition.” The post Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low app…

Cannabis has changed. So must its legal classification.

Lumping cannabis in with drugs considered to have no medical value undermines patient access in Maine and beyond.

For decades, opioids were considered to be a gold standard in pain therapy. However, given the problem of addiction, the risk of overdoses and massive side effects, the leaf is now beginning to turn, and many doctors are considering an old crop. In recent years, a real paradigm shift has taken place. Drugs from the hemp plant are now the focus of the pain researchers. They are considered to be a potentially safer alternative to opioids, but only…

Report: OK, OR and CA cannabis companies could be big winners under federal marijuana legalization

Oklahoma, Oregon and California are the best-positioned states to benefit from the interstate commerce that would result from federal marijuana descheduling, according to a white paper published this month by the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The analysis said those states having the cheapest large-scale production costs and the highest... Please login to read all 591 words.