cannabis

What Exactly Should Social Equity in a Legal Marijuana Market Entail?

What will it take to effectively put equity first in a legal marijuana market? That’s a question a former Massachusetts…

December 13, 2021

People Changed the Ways They Use Drugs During the Pandemic

The 2021 Global Drug Survey (GDS), the newly published report from the largest annual survey of people who use drugs,…

December 8, 2021

Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users

The world's largest drug survey wants to know how you get high and why. You can fill out the Global Drug…

November 19, 2021

We’ll Keep Denying Public Housing Over Marijuana Use, Insists Biden Administration

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says it is required to continue denying federally assisted housing to…

November 10, 2021

Biden Has the Power to Practically Legalize Marijuana Without Congress

President Joe Biden can grant mass amnesty to people who have violated federal marijuana laws, congressional researchers said in a…

November 4, 2021

Wins for Multiple Cannabis, Psychedelics Decrim. Measures on November Ballots

The November 2 elections brought troubling signs for Democrats hoping to retain control of Congress and criminal justice reformers alike.…

November 3, 2021

NY Employers Can (Mostly) No Longer Fire You for Using Weed Off the Job

New Yorkers can no longer be fired for using marijuana while off the clock. Updated guidelines released by the state…

November 1, 2021

Why Is California Failing Thousands of People With Cannabis Records?

Nearly five years after California voters legalized marijuana, potentially hundreds of thousands of residents still have publicly available cannabis-related criminal…

October 14, 2021

Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears House Committee

On September 30 a key House committee approved a bill to federally legalize marijuana and promote social equity. The Marijuana…

October 1, 2021

Sha’Carri Richardson Ban Prompts World Anti-Doping Agency Review

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will conduct a scientific review of marijuana next year to determine whether it should continue…

September 15, 2021