cannabis

“The Devil Is in the Details”—Cuomo Stalls New York Cannabis Legalization

On March 31, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo reached an agreement with the state legislature on his 2020 Fiscal Year…

April 1, 2019

Why Are Methadone Patients Still Being Punished for Marijuana Use?

Marijuana, which is now legal for medical use in 33 states and counting, can help treat pain—something which opioids also…

March 31, 2019

Exclusive: What Happened to the Funding for LA’s Cannabis Social Equity Program?

It was mid-morning on March 15 when around 25 activists and city officials gathered in the media room on the…

March 29, 2019

Equity and Expungement: Why Cannabis Activists Crashed SXSW

On March 15, cannabis activists protested outside the South by Southwest (SXSW) gathering at the Hilton Austin Downtown while former…

March 19, 2019

Intoxication Has Always Been the American Way—Let’s Work With That

Mood modification through drugs—intoxication—is a standard cultural reality in American history, but possibly even more so today. Rather than hopelessly…

March 6, 2019

Sure, Cannabis Is a “Gateway Drug”—Toward Less Use of Other Drugs

As more and more prohibitionist cannabis policies are reversed in North America, a long-peddled, if long-debunked, perception that weed is a "gateway…

February 7, 2019

Inside Brooklyn’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary

I'm greeted by an employee sporting a crisp button-down and a dotted blue bow tie. Petite succulent plants decorate the…

January 17, 2019

96 Percent of People Arrested for Weed in Baltimore from 2015-2017 Were Black

Decriminalization of cannabis is not enough. A recent analysis from the Baltimore Fishbowl and the Baltimore Institute for Nonprofit Journalism revealed that 1,450…

January 2, 2019

For Youth in My City, Marijuana Is the Go-To Treatment for Trauma

For children like me who grew up in Richmond, California, our lived experiences are very different than our peers who…

December 13, 2018

Ugly Disparities Among My Patients Demand Marijuana Racial Justice

As a doctor in a harm reduction clinic, the racist applications of our marijuana laws are regularly apparent to me.…

December 12, 2018