cannabis

How One City Invests Cannabis Tax Dollars Into Black-Owned Businesses

Small cannabis business-owners of color in Portland, Oregon are getting a serious leg-up in the legal industry at a time…

June 3, 2019

Marijuana Ban in Public Housing Lifted in NYC—And Nation May Be Next

Do you support reversing some of these provisions?,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York City asked Housing and Urban Development…

May 28, 2019

Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome, Without the Hype

Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for…

April 25, 2019

Cannabis Consumers Have Power: Meet Some Pioneers of Industry Inclusivity

In the hyper-commodifying cannabis industry, Mary Pryor of New York City is raising her voice for people of color to…

April 18, 2019

My Life in Two Parts of Texas Illustrates Our One War on Drugs

I grew up from the late ‘90s until the end of 2016 in a tiny town called Mission, Texas (above),…

April 17, 2019

The Study of “Synthetic Cannabinoids” Condemns Punitive Marijuana Laws

On April 2, at the invitation of Alex J. Krotulski, a research scientist with the Center for Forensic Science Research…

April 12, 2019

Medical Marijuana Is Legal In Arizona–But This County Attorney Still Prosecutes Patients

Living in Yavapai County, Arizona, a jurisdiction smack-dab in the middle of the Southwestern state, Rodney Jones obtained a medical…

April 11, 2019

Beyond Legalization: Searching SSDP Conference Takes On Exclusion

On the last weekend of March, hundreds of student activists from around the US and the world converged in Chicago…

April 11, 2019

Yes, You Can Be Addicted to Cannabis—But There Are Sensible Ways to Avoid This

The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey and New York, at least partly…

April 3, 2019

“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