Tag: cannabis
New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice
After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into ...
Massachusetts Advances Its Unique Cannabis Social Equity Program
On July 17, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) approved six organizations to provide ...
Kamala Harris Cannabis Legalization Bill Is Also About Immigrant Justice
On July 22, Senator Kamala Harris, the betting markets’ favorite to become the 2020 ...
New Coalition: Congress, It’s Time to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition
On July 10, the House of Representatives held a hearing on marijuana prohibition in ...
Marijuana Legalization Doesn’t Increase Youth Use—Any Lessons for the Vaping Debate?
Youth use of controlled substances is often deployed as a bargaining chip in drug ...
What to Make of a Leading Anti-Cannabis Advocate Retweeting a Far-Right Podcaster?
Given the racist past and present of cannabis prohibition in the United States, an ...
Italy’s Rocky Road From Harsh Prohibition to “Cannabis Light”
According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 10 percent of ...
NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions
On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys ...
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 ...
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 ...
