White House should enlist medical marijuana in the fight against opioid crisis. This post from TheHill discusses why Trump shouldn’t kill the high from election days pot win. Cannabis reform advocates captured eight of the nine states that were up for grabs on Election Night. Our next president bagged a mere six in ten. Given the Republican Party’s historical support for the ... Continue Reading
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International Leaders Call on UN to Reassess Global Drug Policy
Over 1,000 leaders worldwide slam failed prohibitionist drug policies and call on the UN for systemic reform. This post from Drug Policy Alliance highlights how international leaders pushed for reform at UN’s General Assembly Special Session on drugs. More than 1,000 international leaders – prominent in the fields of politics, health, academics and entertainment – ... Continue Reading
Marijuana Reform Debated On Human Rights Grounds in Mexico
A landmark marijuana reform case in Mexico’s Supreme Court, being fought on human rights grounds, could pave the way for marijuana legalization in the country. This post from Drug Policy Alliance discusses how the public debate on marijuana reform has gained momentum in the country that has been most affected by the war on drugs. On Wednesday, Mexico’s Supreme Court will ... Continue Reading
Marijuana – It’s Time to Legalize ‘What God Made Good’
In this post from Marijuana Doctors, Jeandre Gerber reports the sentiment of political parties in the legalization process of marijuana. The conservative party in the US claims they want “smaller government and more civil liberties” and while in some instances they do create legislation along those lines, when it comes to drug policies they wear a completely different ... Continue Reading
10 Cannabis Studies the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know About
This post from Liberty Crier lists the top 10 Cannabis studies the government wished it had never funded. 10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY: A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S ... Continue Reading