Cannabis remains a Schedule 1 drug despite evidence of its incredible medicinal potential. In this post from Leafly, read about the most impactful cannabis studies of all time. The following compendium of landmark cannabis studies is exclusively focused on top-level research that either fundamentally advanced our understanding of the plant’s therapeutic properties, or ... Continue Reading
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Impact of Marijuana Policy on People to Be Studied?
A bill, that requires a federal study on the impact of marijuana legalization, has been introduced with the hope that it will combat the outdated information supporting current marijuana policy. This post from High Times discusses the bill. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require a federal study on the impact of marijuana legalization ... Continue Reading
Marijuana Legalization: Crime Rate Drops in Uruguay
Uruguay is far ahead of the rest of the world on marijuana legalization. Read more, in this post from Entrepreneur.com, about how its crime rate plummeted after the end of the war on drugs. Canada gets the headlines for its plan to legalize marijuana nationwide in 2018. So does anti-marijuana rhetoric from some officials in the Trump Administration. Meanwhile, in the ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Declares War on Legal Marijuana
The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, rescinds the Obama-era guidelines that made legal marijuana possible and compares marijuana to heroin. Find out more in this post from SOL*CBD. A memo was released on Thursday, January 4, 2017, in which current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he is rescinding the Cole Memorandum, put in place by United States ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Toughens Stance on Legal Cannabis
Jeff Sessions’ notice on rescinding policy allowing states' legal cannabis rights causes ripples across the industry. Find out more in this post from CBS News. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a marijuana enforcement memo Thursday rescinding the Obama administration's guidance, which enabled states to legalize marijuana without federal intervention. His one-page memo ... Continue Reading