Six More States Could Legalize Recreational Marijuana This Fall
Voters in at least five states will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana this fall, and a similar measure may yet qualify for the ballot in one more state. If …
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The Biden Administration Defends the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Medical Marijuana Users
The Biden administration yesterday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the ban on gun possession by medical marijuana users, saying that law is consistent with a long …
Scofflaws Lead the Way To Legalizing Psychedelic Drugs
A good predictor that restrictive laws are on their way out is when large numbers of people honor them in the breach. Prohibition famously foundered on Americans’ desire to keep …
How Many People Have To Be Assaulted or Killed Before Chuck Schumer Stops Resisting Marijuana Banking Reform?
A recent robbery at Best Buds, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon, was “so violent” that it “sent shockwaves through the industry,” Willamette Week reports. “Thieves pistol-whipped one employee and …
Chuck Schumer Learned Nothing From the Failure of Pot Legalization in California
During the next year, California officials said last week, the state expects to seize “more than $1 billion worth of illegal cannabis products.” That announcement came a few weeks after …
Chuck Schumer’s Doomed Marijuana Monstrosity Is Not a Serious Attempt To Repeal Pot Prohibition
The first thing we should say about Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s marijuana legalization bill, which the New York Democrat finally filed today, more than a year after sharing a …
Legalizing Pot Requires GOP Support
When legislators who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you probably are doing something wrong. That is what happened in April, when the House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity …
Dr. Oz Warns That Legalizing Marijuana in Pennsylvania Would Aggravate Unemployment by Weakening ‘Mojo’
Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, argues that the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, is wrong to support marijuana legalization because allowing recreational use is …
Sheriff Agrees To Stop Stealing Cannabis Cash From Armored Cars, Saying His Deputies ‘Are Not Highway Robbers’
Empyreal Logistics, a Pennsylvania-based company that transports cash from state-licensed marijuana businesses, has reached a settlement with the San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff’s Department, which had seized more than $1 …
A New Report Explains How California Screwed Up Marijuana Legalization
Six years after California legalized recreational marijuana, the black market still accounts for roughly two-thirds of the state’s cannabis sales. Since legalization was supposed to eliminate the black market, that …