Medical Marijuana News

April 3, 2017

Hint of a Trump Marijuana Crackdown? DEA Probes Colorado Cannabis Cases

While Attorney General Jeff Sessions was busy publicly reminding America just how much he hates marijuana legalization—facts, data and public sentiment be damned—federal law enforcement officials with Sessions’s Justice Department were probing pending marijuana-related court cases in Colorado, the International Business Times is reporting. This revelation came Friday courtesy of […]
April 3, 2017

Did you see John Oliver last night?

Did you catch it? On Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver skewered our nation’s failed policy of marijuana prohibition addressing topics ranging from a potential crackdown from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the newly formed Cannabis Caucus, and the desperate need for federal marijuana law reform. “There is now a Cannabis […]
April 1, 2017

Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/01/17

Welcome to this week’s edition of the NORML legislative roundup! Happy April Fools Day – unfortunately I have no light-hearted gag for you today as marijuana prohibition is still very much in effect with thousands of people a week arrested throughout the country for mere possession of the plant. Nationwide, […]
March 31, 2017

Surprise! The ‘Candy-Colored Meth’ Myth Is Back

This is the age of Trump. Still smarting from the Bernie-Hillary infighting, which may have (translation: almost certainly) handed the reality-star the White House, leftists and liberals are dying for a political leader to coalesce the broad opposition to the president’s agenda—even die-hard conservatives hated Trump’s healthcare bill!—and hit back, […]
March 31, 2017

The Pill Epidemic Is Ravaging West Virginia

For the 1.8 million residents of the State of West Virginia, medical cannabis is not a reality. The reality is that West Virginia currently has the highest, per-capita, rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States—double the national average. And, for the most part, those drugs are legal. The […]
March 31, 2017

Library Staff Will Be Trained to Save Drug Overdose Victims

As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the United States with a vicious tenacity that can only be described as the gnashing teeth of a junkie apocalypse, there is more demand for everyday people to be trained in administering life-saving medications to prevent accidental overdoses. It might sound a bit […]
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