Medical Marijuana News

March 1, 2017

Berniecare: Bernie Sanders Wants to Help Donald Trump

Donald Trump just cracked the textbook for the first time this semester. And oh, is he confused. On Monday, the president of the United States, remembering he promised he’d get around to addressing gargantuan task of fixing America’s desiccated healthcare system, asked for an extension. Healthcare, you see, is “unbelievably […]
March 1, 2017

How Cannabis Could Change Farming Practices Around the World

Jeremy Plumb has been called the Bill Nye of pot science. His enthusiasm bubbles over when he talks about the plant’s medical and therapeutic properties. The Willamette Weekly even called him Portland’s mad scientist of cannabis. But don’t let the nicknames throw you off. Plumb is one of the most respected […]
March 1, 2017

America’s Top 10 Most Drugged-Out States

My fellow Americans, we are a sad bunch. We are fat, we are unhealthy, we are poor and we are in pain—and all this was true before the subprime meltdown and subsequent Great Recession. Over the last decade, seven million people have lost their jobs and their homes, 24/7 Wall […]
March 1, 2017

MPP’s Rob Kampia Responds to White House Comments

MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia just published a new article in Huffington Post in response to recent comments by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer sparked a flurry of media coverage last Thursday, February 23, when he uttered approximately 320 words about federal marijuana enforcement. He […]
March 1, 2017

Burmese Dissidents Broach Opium Decriminalization

As Burma’s opium wars continue despite the country’s democratic opening, activists are using the new political space to advocate for a more tolerant policy on poppy cultivation. At a Feb. 16 panel in Rangoon, the Drug Policy Advocacy Group (DPAG) issued a call for a reform of Burma’s drug laws, The Irrawady newspaper reported. […]
March 1, 2017

Philippines Marshals Troops in Deadly Anti-Drugs Crackdown

BY JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ main antinarcotics agency signed an agreement with the military Tuesday to harness troops in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown after he barred the national police force from carrying out the campaign to cleanse its ranks of rogue personnel. Military spokesman […]
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