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It’s time to release cannabis prisoners—like today
David Bienenstock - Published on March 27, 2020read moreWith COVID-19 flaring in America’s prisons, governors can save lives by releasing our prisoners of the drug war.
High school student busted for smelling like weed—but he didn’t
David Bienenstock - Published on February 19, 2020read moreA Dayton, Ohio, school seems to go easy on vaping white kids while suspending their Black peers on dubious ‘marijuana smell’ claims.
Pete Buttigieg wants to end the war on weed—but not in South Bend
David Bienenstock - Published on January 21, 2020read moreMayor Pete talks a big game on national drug reform, but at home in Indiana he didn’t do much to improve things.
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The most important cannabis science stories of 2019
David Bienenstock - Published on December 30, 2019read moreCheck out what researchers found out about cannabis with the best studies from 2019.
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Is Bernie Sanders still ahead of the curve on cannabis?
David Bienenstock - Published on December 18, 2019read moreHe pioneered decriminalization in the 1970s and led legalization efforts in Congress. How would he act as president? Bernie’s got a plan.
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Cannabis farmers scramble to protect heirloom seeds from Big Ag
David Bienenstock - Published on December 12, 2019read moreOld-school California growers are prepping for a patent war against global agricultural giants.
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One man’s crusade to open-source cannabis DNA
David Bienenstock - Published on December 11, 2019read moreYou can’t patent information in the public domain. So Kevin McKernan is sequencing cannabis DNA and posting it, to keep the plant free.
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This company filed the first cannabis DNA patent—and nobody knows who they are
David Bienenstock - Published on December 10, 2019read moreBioscience Institute lists no executive officers and no corporate address. But it owns potentially valuable cannabis patents. The researchers who work for them don’t want to talk about it.
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Leafly investigation: Inside the billion-dollar race to patent cannabis
David Bienenstock - Published on December 9, 2019read moreBackstabbing partners, secret financial backers, hired-gun geneticists: Welcome to Leafly’s series on the new cannabis patent war.
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Mike Bloomberg’s ideas about cannabis legalization are totally bonkers
David Bienenstock - Published on November 11, 2019read moreIf the former New York major jumps into the Democratic presidential race, Joe Biden will no longer be the worst candidate on cannabis.
