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Nebraskans hustle to get medical legalization on ballot, with July 3 deadline
Max Savage Levenson - Published on June 17, 2020Read moreWhen the state reopened in May, advocates scrambled to get signatures. They’ll need 130,000 by July 3.
Can you love cannabis and support the police?
David Bienenstock - Published on June 16, 2020Read morePolice don’t merely enforce unjust laws. They help create them, protect them, and profit from them.
Urgent appeal: Free marijuana prisoner Michael Thompson before he dies of COVID-19
Bill Levers and Jeff Levers - Published on June 11, 2020Read moreThe Michigan man, 69, sold three pounds of weed in 1994. Call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to set him free before he dies.
Here’s how to start fixing racism in cannabis dispensaries
Amara Barnes - Published on June 10, 2020Read moreAs a budtender, I see how Black employees and customers are passed over and ignored. Here are five ways to change that.
New lawsuit aims to force DEA to reschedule marijuana
Bruce Kennedy - Published on June 8, 2020Read moreThe DEA’s five-part test to determine ‘currently accepted medical use’ is flawed, say the plaintiffs.
Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage
Bruce Barcott - Published on June 4, 2020Read moreYour marijuana tax dollars at work: Local groups can now apply for grants to improve neighborhoods hardest hit by prohibition.
Travel legend Rick Steves: Prohibition is racist, smoking marijuana is a civil liberty
David Downs - Published on June 3, 2020Read moreHe’s been saying it for 20 years, long before it was cool.
Cannabis and America’s uprising: It’s time to answer the knock at the door
Bruce Barcott - Published on June 2, 2020Read moreWhy does the cannabis industry have a special duty? Because cannabis has a special history.
43 West Coast cannabis dispensaries report looting in weekend rioting
David Downs - Published on June 1, 2020Read moreCannabis dispensaries were targeted in the weekend’s looting because they carry cash and an easily sellable product. Professional burglars also exploited slow police response times.
Montana patients will be free to shop at any dispensary starting Tuesday
Max Savage Levenson - Published on June 1, 2020Read moreThe policy of ‘tethering,’ which limited patients to a single dispensary, will end on June 2.