Articles tagged with "opinion"
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Opinion: It’s Past Time to Stop the Sexualization of Cannabis
Jessica Ginet - Published on May 12, 2018Read moreLet’s promote cannabis products with accurate descriptions of their features and benefits rather than sexualized images of one-dimensional women.
Guest Opinion: Don’t Let Big Business Shape California Cannabis
Hezekiah Allen - Published on December 20, 2017Read moreIt is critical that as many California cannabis growers as possible have an opportunity to transition to a regulated system.
How Activists Turned a Bad Massachusetts Bill Into a Great Law
Shaleen Title - Published on July 24, 2017Read moreLegislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.
Washington’s Cannabis Law Is an Obstacle to Equity. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
Hanna Brooks Olsen - Published on May 24, 2017Read moreLegalization was billed as a great equalizer of racial injustice, but the system to arise out of I-502 has only reinforced age-old barriers.
Want to Solve America’s Public Defender Crisis? Stop Arresting People for Cannabis
Brian Saady - Published on May 4, 2017Read moreArrests for cannabis possession outnumber all violent crime arrests combined. It’s contributing to a constitutional crisis.
Cannabis Strategy Under Trump: Here Are Four Ways to Play It
Leafly Staff - Published on December 1, 2016Read moreWhat is to be done? Here are four post-election strategies from an author, a law professor, a lobbyist, and a conservative editorial board.
Here’s How Congress Can Protect Cannabis From the Trump Administration
Ben Adlin - Published on November 18, 2016Read moreIt wouldn’t be hard for the Trump administration to target legal cannabis. But Congress could help prevent it.
Can Cannabis Change Capitalism? VICE Columnist, Author Thinks So
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 22, 2016Read more“Cannabis should transform capitalism, not the other way around,” says David Bienenstock. “We have to fight really hard to make this an inclusive industry.”
A Cannabis Advocate’s Case for Bernie Sanders
Sara Dilley - Published on April 1, 2016Read moreIf the evidence stacks Bernie up as the only pro-cannabis candidate—and it does—why hasn’t the industry done more to support him?
Why Isn’t the Cannabis Industry Feeling the Bern? Here Are Two Good Reasons
Marcus H. Johnson - Published on March 22, 2016Read moreShould the movement and the industry be doing more to support Bernie Sanders? Not necessarily. Here’s why.