Jeff Sessions’ Coming War on Legal Marijuana
On Election Day, eight states voted to legalize recreational or medical marijuana, bringing the nationwide total of medical states to 29. In Florida, medical marijuana won nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump. Added up, 65 million people now live in states that authorize adult recreational use; more than half of all Americans have […]
Cannabis set to be legalised in Ireland for medicinal use
Irish legislators have passed a bill to make cannabis legal for medicinal use after the government said it would not stand in the way. Read more »
The tax man cometh: California ponders legal pot, paying up
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s legal marijuana industry is expected to involve everything from backyard growers to sprawling fields in the farm belt, storefront sellers along rural roads to chain-store like outlets in Los Angeles. Read more »
On His Way Out the Door, Obama Suggests Marijuana Should Be Legal
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama comes as close as he ever has to endorsing marijuana legalization, saying, “I am not somebody who believes that legalization is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much […]