How Pot-Smoking Became Illegal in Canada
In 1923, when it became illegal to possess cannabis in Canada, very few Canadians would have heard of the drug, let alone tried it. So why did legislators target weed?
Sessions Rescinded Pot Policy Meant To Hurt Cartels
The Justice Department marijuana enforcement policy that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Thursday was crafted to try and keep cartels and gangs out of...
What Jeff Sessions Has Said About Marijuana
Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week declared that marijuana—a drug on which no person has ever overdosed—was nearly as dangerous as heroin, a drug that...
Anti-Pot Idealogue Jeff Sessions Won’t Use Weed to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a prescription for opioid and heroin addicts—and it's not marijuana. Sessions said in a statement that he was “astonished” by...
Rolling Up the Pain: 5 Therapeutic Health Effects Of Cannabidiol
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is generating a lot of buzz in the medical marijuana movement. The benefits of the non-psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, or the other...
How Marijuana Zaps Short-Term Motivation
Lola Gayle, STEAM Register For many of us, finding the motivation to get up and get working can be difficult sometimes. But for those who...
Can Access to Medical Marijuana Reduce Opioid Deaths?
Gut Check looks at health claims made by studies, newsmakers, or conventional wisdom. We ask: Should you believe this? The claim: When legal medical marijuana...
Ohio Voters Crush Recreational Marijuana Amendment
Buzzkill, dude! The ballot initiative, muddied by a mandate for a pot monopoly in the state did not pass, but the issue is likely to...
Morgan Freeman Building Giant Refuge for Bees
From TrueActivist.com: by John Vibes Morgan Freeman has been making headlines recently for a number of great reasons that have nothing to do with his...
Watch: CBS Reporter In Alaska Says ‘F*ck It, I Quit’ On Live TV
by Peter Weber of TheWeek: On Sunday night's 10 p.m. live broadcast of KTVA 11 News, a reporter for CBS affiliate in Anchorage quit in...
US Department of Justice Ends 75 Years of Marijuana Prohibition
[caption id="attachment_104576" align="aligncenter" width="608"] Marijuana. Courtesy of npr.org.[/caption] Finally, the United States government is recognizing what millions of people have know for years: there's a...
Legalize Marijuana: Smoke ’em if you got ’em in Colorado, Washington
Finally there’s some relief for those of us who enjoy the occasional taste of the “weed,” at least if you live in Washington or Colorado. Here’s the story from CNN:
Mad Mike’s Blog Round Up February 24, 2012
Three great links to stories and a video that I think you will enjoy.
Congressional “odd couple” team up to legalize marijuana
All of the federal marijuana legislation may soon be “history” as Ron Paul and Barney Frank—surely Congress’ version of the Odd Couple—are set to introduce a bill today that would end once and for all the federal prohibition on marijuana. Read about it here.