Kevin Zeese is a well known fighter of the system and has been on the front lines of many fights – from health care to digital rights. But it all started with an internship at NORML 36 years ago. So, what did marijuana politics look like back then, where are we now and how do we keep going in this fight against senseless prohibition?
A long-stalled University of Arizona study on marijuana’s effects on PTSD patients is one step closer to proceeding now that a state senator has lifted her objection.
Update: Following the original publication of this article, MintPress News was contacted by Robert Caputo, the treasurer of the Arizona Veteran’s Assistance Committee. According to Caputo, the chairman of the organization, Marc Victor, made an incorrect statement in regards to the AVAC. Per Caputo, the recall has not been cancelled and no deal has
Medical marijuana has been legal in Washington state since 1998, but new recreational marijuana laws are threatening not only patients’ rights, but also their access to medicine.
Almost six months after the passage of Initiative 502, medical marijuana advocates in Washington state rallied outside of the state capitol in order to “save medical cannabis in Washington.” They argued that proposed changes to medical marijuana laws would hurt patients by lumping the medical program in with the state’s new recreational marijuana
The sponsor, which makes accounting software, has also revoked its services from a clinic that recommends medical marijuana.
The chance for a pro-marijuana legalization commercial to air for free during the 2014 Super Bowl has — for a lack of better words — burned out. On Monday, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the movement’s oldest and largest group, announced that they have not made it to the third round of a small business competition
The Department of Justice has announced that it won’t sue marijuana-legal states… for now.
Updated Sept. 5, 2013 Originally published Sept. 3, 2013 Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice answered the million dollar question lawmakers in Washington state and Colorado have been waiting for since the states legalized recreational marijuana last November: How would the federal government respond to the passage of the legalization
