Marijuana

Far-Reaching Bill Would Legalize Weed, Offer Reparations for War on Drugs

'Tipping Point'? Voters Bring Sweeping Wins for Marijuana

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

On a dismal election night, voters in four lucky states found something progressive to celebrate— recreational marijuana legalization . California , Maine , Massachusetts , and Nevada all voted to make it legal for adults over 21 to smoke weed, a sweeping mandate that many expect will prompt a legislative domino effect throughout the country...

Looking for Something Other Than Corporate Media on Election Night?

Common Dreams staff

With any luck, the long national nightmare of the 2016 election will be over...

'An Opportunity to Correct Course': Marijuana on the Ballot 2016

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A potential sea change in marijuana legislation is coming, with ballot measures...

Public Support for Recreational Pot Legalization Hits Record High

Denouncing 'Colossal Waste' of Drug War, Report Makes Case for Decriminalization

Polling Points to Support for Pot Legalization Efforts in Five States

Confirming Big Pharma Fears, Study Shows Medical Pot Laws Decrease Opioid Use

Seriously 'Sinister' Big Pharma: Opioid Maker Bankrolls Opposition to Pro-Pot Referendum

'Politics Above Science': Obama Administration Keeps Marijuana Restrictions

Landmark UN Session Falling Short of Lofty Goal to End War on Drugs

Landmark Ruling by Mexico's Supreme Court Paves the Way for Legalizing Pot

Ohio Voters Reject Legal Pot with a 'Corporate Face'

Slamming War on Drugs, Sanders says Let States Make Pot Legal

US Government Accused of Stifling Medical Marijuana Research

In Victory for Medical Marijuana, Court Tells DOJ to Lay Off Legal Providers

Further

U.S. To Veterans: You Can Go Fight Our Pointless Wars For Us, But You Can't Smoke Weed When You Come Home Broken

Even as a new report calls for ending a war on drugs with "enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage,” Congress has rejected an amendment to a veterans' funding bill to allow VA doctors in medical marijuana states to discuss pot - not prescribe it or provide it but suggest it - to treat PTSD and other ills they got serving the country that is now denying them what "a mountain of evidence" says is their best treatment. The close 222–195 vote suggests the tide is turning, but not quickly...