Marijuana

Paving Way for 'Transformative Social Policy', Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

San Francisco Shows Nation Way Forward by Throwing Out Old Marijuana Convictions

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"While drug policy on the federal level is going backwards, San Francisco is once again taking the lead to undo the damage that this country's disastrous, failed drug war has had on our nation and on communities of color in particular."

Support for Marijuana Legalization Grows With 60 Percent of Americans Now in Favor

Julia Conley, staff writer

New poll shows majority of respondents up to age 64 support legalization

New Analysis Shows Federal Marijuana Legalization Could Raise $130 Billion, Add 1 Million Jobs by 2025

Jon Queally, staff writer

In addition to putting dent in failed 'War on Drugs,' legalization could put...

No, Bernie Sanders Tells Jeff Sessions, Marijuana Is Not the Same as Heroin

'This Is Not a Drill': Attorney General Sessions Coming for Nation's Legalized Pot

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

'Tipping Point'? Voters Bring Sweeping Wins for Marijuana

Looking for Something Other Than Corporate Media on Election Night?

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

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

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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...