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Far Too Many Americans Are Still Being Arrested Under Antiquated Marijuana Laws

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Far Too Many Americans Are Still Being Arrested Under Antiquated Marijuana Laws
Marijuana Laws Still Causing Misery As A Stunning Number Of Americans Still Subject To Arrest The year 2016 will go down in the annals of drug law reform as a banner year. While already legal in 25 states for medical purposes, expanded marijuana legalization and decriminalization proposals are on the ballot in nearly a dozen states. And kratom users who rely on the southeast Asian plant to treat everything from PTSD to anxiety to seizures are sounding a note of cautious optimism as the U.S.… Read the rest

‘But What About The Children?’ They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You: Fewer Teens Than Adults Smoke Marijuana

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‘But What About The Children?’ They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You: Fewer Teens Than Adults Smoke Marijuana
CDC Says The Kids Are All Right: Changing Marijuana Laws Have Had No Effect On Teen Marijuana Use The weird, wild ride of marijuana as an illegal substance in the U.S. appears to be coming to an end. There are currently 25 states that allow some form of legal, regulated medical marijuana use, along with four–Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska–that allow recreational use.… Read the rest

Jersey Boys Singing A New Tune: New Jersey Legislator Proposes Radical Rethinking Of Pot Laws

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Jersey Boys Singing A New Tune: New Jersey Legislator Proposes Radical Rethinking Of Pot Laws
A New New Jersey: Radical Pot Law Rethink In The Garden State, Includes Expunging Criminal Convictions In case you haven’t noticed–or you work for the Drug Enforcement Agency–the way the United States looks at marijuana is undergoing a sea change. There are currently 25 states where it is legal to buy, use and sell marijuana for medical purposes, and Colorado and Oregon have made it legal to buy, sell and use marijuana for recreational purposes, with California close behind.… Read the rest

Unhappy With DEA Restrictions On Marijuana Research, Washington State Begins Its Own Testing Program

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Unhappy With DEA Restrictions On Marijuana Research, Washington State Begins Its Own Testing Program
Onerous DEA Regs Getting Irksome: Washington State Sidesteps Them On Marijuana Testing In the wake of the DEA’s latest inexplicable decision to keep marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug (read: huge favor for Big Pharma) the agency’s collective jamming of its head in the sand caused many observers threw up their hands in a collective WTF moment. The Schedule 1 designation puts marijuana on the same plane of potential danger as heroin, and indicates that it has no known medical use, a notion which the DEA’s own actions contradict: if there is no known medical use for it, why has the DEA opened up testing protocols and regulations, allowing pharmaceutical companies to grow their own strains for testing purposes, and to develop pharmaceuticals from the plant?… Read the rest