Activism

Legalization Was Supposed to Be Bad for Kids. It Turned Out to Be the Opposite

Thirty years into the transition to regulated cannabis markets, teen use and ease of access are at or near the…

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He Spent 50 Years Fighting for Cannabis Freedom. Now He’s in an Idaho Prison Being Held for Marijuana Addiction Treatment

Dana Beal helped build the cannabis legalization movement. He organized hundreds of smoke-ins, founded the Global Marijuana March, brought ibogaine…

3 months ago

How Free Do You Actually Feel as a Cannabis Consumer? NORML Wants to Know

Forget what your state’s law says on paper. NORML’s new Cannabis Freedom Survey asks the question that actually matters: how…

3 months ago

She Paid $150,000 for a Florida Cannabis License and Got Nothing. Then She Found Another Way In.

GÜD Essence CEO Jasmine Johnson has been building a Black woman-led cannabis company in Florida since 2016. In an exclusive…

3 months ago

The Real Cost of Cannabis Prohibition

Cannabis reform is often framed as a business or cultural issue. In reality, cannabis policy goes far beyond dispensaries; it…

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The UK’s ‘Cannabis Martyr’ Keeps Opening Weed Cafes. Britain Keeps Locking Him Up.

Gary Youds has spent nearly 20 years opening cannabis cafes in Liverpool, getting raided, getting jailed, and refusing to stop.…

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Why Ganja Should Be Re-Legalized in India

Author Ed Rosenthal traces how international pressure criminalized a plant long woven into Indian life, and why he believes it…

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‘Cannabis Is an Act of Rebellion’: Latin Superstar Farruko on Weed, Healing and Fighting the System

The Puerto Rican hitmaker says cannabis is bigger than business, framing the plant as medicine, resistance, and a way to…

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The Last Garden: Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program Under Siege

Maine built one of the most vibrant, patient-driven medical cannabis markets in America. Now a contamination panic, a powerful tracking…

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He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax

The Cannabis Operator Prosecutors Got Like Al Capone In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed,…

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