The year 2025 marks a somber milestone: the centenary of international cannabis prohibition. What began in Geneva in 1925, when global powers agreed to classify “Indian hemp” as a narcotic under the ...

*America did not merely criminalize a plant. It criminalized a people. Before “marijuana” became America’s most politically ...

Saturday, August 2nd, marks the 88th anniversary of the signing of the Marihuana Tax Act, the first federal marijuana prohibition law. Since its inception, the criminalization of the marijuana plant ...

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday will move toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances. It's ...

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Though I don’t agree with every aspect of David Nutt’s Drugs Without the Hot Air, it is an intelligent and entertaining book that takes a broad view of the use and abuse of drugs, legal and illegal.

CLEVELAND - In a sparsely populated neighborhood in suburban Cleveland, an empty building stands in place of the former storefront and production facility for a cannabis-infused drink company forced ...

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Bans on marijuana may follow alcohol prohibition into the dustbin of American history. In November election, four states and Washington, DC have now approved recreational use. California and other ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration reclassified state-regulated medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. The order ...