Articles in Politics category

Bay Area stores are dropping TreatWell after its founder called police on an 8-year-old girl for selling bottled water.

Canada legalizes cannabis, and the Roll-Up crew offers its full royal assent. Also: Henry Rollins talks punk and marijuana.

A new national poll has found record support for legalizing cannabis in the US and limiting the impact of nonviolent criminal convictions.

The Prime Minister expressed hope that Canada’s cannabis retail systems will be ready to do business on the date of legalization.

The state health agency rejected autism as a qualifying condition last year. Now these mothers are fighting to reverse the decision.

Among the amendments struck down en route to C-45’s passage: bans on home cultivation of cannabis and cannabis-branded merchandise.

Shamed into action by the suffering of an epileptic child whose only relief came from cannabis oil, law enforcement and health authorities in the United Kingdom will begin an “unprecedented” review of the country’s cannabis policy.

New York will take fewer marijuana smokers to police stations starting Sept. 1. Critics say it’s too little too late as the public clamors for bigger cannabis reforms.

As the marijuana molecule cannabidiol nears FDA-approval, parents who for years have used cannabis to treat severe forms of epilepsy in their children are feeling more cautious than celebratory.

LA City Council President Herb Wesson shares his thoughts on LA’s legal cannabis rollout—and what still needs to happen.