Articles in Politics category

Yesterday’s release of a report on the effects of legalization in Colorado inspired dueling media narratives. Here’s the story behind the headlines.

Polling is now consistently showing that a strong majority of Ohioans favor the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, inspiring a steady stream of ballot proposals that would lift the state’s current prohibition.

Don’t be fooled by the charming bicycle pin and unassuming smile — when it comes to fighting for cannabis reform, Blumenauer is Batman in a bowtie.

Surveys given to middle- and high-schoolers indicate that youth marijuana use didn’t rise significantly in the years after the 2012 vote.

Denver’s 4/20 festivities snowed out, Italy’s top prosecutor backs decriminalization, and forget Strange Brew — Canadian researchers are using yeast to make cannabinoids.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from a 76-year-old man sentenced to life in prison without parole for possessing cannabis he said he grew for personal use.

More and more doctors want cannabis to be legal, Mexico’s president is MIA from the U.N. summit, and did someone say, “dragon balls”?

What will — and won’t — be allowed in Pennsylvania, the nation’s newest medical marijuana state.

Cannabis advocates are about to descend on the U.N., Bill Maher talks cannabis and the creative process, and criminal penalties are still outrageous.

While a lung-full of marijuana can reduce some consumers to a puddle of silliness and sloth — you know who you are — the fact remains: Cannabis can serve a host of creative uses.