A South Dakota House committee has amended a controversial cannabidiol (CBD) bill to exclude language that would have given the pharmaceutical company GW Pharma a temporary de facto monopoly of the state’s CBD market. Senate Bill 95 passed the South… Read More ›
Donald Trump has picked Jeff Sessions to be the next Attorney General. It really couldn’t get any worse. Jeff Sessions is a drug war extremist who has supported policies with racist impacts. He will bring back militarized, Reagan-era drug war tactics… Read More ›
I’m not surprised, but I’m still outraged and heartbroken by the DEA’S decision not to reschedule, much less deschedule, cannabis. Not surprised because… well… it’s the Drug Enforcement Administration. They’ve rejected all previous attempts to change the scheduling of cannabis. Sure,… Read More ›
As the marijuana legalization movement in the United States continues to pick up steam, an important though often overlooked question is: Why, exactly, is cannabis illegal? The answer to that question actually involves a number of twists and turns, a handful… Read More ›
When it comes to cannabis, a lot of presidential candidates are swearing allegiance to states’ rights saying “it should be left up to the states.” That’s all well and good, but what that really tells me is that they they are… Read More ›
In June, Oregon launched it’s public education campaign on recreational marijuana: What’s Legal, Oregon? What do you think? How does it compare to Colorado’s Good to Know campaign? Thank you, Oregon, for this reasonable approach to educating the public about… Read More ›
Just because the 2015 Legislative Session is over doesn’t mean the work stops. It just means our focus shifts a bit from legislation and policy to education and outreach. Cannabis Patients Alliance is still working hard for patients by continuing to… Read More ›
America is having full-blown love affair with prescription painkillers. So much so that as of May 2012, Americans consume 80% of the world’s painkillers although we have only 5% of the world’s population. But we’re more worried about people using medical… Read More ›
What did you do for medical marijuana patients this week? It’s been a busy week for Cannabis Patients Alliance! We need your support! We organized kick-ass testimony from an excellent group of allies for an important bill on testing of medical marijuana… Read More ›
In under 4 minutes, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer from Oregon lays out how marijuana prohibition has been a “spectacular failure” and offers a preview of reform legislation he will soon introduce. Thank you to the Marijuana Majority for this and more videos from… Read More ›
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