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Criminalizing Cannabis Doesn’t Work at All – Marijuana Use Identical in Legal and Non-Legal Weed States New Gallup Poll Shows

Why criminalization doesn’t curtail consumption The spirit of prohibition is rooted in the desire to restrict individuals from accessing certain substances or engaging in particular...

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Cannabis: Donald Trump

Table of Contents Throughout the course of both of his initial candidacy and eventual presidency, the businessman-turned-reality TV star-turned-President and Republican frontrunner for the 2024...

DEA’s Post on the Start of Black History Month

As America celebrates and commemorates Black History Month, it’s important to remember exactly how Black Americans have been disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice...

Mexican Drug Lord EL 80 Pleads Guilty – The Dark Side of Marijuana Prohibition South of the Border

The Dark Legacy of Prohibition - A Tale of Violence and Crime When we speak of prohibition, its grim visage varies starkly depending on where...

Marijuana Legality in Latin America: A Transformative Shift

By: Juan Sebastian Chaves GilIn recent years, Latin America has been shaken by a significant change: the legality of marijuana. This debate has triggered...

The Cannabis Nuns of Mexico – A Symbol of Freedom & Liberty in Drug-War Torn Mexico

Symbols hold power – to bring tribes together, spark movements or flip scripts. The cannabis leaf shows this; beyond botany, it instantly signals counterculture...

30 weed predictions very likely to come true in 2024

Two out of three ain’t bad, readers. Leafly News got it right 66 percent of the time in December 2022 when we made 51...

The Top 10 Cannabis Stories of 2023 – The Lack of Federal Legalization Continues to be the Elephant in the Room

Reginald Reefer’s Top 10 of 2023 – Cannabis Yearly Round up! As we’re coming to the end of 2023, I think it’s “high time” to...

Over 32,000 Cannabis Studies Have Been Published in the Last 10 Years – Dispelling the Myth of Not Enough Research

Dispelling the Myth of Not Enough Research When opponents of cannabis law reform run out of reasoned arguments, they inevitably fall back on some version...

The Kids Will All Be Getting High Turns Out to Be 100% Wrong and Another Reefer Madness Myth Debunked

Turns out the kids were alright For decades, prohibitionists have claimed that legalizing cannabis would send the wrong message to kids, leading to rampant increases...

The People Have Smoken! – New Gallup Poll Shows Most Americans Feel the War on Drugs Is a Failure

The People have Smoken – The Drug War is a Lost Cause! When Richard Nixon officially launched the "War on Drugs" in 1971, the policy...

The Clash of Cannabis Advocates – Marijuana Moms vs. Daddy Downer Rages on in Chicago

Few appreciate that both enacting and ultimately dismantling alcohol Prohibition pivoted on organized motherly outrage. 1920's dry crusaders like the Women's Christian Temperance Union...

Rescheduling Is Not Legalization – Problems That Could Pop-Up Even if the DEA Moves Cannabis to a Schedule 3 Drug

From fervent anti-drug crusader to disconnected senior statesman to the unlikely champion of the regulated marijuana trade, President Joe Biden's public journey might still...

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