By Guest Blogger on April 25, 2018
More Americans Support Cannabis Legalization Than Ever Before
Marijuana Legalization
Support for legalizing marijuana for personal use has been steadily increasing. Only nine percent of Americans currently believe that marijuana is more dangerous than either alcohol, sugar, or tobacco, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll given to 900 adults in the U.S. in January of this year, and 60 percent of all Americans […]
By Samuel Warde on August 18, 2016
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Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, The Courts

Medical marijuana users and supporters celebrate a huge victory this week. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed medical marijuana users a huge victory this week in a ruling barring federal prosecutions. Slate reports that: “On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed medical marijuana patients a huge legal victory, barring […]
By Samuel Warde on May 23, 2016
Can states afford not to legalize marijuana, Tax Revenue from Colorado Marijuana sales, the tax benefits of marijuana legalization, Videos
Drug Policy, Economics, Marijuana Legalization, States Issues, Videos

After Colorado earned 184 million dollars in marijuana taxes, should other states consider legalization? Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee released a report projecting “revenue of about $610 million from retail and medical marijuana from Jan. 1 of [2014] to June 30, 2015,” resulting in about about $184 million in tax revenue from marijuana in the first […]
By Samuel Warde on November 9, 2015
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Drug Policy, Health & Fitness, Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization

Results from a recent study suggest medical marijuana laws may have unexpected benefits. Deaths from opioid overdoses has decreased in states where medical marijuana has been legalized, according to a recent study. The multi-institutional study was led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published in the Journal […]
By Samuel Warde on October 25, 2015
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Discrimination, Drug Policy, Law & Order, Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Racial Issues, Racial Justice, The Courts, Videos

“Whites Smoke Pot, but Blacks Are Arrested:” Data Analysis Casts the War on Drugs in a Whole New Light1 “Institutional Racism” is defined as “racism perpetrated by government entities such as schools, the courts or the military. Unlike the racism perpetrated by individuals, institutional racism has the power to negatively affect the bulk of people […]