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Trump Signs Spending Bill; Medical Marijuana Protected Through September
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 23, 2018Read moreThe president grudgingly signed the $1.3 trillion bill, effectively renewing critical Rohrabacher-Blumenauer MMJ protections.
Congressional Budget Deal Includes Medical Marijuana Protections
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 21, 2018Read moreThe $1.3 trillion spending bill prevents the Justice Department from spending money to prosecute MMJ cases in legal states.
This Map Reveals California’s Hidden Prohibition Problem
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 21, 2018Read moreA new report projects $3.7 billion in legal California cannabis sales in 2018. But local bans still shut millions of customers out of the regulated market.
Death Penalty for Drugs? Trump Makes the Loser’s Choice in Opioid Fight
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 19, 2018Read moreSeeking the death penalty for drug dealers is stupid, cruel, and dangerous. Trump thinks it works. The evidence says it doesn’t.
Philadelphia DA Drops Cannabis Cases, Joining National Trend
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 16, 2018Read morePhilly will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases. Similar policies were recently enacted in Houston and Brooklyn.
White House Official Resigns Over Cannabis Use 5 Years Ago
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 14, 2018Read moreThe latest Trump official to resign apparently did so because he hit a joint in 2013. Seriously? That usually doesn’t trigger a clearance hold.
Jim Carroll Tapped as Trump’s Drug Czar
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 9, 2018Read moreNo, not the ‘Basketball Diaries’ Jim Carroll. This one is a Republican lawyer. And nobody knows much about him.
Bernard Noble, Serving 13 Years for Two Joints, Granted Parole
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 8, 2018Read moreArrested for bicycling while black, Noble became one of America’s most infamous cannabis prisoners. He’ll be free by this weekend.
Trump Pressured Netanyahu to Stop Israeli Cannabis Exports, Reports Say
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 7, 2018Read moreIsrael was to become the second nation, after Canada, to legally export cannabis. Prime Minister Netanyahu just put that on hold.
Here’s what a gram of cannabis costs in cities around the world
Bruce Barcott - Published on January 30, 2018Read moreThere are bargains to be found in Montevideo. Value shoppers, stay away from Tokyo.