Articles tagged with "prohibition"
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DEA Annual Report Finds Decline in Smuggling, Teen Use, and Prosecution
Lisa Rough - Published on December 8, 2016Read moreA new report from the DEA has a few items catching the eye of cannabis advocates around the country.
Amid Drug-War Chaos, France is Reconsidering Its Cannabis Policies
Kenzi Riboulet Zemouli - Published on December 1, 2016Read moreSigns that France is finally taking cannabis reform seriously emerged this summer, but a recent series of events has sped the shift.
Obama: Prohibition ‘Not Tenable’ If States Legalize Cannabis on Tuesday
Leafly Staff - Published on November 7, 2016Read moreThe president told Bill Maher on Friday that Tuesday’s vote could force federal prohibition to crumble.
Meet Holland’s Best Known (Illegal) Cannabis Farmer
Derrick Bergman - Published on September 17, 2016Read moreDoede De Jong is fighting a longtime paradox in the Netherlands that allows cannabis sales at coffeeshops but prohibits cultivation.
Will France Be Stuck with Cannabis Prohibition…Forever?
Kenzi Riboulet Zemouli - Published on September 17, 2016Read moreFor 45 years, governments in France have held on to some of the harshest and most outdated cannabis policies in Europe.
Germany and Austria Are Pouring Billions into Cannabis Prohibition
Michael Knodt - Published on September 9, 2016Read moreEven in tolerant cities like Berlin, authorities have stepped up enforcement of cannabis prohibition. It’s not working, and it costs taxpayers a bundle.
Do Medical Marijuana Patients Give Up Their Right to Bear Arms?
The Associated Press - Published on August 31, 2016Read moreA 9th Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a federal ban on the sale of firearms to cannabis consumers — including MMJ patients.
Montana Cannabis Opponents Push for Initiative to Undo Medical Marijuana Law
The Associated Press - Published on August 17, 2016Read moreThe measure seeks to repeal Montana’s medical marijuana law and declare that any drug that is illegal under federal law is also illegal under state law.
Legalization Opponents Raise $2 Million to Fight Ballot Measures
Ben Adlin - Published on August 3, 2016Read moreMuch of the money is expected to be funneled to opponents of California’s Prop. 64, an adult-use measure that could be pivotal to the nation’s legalization movement.
Publix Heir Donates $800,000 to Fight Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization
Gage Peake - Published on July 27, 2016Read moreThe Carol Jenkins Barnett Family Trust donated $800,000 in mid-July to a group campaigning to kill Florida’s proposed medical cannabis amendment.