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The Most Popular Day of the Week For Buying Weed
Marijuana enthusiasts won’t have to take a sick day this year, as 4/20, the annual cannabis holiday, conveniently falls on a Sunday. That means today is essentially the Black Friday of marijuana in...
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Sorry Democrats, Marijuana Doesn’t Bring Young Voters to the Polls
Some Democrats think they’ve found a great smoky hope in state ballot measures seeking to legalize marijuana. Come November, Alaska will vote on whether to make recreational marijuana legal, and...
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Colorado Marijuana Report Shows Legalization May Avoid a Big Potential Problem
Six months into marijuana legalization, the Colorado Department of Revenue has issued a new report outlining findings about the size of the newly legal market. It turns out that the demand for...
View ArticleThe Number of Marijuana Dealers in the United States
Last week, I looked at the status of the legal marijuana market in Colorado following the release of a blockbuster report from the state’s Department of Revenue reviewing the first few months of...
View ArticleGroup of Liberal New Yorkers Wants to Legalize Weed
The New York Times Editorial Board endorsed the legalization of recreational marijuana last weekend. I personally share its position, and I appreciate the thorough and well-written series on drug...
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Marijuana’s Chances On Election Day
Two states — Oregon and Alaska — and Washington, D.C., are voting Tuesday on ballot measures to legalize marijuana. Florida is voting to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. On the heels...
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Nearly 18 Million People Live In Areas Where Marijuana Is Fully Legal
A brutal night for Democratic candidates also saw some major gains for the pro-marijuana movement: By safe margins, Alaska and Oregon have joined Washington and Colorado in fully legalizing weed....
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The Divide Between Republican And Democratic Voters On Major Issues
President Obama and GOP congressional leaders will have to work together to pass new laws after Republicans take over the Senate and extend their dominance in the House in two months. But just what can...
View ArticleMarijuana Edibles Are A Gamble For Users
It’s easy to ingest cannabis irresponsibly. According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the labels on marijuana edibles are seldom trustworthy: Fewer than 1 in 5...
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Jeff Sessions Is Trying To Take Criminal Justice Back To The 1990s
Thursday is the first anniversary of Jeff Sessions’s confirmation as attorney general. Over the past year, he has announced that he would seek to increase the use of the federal death penalty; reversed...
View ArticleConfidence Interval: Will Marijuana Be Legal Everywhere In The U.S. By 2024?
It’s another episode of Confidence Interval, where we make a persuasive case for a hot take we’ve been hearing … and then reveal how confident we really feel about the idea. Here, senior writer Amelia...
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Americans From Both Parties Want Weed To Be Legal. Why Doesn’t The Federal...
Poll(s) of the Week Tuesday marked the international holiday for marijuana — and consumers of the plant had lots to celebrate this year. New York, Virginia and New Mexico all passed legislation in...
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America’s Pot Labs Have A THC Problem
Keegan Skeate was working the night shift when he first heard about the scam. The 26-year-old was only a few months into his new job at Praxis Laboratory, a Washington state lab that conducts consumer...
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How Mitch McConnell Accidentally Created An Unregulated THC Market
Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t know what he was doing when he passed the 2018 Farm Bill. The bill included his provision that legalized industrial hemp, a form of cannabis that can be made into a wide...
View ArticleWhy Congress Is Dragging Its Feet On Pot Legalization
As Congress considers legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and end the sentencing disparity for crack and cocaine offenses, Galen Druke speaks with FiveThirtyEight contributor Lester Black on...
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Why Do GOP Lawmakers Still Oppose Legalizing Weed?
Marijuana Legalization Why Do GOP Lawmakers Still Oppose Legalizing Weed? By Michael Tesler Apr. 20, 2022, at 6:00 AM Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Today is 4/20, the holiday...
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Five Decades Into The War On Drugs, Decriminalizing Marijuana Has High...
Marijuana Legalization Five Decades Into The War On Drugs, Decriminalizing Marijuana Has High Bipartisan Support By Zoha Qamar Oct. 14, 2022, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAN DAO / GETTY IMAGES...
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Could Pot Be Decriminalized Before Biden Leaves Office?
2022 Election Could Pot Be Decriminalized Before Biden Leaves Office? By Lester Black Oct. 14, 2022, at 10:57 AM President Biden’s announcement last week pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple...
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