The founders of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, are urging voters to support Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and for supporters to make a donation before midnight rings in 2016. Cohen and Greenfield started the iconic ice cream company in Vermont, so it shouldn’t be a […]

“We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that marijuana can be helpful,” United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told CBS last February “I think that we have to use that data to drive policymaking.” Murthy isn’t the first Surgeon General to express reasonable comments on drug policy […]

Almost every day I close the first hour of my weekday live marijuana news/talk-radio show in CannabisRadio.com with a segment I call the Radical Rant. Sometimes I focus my ire on a particular story of the day, other times I just wax poetic about a general concept. Here now are […]

As a regular segment on my live weekday marijuana news/talk-radio program on CannabisRadio.com, I dig deep into the Drug War Data Mines to find the surveys, polls, studies, and statistics to help you make the case to end adult marijuana prohibition nationwide. Here are the ten most important marijuana data […]

We are proud of our talented bloggers here at Marijuana Politics and it is great to see their activism and hard work recognized. Cyd Maurer was already named a finalist for The Oregonian’s 2015 Oregon Person of the Year and now she has been recognized by the Tokin Woman blog […]

Every weekday from 3pm-5pm I host The Russ Belville Show on CannabisRadio.com. From almost two hundred episodes produced this year, here are my favorite ten marijuana interviews: Barbara Humphries: I met this young woman in Dallas/Ft. Forth as she was fighting breast cancer with medical marijuana and becoming an outspoken […]

On December 17th, members young and old of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs reservation voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a new commercial venture in recreational cannabis. Nearly 9 out of 10 tribal members said yes. But, in what might be described fairly as a travesty, while the tribe’s business office […]

Oregon’s two senators, joined by six democratic colleagues, are demanding anew medical marijuana research answers, solutions,  and actions from obstructive federal agencies. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and along with Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory […]

California’s importance to the cannabis community almost cannot be overstated. Representing greater than 10% of the the United States’ population and economy, California’s economic impact really dwarfs other states, accounting for a greater gross state product than Texas and Illinois combined, as well as New York and Florida put together. […]

As you recover from your various holiday celebrations with family and friends, maybe you want to unwind with a new movie that appeals to the cannabis community. Maybe you’ve already seen the new Star Wars (I loved it by the way, very much in line with the feel and story […]

You have to be living under a rock to not recognize the growing acceptance of cannabis law reform across the globe, particularly in regards to medical use. From Reefer Madness propaganda to the “the is your brain on drugs” campaign to the hilarious “Stoner Sloth“, prohibitionists have worked hard to […]

It has been a tremendous year here at Marijuana Politics and it feels good to celebrate the holiday season with family, friends and our readers. The cannabis community continues to gain momentum across the globe politically and culturally and we are pleased to get to cover all things marijuana each […]

One of the many things that we are thankful for here at Marijuana Politics is that we get to work with Russ Belville, who was just named as The Weed Blog’s 2015 Online Activist of the Year, along with fellow activist extraordinaire Tom Angell. Russ is one of the most prolific […]

Looking for that perfect gift for the cannabis entrepreneur or activist in your life? Whether it is for a holiday, birthday, or just because, tickets to the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) can provide a unique, one-of-a-kind gift that will keep on giving. ICBC tickets can be especially valuable if […]

Each and every year, the cannabis community can celebrate success and 2015 was no different. While off-year elections are not going to usher in as many monumental changes as election years, there are still electoral, political and cultural victories to celebrate. Many political victories have been ushered in or aided […]