The 2016 election is shaping up to be a landmark year for the cannabis community, with more marijuana legalization measures passed in any one year, not to mention a the potential to elect a president willing to allow states to legalize “without restriction“, at least support the ability of localities […]

Federal cannabis policy is a major issue that impacts lives, jobs and budgets across the nation and actually impacts the global Drug War as well. It would only make sense for 2016 presidential candidates to address the fact that four states and our nation’s capital has legalized marijuana, with a host […]

Hat tip to Tom Angell over at Marijuana.com, who we first saw post about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments on cannabis law and greater Drug War reform in an interview with Little Village, a public access program on Iowa public access radio. The progressive Democratic presidential candidate stated, “What the […]

You probably heard it here on Marijuana Politics first and we are awaiting official confirmation, but we are getting reports from multiple sources that Steve Wagner will be leaving the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program at the end of this month. Wagner, who was fired from his last job in Ohio, […]

I am convinced that the cannabis community eventually thinks of everything. Don’t believe me, name all of the things that marijuana smokers have used to consume cannabis, homemade or otherwise. You could probably count for days. Also, how many cannabis strains are there? Whether the strain names are accurate in any […]

Dominating UFC Champion Ronda Rousey, who we previously noted eats hemp seeds when she is training and has stood up for a fighter punished for testing positive for marijuana in the past, has lashed out against the 5-year suspension of fellow fighter Nick Diaz (which Marijuana Politics blogger Russ Belville […]

The media has done its best to goad Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to attack Hillary Clinton. To his credit, Sanders has stuck to his policy differences and has run an issues-oriented campaign. The anti-establishment candidate’s tactics have certainly worked as a majority of voters in the early states of Iowa […]

Marijuana prohibitionists used to claim that cannabis commerce would not bring in much tax revenue as they would prematurely state “I told you so” when tax revenue first started trickling in from the brand-new industry. Well, those same prohibitionists, who also claimed that the social costs of legalization would amount to […]

With the news that Colorado now generates more tax revenue from cannabis than alcohol, September 16, 2015, will mark the very first tax holiday in the state. Westword.com has a comprehensive list of where you can and cannot legally purchase cannabis in the Centenniel State, if you care to take […]

You have to have your head buried in the sand if you aren’t concerned about our environment. Arctic ice caps are melting, California is running out of water and the wildfires are raging up and down the West Coast. I am honestly very frightened for our planet. One of the […]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has suspended mixed-martial arts fighter Nick Diaz for five years, a term the commissioner admitted was essentially a lifetime ban, given Diaz’s age of 32 years and the short careers in the brutal sport. Diaz, an admitted marijuana user with a medical use recommendation […]

Different tribes have had very different plans following the United States government proclamation that sovereign tribal lands could implement their own cannabis policies, just as individual states are free to do so, in accordance with the Obama Justice Department’s Cole Memo. Some tribes have stated no intention to change anything […]

On Monday, Hillary Clinton said she would not crack down on state and cities with legal marijuana. Speaking at a campaign stop in Luther College, she expressed support for the right of states to implement their own marijuana laws free of federal intervention. This is certainly a moment which advocates […]

The prohibitionists continue to dig through the latest data in the National Survey on Drug Use & Health, looking for the evidence on marijuana use trends that show ending the punishment of adults who use marijuana will turn the youth of our nation into pot zombies. (In my other articles, […]

Latest CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker poll has found Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders up 52% to 30% in New Hampshire and 43% to 33% in Iowa against Hillary Clinton. Even polling in South Carolina that has Clinton up 46% 23%  should be troubling for the Democratic frontrunner as she was […]