Medical marijuana may soon be legal in Australia, as soon as next month. A group of senators are pushing for parliament to adopt legislation, the Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill, that would create a federal agency tasked with regulating medical marijuana. This legislative effort has been endorsed by lawmakers of […]

UPDATE: Marijuana Politics scooped the first blog interview with Cyd Maurer and she will be speaking at the upcoming Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference. Last week, a television news anchor in Eugene, Oregon revealed she lost her job after testing positive for marijuana, despite the fact that the plant’s use […]

Cyd Maurer has been in the news a lot the past several days, especially if you follow marijuana policy. The former KEZI news anchor’s termination for using cannabis in her off-time, in a state that recently legalized cannabis with more than 56% of the vote, has struck a chord with […]

Cyd Maurer’s story has struck a chord with the cannabis community and people who believe in fairness across the country. A talented young news anchor with poise well beyond her 25 years, losing her job for off-the-job marijuana use has elevated the national discourse surrounding marijuana rights. While ending the […]

After much speculation, it is official that existing Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries will sell cannabis to adults on October 1st. Licensed dispensaries will be able to provide up to 7 grams of cannabis flower to all adults starting on October 1st, as Governor Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 460 into […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a dire warning about the potential dangers of marijuana edibles death after a nineteen-year-old who consumed marijuana products died from a fall last April. According to the National Survey on Drug Abuse & Health (NSDUH) figures for 2013, over one-in-eight Americans […]

Italy could be on the verge of legalizing marijuana after 250 legislators, across political demographics signed onto a plan to allow legal possession, cultivation and use. If the plan comes to fruition, Italy would become the largest country in Europe to legalize cannabis. Europe has long been more tolerant of […]

Oregon cannabis consumers are still wondering whether they will be allowed to start purchasing marijuana from dispensaries this October as Senate Bill 460 still sits on Governor Kate Brown’s desk. The bill only legalizes the sale of marijuana flowers, products such as concentrates, extracts and infused edibles will not be available […]

Update: Blog “What Does Donald Trump Think of Marijuana Legalization” includes latest news and polls.  The 2016 presidential race is heating up with progressive Bernie Sanders, the favored candidate of many cannabis law reform advocates, gaining ground on the Hillary Clinton Machine on the Democratic side as Sanders’ progressive positions become […]

The Danish National Institute of Public Health has released new figures showing that high school students are rejecting alcohol and hard drugs in favor of marijuana. Over the past two decades, marijuana use among male high school students has almost doubled and use among female high school students has increased […]

As a growing number of U.S. states reform their marijuana laws, new data emerges about the consequences of those reforms. According to a recent study, not only has the sky not fallen in states with legal marijuana, but these states have actually seen their drug problem decrease significantly. The study, […]

This past Oregon legislative session, I was pleased to learn about House Bill 3372, Representative Lew Frederick’s bill designed to release nonviolent marijuana offenders from prison. I set up a meeting to discuss the bill with Rep. Frederick and to see if he was open to amending HB 3372 so that […]

High Times Magazine was excited to receive a reply from the White House to their appeal to reschedule cannabis. Unfortunately, the response from Obama’s drug czar was stale, obstructive, and generally pathetic. High Times August 2015 issue comes with the president on the cover with the admonition, “Legalize Marijuana” and […]

It’s no wonder most Coloradans still support marijuana legalization: the new policy keeps bearing fruit, and particularly so for the state’s schools. Numbers released this week by the Colorado Department of Revenue reveal that tax revenue from legal marijuana sales has been exceeding expectations, totaling $13.7 million in just the […]

Safe Streets, a nonprofit started with the mission of stopping crime before it occurs, is inadvertently pushing a plan that will only create more crime and endanger the very citizens the nonprofit wants to protect.The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) was designed to tackle the mafia, giving the […]