Legislation takes effect at midnight tonight permitting adults to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use.
Month: June 2015
Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation late yesterday significantly reducing criminal penalties for marijuana possession offenses.
Without doubt, it is important that we begin to move forward with the legalization of…
Members of the US Senate at a hearing yesterday expressed skepticism in regard to federal…
It bears repeating that ample scientific research already exists to contradict cannabis’ federal, schedule I status as a substance without medical utility, lacking acceptable safety, and possessing a high potential of abuse. More clinical research is welcome, but unfortunately science has never driven marijuana policy. If it did, the United States would already have a very different policy in place.
Shona Banda suffers from Crohn’s disease, and has found, as have many Crohn’s sufferers, that…
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation today decriminalizing minor marijuana possession offenses.
Nearly six out of ten New Jersey adults favor legalizing the use and sale of marijuana, according to the results of a Rutgers-Eagleton poll. Support for legalization was highest among those age 18 to 34 (67 percent), Democrats (64 percent), and Independents (61 percent). Support was lowest among Republicans (41 percent) and those over the age of 65 (47 percent).