NORML Summer ‘26 Intern Caroline Breen outlines the parallel histories and failures of alcohol and marijuana prohibition.
Year: 2026
NORML Summer ‘26 Intern Ben Bailey provides an update on Georgia’s medical cannabis legislation
“Most participants were supportive of legal access to medical cannabis, open to using it in their own practice, and interested in receiving further training to do so.”
NORML Summer ‘26 Mitchell Floch shares his perspective on the disparate impact of marijuana prohibition.
“We find that state legalization of recreational marijuana substantially reduced the arrests and disciplinary incidents for drug law violations. … The decreases in arrests after legalization are especially steep at public institutions [and at] four-year institutions.”
NORML Summer ‘26 Intern Dakota Helgren shares her reason for substituting cannabis for opioids to treat pain.
Under the measure, state-licensed retailers will begin selling cannabis products to those age 21 or older on July 1, 2027.
Vermont is the third state this year to significantly increase adult-use marijuana possession limits.