Rate of transit workers who fail federal drug tests soars by 77 percent
admin Published: Feb 8, 2018, 10:39 am • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 10:53 am By The Washington Post, The Cannabist Staff WASHINGTON – As the opioid crisis has mushroomed into a…
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Smoke on the water? Marijuana still illegal on Vermont’s Lake Champlain
Published: Feb 11, 2018, 12:19 pm • Updated: Feb 11, 2018, 12:19 pm By The Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. — While possessing small amounts of marijuana will be legal in…
Medical Marijuana Protections Temporarily Extended
Medical marijuana patients protest during a DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary in Hollywood, California in 2007. (Wikimedia) NORML | September 14, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump…
Marijuana Exposure Associated With Improved Immunity in HIV Patients
NORML | September 14, 2017 PETERSBURG, VA — Patients with HIV who test positive for past cannabis exposure possess significantly higher CD4+ and CD8+ counts than do those patients who…
Study: Trauma Patients Report Marijuana Helps Reduce Opioid Use
NORML | September 14, 2017 BOSTON, MA — Patients who have used medical cannabis following musculoskeletal injury report that it relieves pain symptoms and reduces their level of opioid intake,…
Will marijuana legalization be back on Arizona’s ballot in 2018?
Published: Feb 9, 2018, 10:33 am • Updated: Feb 9, 2018, 10:33 am By The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Voters would have another chance to weigh in on legalizing…
While Trump Moves Backward on Drug Sentencing, California Heads for More Reforms
Phillip Smith | September 15, 2017 The Trump Justice Department under prohibitionist Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviving some of the drug war’s worst sentencing practices — mandatory minimum sentences,…