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Sports leagues, like federal organizations, have always been harsh on marijuana use and will go as far as suspending professional athletes for years from their craft and possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. The Nevada Athletic Commission is having a hearing on Friday with plans to discuss cannabinoids and possibly exluding them from the list of Prohibit...

With more states than ever passing marijuana laws this year, its no wonder people are confused about where they can and can't have cannabis. California voters are heavily in favor of recreational marijuana, but many are still being arrested and fined for possessing the drug in national parks. Federal land like national parks still operate under federal law an...

The war on drugs has been a long game of lies and misinformation, but the people have had enough and are calling on the DEA to stop the lying and admit to the truths they know. A petition with over 85,000 signatures on Change.org is gaining tracking in the short month it's been alive, and with a little more support it could bring real change. The DEA has been usin...

New York's medical marijuana program has seen a number of improvements since products first went on sale last year, but the market is still lacking in many ways. One of the problems is patients having trouble finding a doctor who is registered  and willing to recommend them cannabis. Of the 807 physicians registered to prescribe the drug, none are found on a ...

The inaugurationof Presedent-Elect Trump is this month and will feature a huge peaceful public smoking protest. A group of marijuana activists will be handing out over 4,000 joints to adults at the inauguration and everyone will light up at 4 minutes and 20 seconds into the speech. While marijuana has been legal to possess in Washington D.C. since 2015, smoking i...

Indiana Senator Karen Tallian has been persistent through the last several years to try and bring medical marijuana to Hoosiers in need, despite the consistent refusals by the republican dominated legislature. If passed, Senate Bill 255 would create a medical marijuana program and allow patients diagnosed with migraines, PTSD, and any persistent chronic illness helped...

The North American legal marijuana market brought in $12 billion in revenue in 2016 and experts think it could continue to grow to well over $20 billion by 2021. From 2015 to 2016 marijuana industry revenue grew by 30%, which is significantly larger than the 22% GDP growth during the dot com era. With so many states legalizing marijuana this election it's likely m...

Marijuana has become more popular than ever. You see it in the news headlines, magazines, dispensaries, and you've likely seen someone wearing clothes or accessorizing with marijuana logos. The public perception of pot is changing for the better, meaning marijuana's aura will only become more prevalent. Fashion magazines like Vogue and Marie Clarie have taken ...

For decades, a US government agency has spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money to hunt down and eradicate a species of plant. Yes, the DEA. And it seems their efforts have been for nothing as there are now more adult marijuana smokers in the US than ever. The real problem is not the mistakes of our past, but the persistent efforts of so many still fighting t...

In late 2016 a New Jersey Assemblyman, known as the "most conservative", introduced and sponsored a marijuana legalization bill that would legalize cannabis similar to tobacco, allowing sales in convenience stores and gas stations statewide to adults 19 and older. If passed, the bill would remove criminal liability from marijuana as well as it's status a...

With Trump's inauguration right around the corner, a peaceful protest is being planned to bring together a large crowd of tokers and the message that federal marijuana legalization is a must. The DC Cannabis Coalition is well within the law to hand out thousands of free joints to adult protesters, as long as no money is exhanged. That's right, in our nati...

With the recent election of Trump and his appointment for a heavily anti-marijuana Attorney General, many cannabis advocates are worried about the future for marijuana law reform. States have made tremendous progress over the initial federal prohibition of marijuana, but if the new Attorney General has his way, he could ruin much of the strong industry still bein...