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Cannabis Activists in Nebraska Are Starting Their Own Weed Political Party
Image via Cannabis activists in Nebraska just submitted 15,000 signatures on a petition to create a new political party committed to weed reform. Mark Elworth Jr. has been working to bring the “Legal Marijuana Now Party” to Nebraska for six years. Elworth submitted a similar petition in 2016, but ended up not having enough valid signatures to succeed. This year,…
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Nearly 1 in 3 People Who Get Migraines Medicate with Cannabis to Treat Pain, Survey Says
Image via A new survey regarding marijuana as a treatment for migraine headaches is the latest example of how, at long last, science is formally documenting what cannabis users have known all along: Weed heals. The survey, conducted by healthcare technology provider Healint, found that nearly one-third of migraine patients have used cannabis to effectively manage pain. Among medical marijuana…
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West Virginia Congressional Candidates Promise to Legalize Weed If Elected in November
Image via Two candidates running for the West Virginia House of Representatives will introduce one of the country’s most comprehensive cannabis reform bills if they are elected this November. Democratic candidates Rusty Williams and Chris Yeager unveiled their proposed bill in a live stream from a hemp farm last Friday. The bill, titled “The Normalization of Cannabis Act,” is supported…
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Most Republicans Support the MORE Act Weed Legalization Bill, New Survey Finds
Image via Last week, the House of Representatives was expected to vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a sweeping bill that would fully legalize weed on the federal level. But, in keeping with the overall misery parade that is 2020, the vote didn’t happen. House Democrats instead announced that Congress would table the MORE Act vote…
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New York Will Allow People to Officially Destroy Their Weed-Related Criminal Records
Image via Any New Yorker who has previously been arrested for possessing weed now has a chance to completely erase any criminal records relating to their conviction. In July of 2019, New York passed a law that decriminalized minor cannabis possession, reducing the penalty to a simple fine instead of jail time and a permanent criminal record. The law also…
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South Dakota Is Likely to Legalize Adult-Use and Medical Cannabis This Election
Image via South Dakota may well become the first US state to legalize medical and adult-use cannabis at the same time, according to the results of a recent poll. On November 3rd, voters in the Mount Rushmore State will be presented with two major cannabis reform initiatives. The first of these, IM26, is a statutory measure that would legalize medical…
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Ann Arbor, Michigan Officially Decriminalizes Psychedelic Plants and Psilocybin Fungi
Image via Ann Arbor, Michigan just joined Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz in becoming the first US cities to decriminalize the possession and use of natural psychedelics. This Monday, the Ann Arbor City Council unanimously voted to approve an ordinance that decriminalizes natural psychedelics, including ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine, and mescaline-containing cacti. Like most of the decriminalization ordinances that have passed…
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Trump Just Accused Biden of Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs
The Trump presidency feels like a horrible, four-year-long acid trip. Except it’s actually a lot worse because we’re not hallucinating, and the president continually word-vomits fictitious garbage onto the public, making it seem like maybe he’s tripping balls. But in reality, Trump is not deluded on psychedelics — he’s just perpetually gaslighting the American people. The most recent example was…
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DC’s Complicated Weed Laws Actually Just Saved a Man From Going to Federal Prison
A man who was about to get locked behind bars for selling weed will now walk free, thanks to a Washington DC law that makes it legal for adults to possess up to two ounces of pot. The case began in August of 2017, when US Park Police pulled Darnell Kornegay over for violating the city’s window tint laws. The…
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Texas Official Says Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal and Available to Anyone in Pain
Image via The longtime stance of Texas officials to keep a tight rein on weed appears to be evolving toward liberation. Last week, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller visited Compassionate Cultivation in Austin, one of the state’s three licensed cultivators of low-TCH cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Republican official then came out praising pot’s potential as a tool for healing.…
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