They keep circling it like it’s a UFO over Washington—watching it, tracking it, writing reports about it, holding hearings about it, launching “studies” about it like we’re still not absolutely certain what a weed plant is. Spoiler: it’s a plant. A leafy, stubborn, phototropic little gremlin of a plant that has somehow survived prohibition, propaganda, panic campaigns, … [Read more...] about Legal Like a Tomato: How Bureaucracy Turned a Plant Into a 56-Year Waiting Game
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The Fight Never Really Ended
Fifty years ago, “legalize it” wasn’t a marketing slogan or a policy talking point—it was a line in the sand. It pushed back against prohibition, against arrests, against a system that had spent decades criminalizing a plant and the people around it. It carried a sense of rebellion, but also a sense of possibility—that things could actually change.And in many ways, they did.In … [Read more...] about The Fight Never Really Ended
Majority of Voters Say Cannabis Should Be Legal Federally
The Senate left Washington for the campaign season without acting on legislation that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana, leaving what a new Morning Consult/Politico survey shows to be a popular policy proposal on the table ahead of the midterm elections. Where voters stand on marijuana legalization – Three in 5 voters said marijuana use should be made legal in … [Read more...] about Majority of Voters Say Cannabis Should Be Legal Federally
The skyrocketing support for legal marijuana
Washington Post Employees harvest cannabis by clipping the plants' top flowers at Maryland's first legal outdoor marijuana grow in 2019, in Cambridge, Md. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) When same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide, political and social scientists noted the societal shift on the issue had been remarkable — even unparalleled. Before the Supreme Court … [Read more...] about The skyrocketing support for legal marijuana
