BY CHUCK SCHUMER AND ANTONIO VALDEZ The War on Drugs has too often inadvertently been a war on people, and overwhelmingly on people of color. For far too long, Latinos have borne the brunt of this policy without fully reaping the benefits of a fast-growing cannabis...
TRENTON – New Jersey will officially begin selling marijuana on Thursday, April 21, at up to 13 currently-operating medical marijuana dispensaries approved by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission this week. Under state law, any adult over 21...
Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but a growing number of states have legalized the drug for medical or recreational purposes in recent years. The changing legal landscape has coincided with a dramatic increase in public support for legalization, which is...
It has been nearly a decade since the first time a majority of Americans supported legalizing cannabis. Two years ago, that number reached a record high, according to Gallup, with 68 percent supporting marijuana legalization — a number that has held...
Lawmakers passed the bill largely along party lines, 220-204, with three Republicans joining all but two Democrats in support. The three Republicans who voted for the bill were Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Brian Mast (Fla.) and Tom McClintock (Calif.), while Democratic...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The first licenses to sell recreational marijuana in New York will go to people who were casualties of the war on drugs, state officials said Wednesday. People with marijuana-related convictions will get dibs on the first 100 to 200 retail cannabis...
