| Dec 4, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyLike nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal. First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to something worse,...
| Apr 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter nearly a century of cannabis criminalization, U.S. voters — and a growing number of high-profile politicians — are demanding that marijuana policy move in a different direction. One in five Americans now live in states where the adult, recreational use of...
| Mar 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyUsually I don’t look to sitcoms for wisdom, but the new season of One Day at a Time has a real gem (or many, actually, but here is one). The family lives in California, where marijuana is legal, both recreationally and medicinally. The mother catches the teenage son...
| Feb 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn the struggle to address rising levels of opioid misuse and mortality, an unlikely ally has emerged: marijuana. The relationship between cannabis and opioid use is among of the best-documented aspects of marijuana policy. In short, the science demonstrates that...