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The Science Is Clear: Marijuana Is Safer Than Tobacco

The Science Is Clear: Marijuana Is Safer Than Tobacco

| Sep 27, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNearly twice as many Americans believe that smoking cigarettes is more hazardous to your health than smoking marijuana. They’re right. Numerous studies assessing the long-term health impacts of cannabis smoke exposure belie the myth that marijuana is associated with...
The Drug War’s Dark Origins

The Drug War’s Dark Origins

| May 3, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOpponents of cannabis legalization frequently decry what they call a “rapid push” toward legalization in America. But to those of us who’ve spent decades fighting to end over a century of marijuana prohibition, these changes cannot come soon enough. The initial push...
Don’t Bring Back Pot Bans

Don’t Bring Back Pot Bans

| Jan 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom the onset of marijuana prohibition, criminalization advocates have sought to advance their position — and unduly influence the public — by greatly exaggerating the supposed strength of the cannabis flower. Modern prohibitionists are continuing to engage in this...
Democrats Need to Keep Their Promises on Marijuana Reform

Democrats Need to Keep Their Promises on Marijuana Reform

| Sep 22, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn this era of hyper-partisan politics, it’s difficult to find an issue that appeals to voters across party lines. But Democratic leaders successfully identified one in the run up to the 2020 election when they pledged to reform America’s archaic...
It’s Time for Biden to Keep His Promises On Marijuana

It’s Time for Biden to Keep His Promises On Marijuana

| Jan 12, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyPoliticians are no strangers to making campaign promises. Delivering on those promises? Well, that’s often another story. Such is the case thus far with President Biden’s campaign pledge to reform America’s archaic and unpopular marijuana prohibition laws. “No one...
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