Medical marijuana

Joe Biden in profile

Everything Biden’s Pardon for Marijuana Convictions Does and Doesn’t Do Everything Biden’s Pardon for Marijuana Convictions Does and Doesn’t Do

The order speaks not only to the rapidly changing politics of this issue but also to how much more we urgently need to address.

Oct 12, 2022 / Kali Holloway

The War on Weed Decimated My Community—Will There Be Restitution?

The War on Weed Decimated My Community—Will There Be Restitution? The War on Weed Decimated My Community—Will There Be Restitution?

Legalization offers a chance to restore a fragment of what was lost by Black and Afro-Latinx communities pummeled by prohibition, but so far, white business are claiming the spoils...

Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Tavian Crosland

Marijuana Comes to Coalinga

Marijuana Comes to Coalinga Marijuana Comes to Coalinga

The weed business promised to save this struggling California town. So far, it’s been a bust.

Nov 21, 2018 / Feature / Rozina Ali

Medical Marijuana

How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana

The government shutdown fight has big implications for medical marijuana patients. 

Apr 20, 2017 / George Zornick

Bill Montgomery

This Arizona Prosecutor Is Waging a Strange War on Weed—and That’s Just the Beginning This Arizona Prosecutor Is Waging a Strange War on Weed—and That’s Just the Beginning

Bill Montgomery is up for election tomorrow.

Nov 7, 2016 / Jessica Pishko

How California Voters Got So Smart on Crime

How California Voters Got So Smart on Crime How California Voters Got So Smart on Crime

Reform advocates are making a compelling case for policies that take aim at mass incarceration.

Mar 26, 2015 / Sasha Abramsky

Why Should Medical Marijuana Providers Die in Prison? Why Should Medical Marijuana Providers Die in Prison?

Rebecca Richman Cohen met Chris Williams in 2011, while making a documentary about Montana’s medical marijuana law. Today, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of more than eighty...

Nov 30, 2012 / Blog / Liliana Segura

Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot?

Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot? Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot?

Polls show strong support for an initiative there. And it’s on the ballot in Oregon and Alaska, too.

Oct 29, 2014 / Nushin Rashidian

Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization

Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization

Is the New York governor’s modest concession an attempt to duck the big-picture problems with racially discriminatory marijuana arrests?

Jan 8, 2014 / Matt Taylor

Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform

Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform

The grassroots struggle to free the weed has always been about more than just legalizing pot.

Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Martin A. Lee

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