“In all of human history there has never been a single recorded death from the use of cannabis. However, the side-effects of this chemical that filled the void created by the prohibition of this safe plant include death.”
Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/people-bleeding-eyes-war-drugs/
“Keep in mind, Trump adamantly supported the legalization of drugs, long before he made a serious run at the presidency.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-evidence-is-in-the-death-penalty-wont-win-the-drug-war/
“Companies such as Constellation Brands — owners of the beers Corona and Modelo — have decided to invest millions in the legal marijuana industry rather considering it a risk to their business.”
“This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-beer-war-is-brewing-in-maryland/
“For those suffering from severe depression or PTSD, suicide is often just one dark thought away. But these souls are told they must suffer lest they be thrown in jail for using something as ‘evil’ as marijuana or psychedelics, both illegal in the eyes of the state.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/support-the-troops-with-peace-and-the-right-to-try/
“The DA’s office announced that it is suing 10 pharmaceutical companies in connection with the opioid epidemic and is dropping all outstanding marijuana possession charges.”
Read more: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/02/16/krasner-big-pharma-marijuana-possession/
“Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego appear to be the only major jurisdictions erasing convictions without even requiring the defendants to request it.”
Read more: https://www.thecannabist.co/2018/02/08/seattle-marijuana-convictions/98513/
“Army regulations ban the use of so-called CBD oil or any products derived from marijuana, so some soldiers are using synthetic replacement oil.”
Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Army-60-hospitalizations-2-deaths-blamed-on-12542767.php
“No American is safer because Ross Ulbricht is in jail for life. He is just one more casualty of our futile war against drugs.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/07/government-threw-silk-roads-founder-in-j/print
“Sessions also reiterated his opposition to state-legal marijuana, resorting to the discredited ‘gateway theory’ to try to blame marijuana for the opioid epidemic.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/feb/08/trump_sessions_more_drug_war