U.S. Senate’s Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act Clarifies How Federal Government May Regulate Marijuana but Leaves Unanswered Questions July 21, 2021 Ian Stewart Federal 3 Comments The much-anticipated proposed Senate bill that would legalize marijuana on the federal level was made public on July 14, 2021, by its lead sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York). Called the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, it removes… Read More→
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Despite vaping crisis, Americans view e-cigarettes as far more dangerous than marijuana November 5, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Americans now think marijuana is much less harmful than alcohol, tobacco or e-cigarettes, according to new polling results from POLITICO and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health released Monday. Just 1 in 5 Americans believe marijuana is very harmful to people… Read More→
Cannabis, Guns and Our Individual Rights May 23, 2018 Andrew Shore Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Cannabis laws and the Second Amendment are on a collision course likely to increase the legal risks for individuals who share the same passion for the core American principles of freedom and liberty. While these industries seem mutually exclusive, it… Read More→
Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like Alcohol and Tobacco December 1, 2016 AggregatedNews Industry People, Policy & Legal 0 Comments In an “exit interview” with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama said that marijuana use should be treated as a public-health issue similar to tobacco or alcohol and called the current patchwork of state and federal laws regarding the drug “untenable.”… Read More→
Is It Really Possible That the Cannabis Industry Could Rival “Big Tobacco?” February 29, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Without proper controls, California’s marijuana industry could rival “Big Tobacco” as a threat to public health, warns an academic analysis of two ballot measures to legalize the drug. The study published this month by researchers at UC San Francisco doesn’t… Read More→
Is Legal Marijuana Ready to Become the Next Big Tobacco? February 3, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments A ballot proposal legalizing recreational marijuana would likely launch a new profit-driven industry similar to Big Tobacco that could impede public health efforts, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The 66-page analysis, released Tuesday, is the… Read More→