New Jersey becomes 15th US state to fully legalise marijuana
A 15th US state has fully legalised recreational marijuana, after New Jersey governor Phil Murphy on Monday finalised a much-debated cannabis package that voters had approved in November.
Are more people vaping in 2021?
The consumption of nicotine dates back hundreds of years, as early as 2000 years ago, when it was associated with cultural or religious ceremonies.
Democrat senators vow to legalise cannabis this year
Three top Senate Democrats have vowed to work towards the legalisation of marijuana this year, including majority leader Chuck Schumer.
This Is How Scholars Think Ancient Egyptians Used Cannabis 3,500 Years Ago
It’s funny to think back on the “reefer madness” era in the United States in the 1930s, a time when political leaders demonized cannabis and planted the seeds for the War on Drugs.
A New York prison has just been turned into a cannabis testing lab, Written By Paul James
As cannabis legalization rolls out in the United States, one of the biggest talking points is the expungement of prior non-violent cannabis crimes.
Joe Biden Could Decriminalize Weed in 2021. Legalizing It Is a Different Story.
Joe Biden has promised time and time again to be a president for all Americans. All of them.
What’s next for cannabis legalization in the U.S.?
While the U.S. federal government still considers cannabis to be a dangerous drug, the rest of America isn’t so crass.
What Joe Biden’s Presidential Victory Means For Marijuana In 2021
Joe Biden has been projected to have won the presidential election by several major news organizations.
A State-by-State Look at Where Marijuana Is Legal
Over the next decade, marijuana could well be one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States.
The number of US acres devoted to hemp is 100 times greater than five years ago
The US defines industrial hemp as cannabis sativa plants containing 0.3% or less THC. Any higher than that, so to speak, and the plants are considered marijuana, which is federally outlawed. Before 2015, hemp was virtually nonexistent in terms of US agriculture, because the Controlled Substances Act lumped it along with all cannabis plants (also known as marijuana) in 1970 as a Schedule I substance with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”