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Dana Beal helped build the cannabis legalization movement. He organized hundreds of smoke-ins, founded the Global Marijuana March, brought ibogaine to Ukrainian soldiers on the front…

The Cannabis Operator Prosecutors Got Like Al Capone In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed, federal authorities turned to tax law—specifically…

Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy case, it still hasn’t made room…

“Come on in. The first class is free. Hopefully, I’ll motivate you.” – Coss Marte, Fitness Instructor. As we dive into the new year, and people…

Eight months ago, Deshaun Durham walked out of a Kansas prison two weeks before Christmas. He had been sentenced to serve eight years for cannabis possession,…

Colin Fraser’s life has been punctuated by moments that could have ended him. He was shot eight times. He was wrongly incarcerated on cannabis-related charges. He…

Original publication: November 1994. WOMEN, POT AND PRISON JULIE STEWART, PRESIDENT, FAMM Ruth Helgesen, at 53 years old, imagined that her golden years would be spent…

Surprisingly, many of the countries that today have the strictest drug policies also hide a history where those same substances were of great cultural significance. For…

A man who used Snapchat to sell fake oxycodone pills that actually contained fentanyl—leading to the death of a teenage girl as well as several other…

Two Michigan lobbyists on Wednesday were sentenced to federal prison terms for their role in paying bribes to Rick Johnson, the former chair of the Michigan…