Medical Marijuana Zone

Five Reasons Trump Needs to Think Twice Before Waging War on Weed | Phillip Smith White House press secretary Sean Spicer‘s comment last week that we “will see greater enforcement” of federal marijuana prohibition has set off tremors in the pot industry, but it should be setting off warning bells at the White House itself. […]

Native American farmers are asserting their sovereign right to cultivate industrial hemp and THC-rich cannabis on Indian lands.

The British tabloid press is reporting on a 10-month-old baby who had to be rushed to the hospital after accidentally swallowing cannabis. Police in Lyon, France, arrested the baby’s parents after they checked their child into the emergency room. Stories say the infant is currently in a coma and fighting for its life. At this […]

After a long struggle, Oglala Sioux Tribe has prevailed over U.S. attempts to prevent hemp cultivation on the Pine Ridge reservation.

Growing numbers of PTSD sufferers are medicating with cannabis and finding it helpful.

McConnell Dampens Prospects for Federal Sentencing Reform in 2018 | Phillip Smith WASHINGTON, DC — Prospects for a major federal sentencing reform bill brightened on Wednesday with President Trump’s announcement that he would support the effort, but by week’s end, those prospects dimmed as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told the president he wouldn’t bring the […]

Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic | Phillip Smith A new report on illicit US drug markets from researchers at the University of San Francisco has found that that the spread of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths last year alone, is tied to enforcement-driven shortages […]