article thumbnail

Cannabis is My Lifesaver

Americans for Safe Access

Eryck Stamper retired from the US Navy in 2013 as a decorated Senior Chief Petty Officer. He later founded Veterans Initiative 22, a Maryland based nonprofit organization that focuses on improving veteran’s mental health through medical cannabis advocacy, in October of 2017. This is Eryck’s story:

Advocacy 274
article thumbnail

DEA Reports Southern Border Pot Busts Down 80% Since 2013

SpeedWeed

border with Mexico have plunged 80% since 2013, according to a newly released report from the Drug Enforcement Administration. CBP marijuana seizures along the SWB have decreased more than 81 percent since 2013, when almost 1.3 The post DEA Reports Southern Border Pot Busts Down 80% Since 2013 appeared first on SpeedWeed.

DEA 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

This free cannabis hotline answers all of your plant questions

The Cannigma

Realm of Caring was founded in 2013 by two mothers whose children had epilepsy (the daughter of one of the founders was the namesake for Charlotte’s Web CBD.) What started as providing information quickly grew into a network of organization, advocacy, research, and education. . All of this research and advocacy adds up.

Advocacy 120
article thumbnail

Last Prisoner Project: Kevin Allen – Life Without Parole For Selling Cannabis To The Value Of $US20

Cannabis Law Report

On December 27, 2012, and March 13, 2013, the Bossier Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force paid a confidential informant to approach Allen and solicit marijuana. Last Prisoner Project is launching the #FreeKevinAllen advocacy campaign to generate public pressure on DA Marvin to do just that! In layman terms, DA Marvin can release Kevin.

article thumbnail

New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

We analyzed annual administrations of TSCI from 2013–2017, which asked respondents about various dimensions of traffic safety, including driving after marijuana use [ 28 ]. Between 2013 and 2017, approximately 3000 TSCI surveys were completed annually. Materials and methods. Study sample. 2020;141:106320. Article Google Scholar.

Policy 59
article thumbnail

NORML Activist Spotlight: Tamara Netzel

NORML

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, and for a few years believed she could continue to teach and live her life as long as she followed all the doctors recommendations and took the medications they prescribed.

Advocacy 276
article thumbnail

Medical Marijuanana, Cannabis and PTSD

LifeCannMD

The condition remained unspoken between wars until 1980 when the efforts of the Vietnam veterans and advocacy groups finally got the name into the psychiatric nomenclature. A study done in 2013 analyzed 46 individuals who were present around the World Trade Center in the September 11 terrorist attacks.