Veriheal
OCTOBER 21, 2020
The cannabis advocacy movement goes back many years and involves many people. Cannabis advocacy as a whole has been such a successful movement because it has had such a wide variety of people and organizations on its side. Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine.
NORML
JANUARY 2, 2019
In learning about Las Vegas’ history from a perspective that isn’t often discussed, we got a firm grasp on how marijuana has undisputedly been a tool used for oppression. We participated in gardening and yard clean up at Harrison House, held a Black History month panel together, and helped with a Mardi Gras neighborhood celebration.
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The Blunt Truth
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Under the Act, employers can deny an applicant a position of employment because of the conviction, but the employer must make an individualized assessment of whether the applicant’s conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job which justify denying the applicant the position.
NORML
JUNE 5, 2020
This is the sixth in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement. That prison tour by journalists resulted in both a nationwide AP story that was very sympathetic to our position, and a subsequent New York Times Magazine cover story about NORML and our efforts to help the victims of marijuana prohibition.
Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). The global implications classify cannabis as the new colonization.
NORML
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Today, Russell runs the Maine Cannabis Chronicle , a magazine devoted to all things cannabis in the Pine Tree State. Ultimately, cannabis and its champions prevailed, but the state’s governor at the time, Paul LePage, blocked every effort he could to derail legalization’s rollout.
Veriheal
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Her Denver-based dispensary, Simply Pure , made history in 2010 as the first Black-owned and veteran-owned dispensary in the United States. With her work as an advocate for cannabis reform spanning from the political to entrepreneurial, James was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Cannabis by High Times magazine in 2018.
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