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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

Veriheal

Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine. A year prior to that, the magazine published an article under the heading “Pot: A Rational Approach.” The campaign will be focusing on implementing changes in public policy through advocating for legislation.

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On Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms: The Psychedelic Constituency and Its Challenges

Freedom Leaf

In February 2018, I heard about a group that wanted to decriminalize psychoactive mushrooms in Denver, but didn’t know much about it. I joined the drug policy reform movement in 1993 specifically with the goal of legalizing psychedelics, so I was glad to hear from Matthews. In October, the board certified the language.

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Freedom Leaf’s Diversity in Cannabis Impact List

Freedom Leaf

I continue to advocate for patient access to medical marijuana, and work with recreational legalization groups like Start SMART New York and Drug Policy Alliance that aim to take away one of the many tools law enforcement uses to lock up people of color, and to make sure we’re not pushed out of this industry. ” QUEEN ADESUYI.

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NORML Chapter Newsletter – July 2019

NORML

“The decriminalization and legalization of cannabis is one of the ways this country can undo some of the systematic and intentional racism.” ” Read more from RVA Magazine ! For more than 45 years NORML chapters have been the driving force behind policy decisions on the local and state level.

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Prohibitionists want THC-limit laws. Here’s why patients and consumers are fighting back

SpeedWeed

nikkifried says “Our lawmakers should be improving our marijuana program, working on decriminalization, and moving towards legalization for adult use.” A former senior editor at Cannabis Now magazine, she also edits books about marijuana strains and cultivation. ” RT if you agree! NORML (@NORML) March 4, 2021.

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Project CBD: FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK IN CZECH CANNABIS CRACKDOWN

Cannabis Law Report

The criminal case that may force the closing of the Czech Republic’s pioneering cannabis magazine is — at least in the eyes of its targeted editor — disturbingly redolent of the bad old days of authoritarian rule. Robert Veverka, publisher and editor-in-chief of Legalizace magazine, heads an advocacy organization of the same name.

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The LGBTQ Leaders in Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

She is also on the advisory board of Decriminalize Nature Oakland, the first group in the country to successfully advocate to decriminalize all-natural plant medicines in the city of Oakland. She trained a team including architects, engineers, and other construction professionals on new policy.