Shanita Penny and the MCBA join us to share their plans to push for successful and legal business practices in the US cannabis market: “he rest of the year is staying close to DC, making sure that we have a seat at the table as it relates to providing input, recommendations, perspectives that they may […]

Immigration policy in the U.S.—and the perception thereof—remains rife with xenophobia, scapegoating, and identity politics. I believe that…

In 2016, Massachusetts passed the Marijuana Legalization Referendum. Because legalization in Massachusetts came on the heels of other…

The path to legalizing marijuana has been a long and winding road– to turn a phrase. We moved from governmental prohibition to state-led…

U.S. Representative Jared Huffman has been in favor of legalization even before it was politically convenient; Huffman publicly supported ending cannabis prohibition during his time in the California State Assembly before being elected as a U.S. Representative. Nowadays, Huffman’s congressional district includes the Emerald Triangle – the largest cannabis-producing region in the United States. Huffman […]

Looking back on it, Colorado’s HB 1284 was the legislation that set the stage for HB 1090. Back when 1284 was passed, we wanted to be…

Conversations about cannabis lack “normalcy” as the subject matter has long had a stigma associated with it. It has been illegal and developed..

Whether you think of The Audio Files as using music to talk about addiction…or using addiction to talk about music, you’re right. And so,…

The New MillenniumAs we made our way into the new millennium, Peter Lewis, one of the major donors with George Soros and John Sperling…

There’s an urban-rural divide in this country. When I was in rural Iowa, one woman stood up and said, “When my kids turn 18, I buy them…