New Poll: At Least 60% of All Voters Continue to Call for Fixing Marijuana Possession Laws, Including Half of Republicans; Poll is Third This Year Showing Strong Majority Support For Reform Thousands More New Yorkers Have Been Arrested – at

By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Brain imaging research published this month in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides physiological evidence as to why cannabis may mitigate certain symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post-traumatic stress syndrome is an anxiety disorder that is estimated to impact some

If you’re an average pot smoker in Colorado—paying average prices for average-quality marijuana—you can expect to spend around $650 on weed next year. A study conducted by the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University aimed to get to the

A small, instantly recognizable woman sits down across the table from me. She bumps fists, leery of the germs that tourists from around the world bring with them to Las Vegas. Roseanne, one of the few stars identifiable by first

Tuesday, May 21, Los Angeles voters will determine the fate and future of medical marijuana dispensaries in America's second-largest city. The LA City Council’s struggles to regulate dispensaries have been well documented. But today, LA voters will ta…

The 26th-annual HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup is coming! The four-day cannabis expo will feature cultivation seminars and activism sessions with HIGH TIMES editors, leaders of the marijuana movement, and major cannabis celebrities.

Danny Danko visits a growroom where laundry baskets andold milk crateshave been recycled into planters, proving once again that great buds can be grown on a budget.

If you are in the Denver area in July, you should really consider attending the 710 Cup. It is going to be the hottest ticket in town, and will no doubt be full of some of the best marijuana and

Legislation to protect owners and operators of nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries has been approved by the California Senate. Senate Bill 439 passed with a 22 to 12 vote, with not a single Republican voting in favor, and now heads to the state’s

Medical Marijuana Patients and Advocates Call for Immediate Passage of New York’s Bill A poll released by the Siena Research Institute found that 82% of New York voters support allowing seriously and terminally ill people to legally use marijuana for medical purposes

By Michael Bachara The Illinois Senate voted 35-21 in favor of an historic bill that would allow people with certain ailments to use cannabis to ease their symptoms, if recommended by their doctor. The bill, HB 1, which would allow Illinois

By Hunter Holliman, Americans for Safe Access It’s been an exciting year for the Oregon legislature with all the medical cannabis bills being considered, but the work isn’t over yet! SB 281 would add PTSD to the definition of “debilitating

Medical marijuana has been legal since Oregon voters approved it in 1998, but the dispensaries which distribute cannabis to patients have evolved in a legal gray area. Full Text of HB 3460: http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/meas…

As her children were being taken away from her, Daisy Bram screamed, “My babies! My babies!” In 2011, Daisy Bram and Jayme Walsh lived with their two small children, Thor and Zeus, in Butte County, California. Like so many other

The following speech was given in Eugene, Oregon during the Global Marijuana March earlier this month. The author, Shelly Fox-Loken, gave us permission to post it. Hopefully it inspires TWB readers as much as it did to me: Hi Everyone and

By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Reason-Rupe has just released new polling data that revealed only a minuscule percentage of Americans believe that marijuana use and possession should result in jail time. When asked which approach they thought the government and law

There is a big vote this Tuesday in Los Angeles, California that will largely determine the future for medical marijuana dispensaries in the area. Below is a message that I received from my friends in Los Angeles: On May 21

From my friends at Vote Hemp: The Farm Bill is currently being crafted once again in Congress after it failed to get passed last year. This means that we have the opportunity to get a hemp amendment in the Farm

After a long day of work and consuming marijuana, I am always glad to get home and crash on my bed. People that know me well know that I hate sleeping on hotel beds, or even on beds at friend’s

If you are in Texas, check out the event below. Even if you are not in Texas, you should still consider attending this event, because it is going to be outstanding: It’s high time Texas grabbed prohibition by the horns!