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The House is preparing to vote on a measure that aims to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, reports Politico. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) announced the news in an email Friday stating congressional lawmakers are expected to vote on the The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act—aka the MORE Act—sometime next month. The bill would remove cannabis from from the […]
A Black war veteran who was serving a life sentence over a $30 marijuana sale will seen be released from prison. According to ABC News, Louisiana prosecutors announced Thursday they had agreed to reduce Derek Harris’ sentence to time served. The Army vet was arrested in 2008 after he allegedly sold less than a gram of weed […]
For many, the inarguable ease of sanctioned marijuana sales and usage made possible by progressive states’ legality shifts can likely obscure the fact that—despite such promising developments in parts of the country—far too many others remain behind bars for weed-related offenses. In the latest episode of Complex World, NBA veteran and Viola founder Al Harrington […]
Virginia has become the latest state to decriminalize marijuana, the local NBC-affiliate reports. Gov. Ralph Northam’s legislation went into law this weekend. The new law exchanges criminal charges for simple possession of marijuana for a $25 civil penalty. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says that this move is a step toward the full legalization of marijuana in the state. “Decriminalization is […]
A lot of people speak highly of how marijuana helped their life. But during the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Willow Smith explained how quitting weed had a positive impact on her life. The 19-year-old, mother Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Jada’s 66-year-old mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, had an open and candid conversation about her marijuana use. The conversation led […]
In the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith admitted that she had become worried about her daughter Willow‘s “excessive weed smoking.” Joined by Jada’s mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones, the family’s three different generations of women discussed how the coronavirus pandemic can impact people battling addiction before highlighting their own struggles. Banfield-Jones opened up about being off […]
Those with underlying medical conditions are at a higher risk of being infected by coronavirus. Now, research shows that another group of people who could also be vulnerable are those who smoke, vape, or have substance abuse issues. “[T]he research community should be alert to the possibility that [Covid-19] could hit some populations with substance […]
The Intercept has uncovered a video that appears to show a New York Police Department officer planting marijuana inside someone’s car as he conducted a search of the vehicle. It was the second time that he had allegedly done so in just a two-month span. Officer Kyle Erickson conducted a routine traffic stop in March 2018, claiming that the car had a broken […]
Somewhere in America, Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson are smiling right now. On Monday, the NBA and the NBA Players Association have reached an agreement to halt the random drug screenings while play is suspended, league sources tell Yahoo! Sports. The NBA and NBPA agreed to suspend player drug testing during the moratorium to address concerns […]
To the presumed surprise of absolutely no one, the practice of smoking weed or ingesting its benefits via the edible method is quite noticeably on the rise among those over the age of 65. Research published this week in the JAMA peer-reviewed medical journal, per CNN, shows that the number of American seniors over 65 who […]
