Day: January 15, 2025

The criminal justice system wanted to smoke me. They wanted to make it painful. In November of 1998, Justice Marcy Kahn sentenced me to 25 years to life for robbery and murder. At age 19, my world went black. I didn’t mind the pain. I deserved to hurt. Nothing wasContinue Reading

Washington State senators are renewing the push to legalize psilocybin services, prefiling a bill ahead of the forthcoming legislative session that would create a regulated psychedelics system aimed at promoting mental health and wellness. The measure, SB 5201, led by Sen. Jesse Salomon (D) along with eight cosponsors, is aContinue Reading

“Counsel for the parties fundamentally misunderstood how this proceeding, this tribunal and this judge are legally-bound to proceed—and in so doing have potentially set back the entire movement for cannabis reform.” By Khurshid Khoja, Greenbridge Corporate Counsel P.C. As legal counsel representing the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) during theContinue Reading

A new federally funded study examining the associations between cannabis use and other health-related behaviors finds that adults are more physically active on days they used marijuana—evidence that contradicts the “lazy stoner” stereotype—although they also drank alcohol more heavily and smoked more cigarettes. The paper, by a team of tenContinue Reading

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) lobbying arm says that recent court decisions calling into question the constitutionality of the federal government’s ban on gun ownership by marijuana consumers has “led to a confusing regulatory landscape” that’s impacted Americans’ Second Amendment rights. “Marijuana use is no longer limited to the domainContinue Reading