What Drug Policy Advocates Want to See From a Kamala Harris Administration
Mother Jones; Leigh Vogel/POOL/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris has joked about experimenting with marijuana and—unlike another famous Democrat—admitted to a truly shocking act: inhaling. With Joe Biden out of the race, her track record on drug policy as a…
Report: The DEA Is Finally Reclassifying Pot as Less Dangerous
Mother Jones illustration; Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing that cannabis be reclassified from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, a classification that comes with steep penalties, to the…
I Found a Vape Pen at My Son’s School. Finding Out What Was Inside Was a Lot Harder.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this year, I found an empty THC cartridge package by the court after one of my son’s high school basketball games. Cannabis vapes are illegal for everyone in Texas, where I live, much less for minors. I scooped…
Reefer Sadness: Why So Many Recreational Pot Measures Failed This Year
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In America, people like pot. About 68 percent of the country supports the legalization of recreational marijuana—including more than 80 percent of Democrats and more than 50 percent of Republicans. About half of the country…
Lit: President Biden Issues Pardons for Federal Marijuana Possession
Jill Toyoshiba/Kansas City Star/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, President Joe Biden said that he would pardon all prior federal marijuana possession offenses. President Biden announced the change—aimed at remedying the socioeconomic disadvantages that people, particularly Black and brown people, face for…
Minnesota Just Legalized Edibles After a Republican Didn’t Read the Bill
Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Here’s something you don’t see every day: On Friday, THC-infused edibles and beverages became legal in the great state of Minnesota, after a law containing the legalization measure was included in…