Behold 4/20, Which Means More Than You Think
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Historically, 4/20 means one thing above all: observing, as one does, the anniversary of the first pasteurization test, named after Louis Pasteur, whose invention in 1862 improved food safety by eliminating…
Nebraska Governor Claims Legalizing Medical Cannabis Will “Kill Your Kids”
TNS/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In response to efforts to legalize medical cannabis in Nebraska, the state’s Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts trotted out the oldest anti-weed trope in the book: “If you legalize marijuana, you’re…
Top Senate Democrats Vow to Reform Marijuana Law
TNS/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Monday, top Democrats in the Senate said they would put forward a plan “in the early part of this year” to reform federal cannabis laws. “Ending federal marijuana prohibition,”…
The House Just Voted to Decriminalize Marijuana
Demonstrators march in support of marijuana legalization in New York in 2017.Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.From time to time the House passes a bill that would never in a million years be…
Five States Considered New Marijuana Reforms. Weed Won In All of Them.
Bill Clark/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.There was at least one clear winner on Election Day: legal weed. Across the country, five states voted on marijuana reforms on Tuesday. Cannabis advocates saw victories in all five states, bringing the number of states…
Will Oregon Be the First State to Legalize Access to Magic Mushrooms?
The Mexican magic mushroom is a psilocybe cubensis, whose main active elements are psilocybin and psilocin.Alexander_Volkov/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Oregon’s push to legalize psychedelic-assisted therapy began, as bold ideas often do, in the woods. It was 2015, and Portland-based therapists Tom…