Trump’s Final Clemency: Among Usual Suspects, Pot Prisoners
On Trump’s final day of being President of the United States, he granted clemency to a handful of people serving absurd sentences for...
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Maureen Meehan
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
NORML 2020 Conference Honors The Late Dr. Lester Grinspoon
An important goal of the annual conference held by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is to recognize...
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Maureen Meehan
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
4 weed products Weldon Angelos can't live without
Weldon Angelos has a lot of catching up to do. The up-and-coming hip-hop artist and music producer was working with his friend Snoop Dogg...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
Rapper Loon Released from Prison After Nine Years Serving Non-Violent Drug Charge
Chauncey Hawkins, the Harlem-based former Bad Boy Records rapper—aka Loon—was released from Florida’s FCI Coleman Low on June 29 after...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Researchers Looking at CBD to Treat COVID-19 Lung Inflammation
Coronavirus cases are surging and the president and his advisors are reframing their response to it by urging Americans to get back to...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jun 25, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter are reshaping America. How will cannabis retailers rebuild?
Dozens of cannabis shops across the country have suffered a one-two punch. First COVID-19 forced many to close down and then came the...
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Maureen Meehan
- May 27, 2020
- 3 min
Federal Pot Prisoner in Kentucky Dies of Coronavirus
Fidel Torres, 62, would have walked free in less than two years. Instead he died on May 20 in the Federal Medical Center in Lexington...
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Maureen Meehan
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
Remembering Charlotte Figi, the girl who helped popularize Charlotte's Web
Charlotte Figi, the little girl who inspired millions of people around the world as she and her family launched a movement that led to...
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Maureen Meehan
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Prison in the Time of Coronavirus: One Inmates Hope for Release
John Knock, a nonviolent first-time offender, has been serving two life sentences, without parole, since 1996, or 24 years in prison so...
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Maureen Meehan
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Activist Bernardine Dohrn Receives Michael Kennedy Social Justice Award
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has been recognizing cannabis legalization advocates from around the...
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Maureen Meehan
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Cannabinoids Could Help Treat OCD, Researchers Suggest
In a new review study, researchers examined evidence that suggests the endocannabinoid system (ECS) may play a role in helping relieve...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
Israeli Researchers Find Cannabis Therapy Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain
Cannabis could be a treatment option for fibromyalgia, one of the most common chronic pain conditions in the world, according to a new...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jun 11, 2019
- 4 min
CBD, Anticancer Protein Show Potential to Kill Tumor Cells, Study Finds
Korean researchers have observed increased efficacy in a cancer-fighting agent when it was combined with cannabidiol (CBD), according to...
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Maureen Meehan
- Jun 6, 2019
- 4 min
CBD Curbs Cravings and Anxiety of Heroin Addiction, Researchers Find
Cannabidiol (CBD) may be effective in reducing cravings associated with heroin addiction, a new study has indicated. Participants in the...
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