California to vote on legalizing marijuana
The November election will be interesting for all kinds of reasons. Among them is that Californians will vote on legalizing marijuana. Not just medical marijuana, legalizing the personal possession...
View ArticleFederalism and marijuana
Colorado and Washington state voted in a referendum to legalize marijuana. Not just medical marijuana, recreational marijuana. (Oregon defeated a similar measure.) The problem is, the sale and...
View ArticleShould Christians smoke (legal) marijuana?
The recreational use of marijuana is now legal in Colorado and Washington state. So is there any reason why Christians in those states should not use marijuana? Interestingly, one medical marijuana...
View ArticleDrugged driving
There is drunk driving and then there is drugged driving. This brings up yet more unintended consequences of legalizing “victimless crimes.” Colorado has legalized marijuana. But while there are...
View ArticleMarijuana shops to open in Colorado
Colorado legalized the possession of recreational marijuana last year, but as of today, you can buy it openly in retail shops. Regulations that go into effect today will, in effect, create a legal...
View ArticleWhere’s the opposition to legalized marijuana?
Our nation’s capital is gearing up to join Colorado and Washington state in legalizing marijuana. Already about half of the states have legalized the drug for medicinal use. Journalist Richard Leiby...
View ArticleStoned federalism
The United States Constitution sets up a system of federalism, a union of states, each of which can have separate laws. We are seeing some quirks of federalism today, as certain states legalize and...
View ArticleMarijuana is going the way of Big Tobacco
Now that marijuana is being legalized, the nascent industry is following the pattern of Big Tobacco in making the product more potent, lobbying, and commercializing the product. So says Yale med...
View ArticleMarijuana without the high
Lots of people have been hailing the medical uses of marijuana, leading a number of states to legalize the drug if you have a prescription. Now Israeli researchers (Israel being the world’s leader in...
View ArticleAlcohol vs. marijuana
California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada legalized recreational marijuana in the last election, joining Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and our nation’s capital. This trend has the alcohol industry...
View ArticleNational legalization of marijuana as the next big political issue
Shaping up to be the next big political issue: legalizing marijuana nationally. Currently, eight states have legalized the recreational use of the drug (Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California,...
View ArticleConservatives–and Christians?–for Marijuana Legalization
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. More than half (51%) of Republicans want marijuana to be legal. That’s the finding of a Gallup poll on the subject. This is...
View ArticleCannabis as the New Opioids
Marijuana in the 60's had a THC level of just 2%. Breeders raised that to as much as 20%. But the products sold legally in cannabis dispensaries today--to be vaped, eaten, or drunk--can have a potency...
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