A Citizen’s Choice

Let’s Legalize Pot – But Not For the Reasons You Think The subject of marijuana legalization is a hot-button issue. Most Americans who are against legalizing it will tout statistics, like these from Caron Addiction Treatment Center, on everything from impaired coordination to “disturbed thoughts” as a result of its…...

Better Sex & Other Reasons

My stance on marijuana legalization is founded on the benefits it has provided to me specifically as a woman. As many of us can attest, there is a unique vulnerability in navigating the world as a woman, with social situations being the sphere where many feel the need to be…...

Governmental Perspective: Benefits and Drawbacks

Benefits and Costs of Legalization Marijuana has created new industries and has been a huge economic success in states like Colorado. Through 2016, the state reported that legalized marijuana was responsible for creating more than 18,000 full-time jobs and adding nearly $2.5 billion to the Colorado economy. Cannabis is generating…...

Effects of Legalization

The Likely Effects of Legalized Marijuana Introduction In the United States, the use, possession, sale, cultivation and transportation of marijuana is illegal under federal law. Nonetheless, an estimated 18 million people were using marijuana in 2011. Some states have taken a different approach. Although state law cannot ‘overrule’ federal law,…...

Recreational Marijuana

The marijuana industry is the fastest growing market in America, with a compound annual growth rate of 26 percent and estimates of market worth varying between $17 billion and $22 billion by 2021. The tax revenue from this is significant, with Colorado bringing in more than $500 million between 2014…...

Medical Marijuana

Although a number of states have decriminalized the use of cannabis for medical purposes, it remains illegal in the United States at the federal level. The primary reason why marijuana remains illegal nationally is due to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) classification of cannabis as a Schedule I narcotic. The…...

Polling Data

The state of Georgia took a major step by legalizing medical marijuana, albeit in a restricted fashion, earlier this year in 2017. The state legislature passed Senate Bill SB16 to expand the list of conditions that qualify medically: Cancer Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) Seizure disorders (epilepsy, traumatic brain injury) Multiple…...

Legalization in Georgia: The Process Continues

What’s the current state of cannabis legalization in Georgia? Here’s the progress that has happened in the last year. The timeline begins in April 2015, when Governor Nathan Deal signed a medical marijuana bill into law. This legislation allowed patients with certain medical conditions to legally use low THC/high CBD…...

The Movers behind the Movement

Medical and Recreational Marijuana in Georgia: The Movers Behind the Movement Just a few years ago, talk of cannabis legalization was mostly wistful thinking and the goal of a few small (though dedicated) groups of activists. Today, you can’t turn on the news without hearing about the potential for states…...