Legalize Marijuana: The Evidence Speaks Loud and Clear In April 2017, a CBS poll reported that 61% of Americans favor marijuana legalization, which is the highest percentage ever recorded in the poll. At the same time, a whopping 88% of the people favored medical marijuana use. That poll was topped…...

Economics & Health: An Argument for Legalization I live in Lake Tahoe, on the border between Northern Nevada and California. Over the last few years, the laws and regulations have been changing in how Nevada and California have dealt with marijuana- as an alternative medicine to help people heal and…...

Let’s get right to it: I had cancer, and I would love to legalize marijuana. Specifically, I had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stage II. People told me that I had a “good” kind of cancer. That I’d been blessed. In a way, they were right. I only had to undergo six months…...

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…...

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…...

Marijuana – The Safe Solution to the Opioid Epidemic On January 4, 2018, the U.S. Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, rescinded federal guidelines previously implemented under the Obama Administration. Prior to this, Marijuana was still considered an illegal drug under federal law, but guidelines limited federal prosecution in states where legislatures…...