Articles tagged with "advocacy"
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6 cannabis heroes worth celebrating
Elizabeth Enochs - Published on July 3, 2018Read moreMore Americans are free to light up than ever before—let’s roll one up for these cannabis heroes who lead the way.
Cannabis Entrepreneur Antuanette Gomez Launches Bid for Toronto City Council
Sam Riches - Published on May 21, 2018Read moreAfter breathing new life into the Toronto chapter of Women Grow, Antuanette Gomez is shifting her focus to politics and, beginning next month, making a run for Toronto city council.
Guest Opinion: Let Cannabis Provide Homeless Shelters and Services
Allison Margolin & Erin Williams - Published on April 11, 2018Read moreLet’s provide incentives for entrepreneurs in cannabis to build homeless shelters themselves.
Iowa State’s Marijuana Shirt Ban Case Costs School a Million Dollars
The Associated Press - Published on March 21, 2018Read moreThe costs stem from a politically-motivated attempt by university administrators in 2012 to block T-shirt designs that featured the ISU mascot and a cannabis leaf.
Guest Opinion: Don’t Let Big Business Shape California Cannabis
Hezekiah Allen - Published on December 20, 2017Read moreIt is critical that as many California cannabis growers as possible have an opportunity to transition to a regulated system.
JoAnna McKee, Co-Founder of Seattle’s First Cannabis Co-op, Dies at 74
The Associated Press - Published on December 7, 2017Read moreMcKee and her partner, Stich Miller, founded Seattle’s first cannabis co-op, Green Cross Patient Co-Op, in 1993, five years before Washington approved medical marijuana.
PBS Travel Host Urges Illinois to Legalize Cannabis
The Associated Press - Published on November 29, 2017Read more“Marijuana is here to stay,” travel guru Rick Steves said. States can either build more prisons to lock up drug users or “figure out a better solution.”
5 Takeaways From Van der Pop’s ‘Women & Weed’
Amanda Scriver - Published on November 27, 2017Read moreVan der Pop, North America’s leading female-focused cannabis brand, held its very first Women & Weed event earlier this month in Toronto. Here’s what we learned.
Jury Acquits ‘Nice Guy’ Who Admitted Selling Cannabis to a Cop
Tom McCain - Published on November 15, 2017Read moreLast month I watched a trial jury do the right thing and let a defendant go free—despite the fact that, by the strict letter of the law, the man was guilty.
6 Ways to Advocate for a Pro-Cannabis Local Government
Hayley Fox - Published on November 13, 2017Read moreHere’s how to rally support of local officials as members of a community that’s long carried social stigma.