Pot Politics

President Donald Trump signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill on May 5 that will keep the federal government funded through September 30....

Trump Appoints Tom Marino, the Most Anti-Marijuana Drug Czar He Could Find

18 Apr 2017

Ted Corless

Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., will be President Trump’s drug czar. Marino’s congressional voting record is that of a hard-liner on marijuana issues,...

Jeff Sessions Abandons Conservative Roots and Prepares for War on Legal Marijuana

06 Apr 2017

Ted Corless

Marijuana has always been a potent presence in the criminal law consciousness. Of the 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010,...

On Marijuana, Jeff Sessions Channels “Father Knows Best”

02 Mar 2017

Ted Corless

“If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis Attorney General Jeff...

Law & Order: Trump’s Stance on Marijuana Revisited

02 Feb 2017

Ted Corless

Immigration chaos. A proposed border wall that it turns out Mexico isn’t going to pay for. The revival of two controversial oil...

Good News for Cannabis: Trump Will Leave Legal Cannabis Alone

09 Dec 2016

Ted Corless

Trump won the White House for one reason and one reason only, his purported businessman savvy that will make him the greatest...

Resuscitating Medical Marijuana Initiatives

06 Dec 2016

Ted Corless

We know the Attorney General-in-waiting Jeff Sessions would like to see an apocalyptic destruction of state efforts to legalize and regulate medical...

Florida’s Amendment 2 on Marijuana: What Happens Now

16 Nov 2016

Ted Corless

Take my hand, non-believer. If you are one of the handful of people who voted against Amendment 2 or if you voted...

ELECTION 2016: Marijuana Wins Battles But War on Drugs Lingers

09 Nov 2016

Ted Corless

Voters in California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives Nov. 8, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions, in...