Lessons from Decades of Tobacco Regulatory Fights
Fifty-one years ago, President Richard Nixon signed legislation banning television and radio advertisements for cigarettes. That was just the beginning of the tobacco industry's...
Potential Municipal, State Bankruptcy Crisis Could Help End Prohibition
Financial institutions in the United States, including state-chartered banks, are inextricably intertwined with the federal banking system and federal law. Since cannabis is considered...
Senators Unveil Draft Legalization Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats led by Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday unveiled a draft bill that would legalize, regulate, and tax...
Luke Scarmazzo: California’s Last Federal Medical Marijuana Prisoner
YAZOO CITY, Miss. -- June 17 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the day President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs. Since that day in 1971, California...
Poll: War on Drugs Did More Harm than Good
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of Americans—83 percent—believe the war on drugs has been a spectacular failure leading only to increased drug-related harms...
Jerry King’s Cannabis Cartoon | June 2021
Award-winning cartoonist Jerry King is one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in the world, selling more than 300 cartoons per month. His work...
Legal Perspective: California’s Cannabis Appellation Program
The specific location of a product’s origin is more important with some products than others. Wine is the classic example, as the soil and...
Jerry King’s Cannabis Cartoon | May 2021
Award-winning cartoonist Jerry King is one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in the world, selling more than 300 cartoons per month. His work appears...
It’s in Everyone’s Best Interest to Limit Cannabis Licenses
There is an 800-hundred-pound gorilla in the middle of a room filled with cannabis, confounding myriad stakeholders’ plans to revolutionize the industry, make significant...
Will New Trade Group Backed by Big Alcohol, Big Tobacco Be Threat or Boon?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid an unprecedented push for federal cannabis legalization, a new group with members representing alcohol, tobacco, and other industries has raised...
