Tag: war on drugs
RAW Rolling Papers Donates $100,000 to The Last Prisoner Project
NEW YORK -- RAW Rolling Papers (BBK/HBI), the independent international brand of high-quality rolling papers and smoking innovations, announced on Giving Tuesday that it...
Cookies Launches Global Wholesale Seedbank; Award-Winning Genetics Now Available in U.S., E.U., U.K. and...
SAN FRANCISCO --
International cannabis lifestyle brand Cookies today announced the launch of its wholesale seed bank, a follow up to the company’s launch...
Ayr Wellness Kicks Off “12 Days of Giving,” a $100,000 Holiday Donation Campaign Dedicated...
MIAMI -- Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE: AYR.A, OTCQX: AYRWF) (“Ayr” or the “Company”), a leading vertically integrated U.S. multi-state cannabis operator, today announced the...
New Zealand Takes a New Look at Plant Medicine
The “Land of the Long White Cloud” would be a fitting nickname for any country that embraces cannabis, but that’s not how New Zealand...
Dutchie Partners with Last Prisoner Project to Help Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders Reenter Society; Pledges...
BEND, Ore. -- Cannabis ecommerce platform Dutchie announced a new partnership today with the Last Prisoner Project, a nonprofit dedicated to undoing the harms of the...
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...
Equity Trade Certification Provides Banner for Communities of Color
“I’ve always been around the business of cannabis. My family grew weed in the basement and sold it on the street,” said Tre Hobbs,...
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...
Cannabis Justice Initiative Seeks Clemency, Compassion, and Opportunity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Last Prisoner Project (LPP) and The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) launched a new effort aimed at helping individuals...
