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Attitudes have been shifting in support of legalization for some time, as evidenced by the number of states in which marijuana is now legal. Additionally, a recent Pew Research Center survey shows 57% U.S. adults now feel marijuana should be legalized. However, the overwhelming majority of those in favor of legalization are non-users - meaning the legalization movement is only fractionally represented by actual cannabis users. The most recent numbers from a National Institute

While support for legalizing marijuana may have not yet soared to the same peak for the general population as it did for young adults living in Haight-Ashbury in the summer or 1969, the numbers continue to get, well, higher. A total of 57 percent of U.S. adults said they were in favor of legalizing marijuana in a 2016 Pew Center Research survey. That’s a tremendous jump from 1990. General Population by the Numbers 57 percent: U.S. adults in favor of marijuana legalization in

When it comes to positioning for marijuana prohibition, Cully Stimson is something of a pit bull; Stimson is the guy at The Heritage Foundation who writes all the marijuana policy briefs and opinions for the Foundation’s Daily Signal website, and he clamps down hard in the fight against legalized marijuana of literally any kind. Why the tenacity? As we discussed in a previous post, Heritage Foundation major donors include a host of pharmaceutical companies and trade groups. W

"Eat your green beans or there'll be 6 weeks of solitary!" Seems Attorney General Jeff Sessions is still debating how to prosecute federal marijuana laws in states with legal weed, if his March 9th interview with Hugh Hewitt is any indication. We’re guessing AG Sessions doesn’t read the D9S blog, so he didn’t catch the recent post we wrote about a Heritage Foundation briefing published in the Daily Signal in which the author, senior legal fellow Cully Stimson, obsequiously la

When it comes to discussing marijuana legislation, it seems politicians have an inability to speak with coherence. It's a matter of two steps forward, then three back, as if performing a Do-Si-Do. Regardless, it's clear that the issue is on the minds of constituents everywhere. It used to be that politicians could side-step the topic. Increasingly, however, such avoidance isn't working. As more states move toward legalization, members of Congress are being asked to take sides

When it comes to the stance the Trump administration is expected to take on marijuana enforcement, the outlook remains in a haze. But just because there are no straightforward answers doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of speculations, interpretations, and inferences based on what’s been said, and by whom. We conducted our own examination to help uncover what actions may be expected by the Trump administration down the road. Part one of our rundown touched on comments made by k

When it comes to the stance the Trump administration is expected to take on marijuana enforcement, the outlook remains in a haze. But just because there are no straightforward answers doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of speculations, interpretations, and inferences based on what’s been said, and by whom. We conducted our own examination to help uncover what actions may be expected by the Trump administration down the road. Part one of our rundown touches on comments made by k

On February 23rd, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told the media he expected a federal crackdown on legal marijuana states. Though Spicer specified that he predicted the Department of Justice would only be going after recreational and not medical marijuana, his announcement raised concerns on both sides of the aisle. Members of the bipartisan Congressional Cannabis Caucus, including Dana Rohrabacher of California and Jared Polis of Colorado, have expressed their disap

Marijuana mogul Steve DeAngelo has been prepping his team for years on protocol if a federal raid occurs. He, like many others, knows the risks that come with the business. But with cannabis legal in some form in over half the country, is a ‘cannabis crackdown’ really likely? Trump’s administration has given some mixed signals on the matter, but one thing is certain, they aren’t in favor. Spicer and Sessions are two of the biggest anti-marijuana advocates. Trump, being the jo