medical cannabis

About three in five Kansas adults support legalizing adult-use marijuana—and an even greater majority backs legalizing cannabis for medical use—according to a new poll. The annual “Kansas Speaks Survey” from the Fort Hays State University (FHSU) Docking Institute of Public Affairs asked residents about a wide range of policy issues, including where they stands on…

There’s a quiet revolution happening in cannabis culture, and it’s not being led by college kids or festival-goers. It’s being pioneered by retirees, septuagenarians, and people who spent decades believing everything the government told them about marijuana—until they finally decided to see for themselves. I’ve been fielding more questions from older adults about trying cannabis…

This article originally appeared in High Times Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Print Issue. Order yours here and get it delivered to your door. Political and societal changes rarely occur organically. They only happen when advocates agitate for them. For over five decades, NORML and its grassroots supporters have advocated for ending the criminalization, discrimination, and stigmatization…

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Texas officials have formally adopted new rules to implement a law significantly expanding the state’s medical marijuana program. About two months after the Department of Public Safety (DPS) posted the proposed rules—after which point a 30-day public comment period was completed—the regulations were finalized and published in the Texas Register on Friday. This specific set…

Nearly one in five middle-aged adults acknowledge consuming cannabis, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Investigators affiliated with Columbia University in New York analyzed results from the Health and Retirement Survey — a nationwide survey of older adults. Researchers reported that 19 percent of adults aged 50 to 64, and…