I had the honor of speaking at a press conference today, along with Congressman Earl Blumenauer; David Rogers, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oregon; and Leah Maurer, a long-time friend who founded Moms for Yes on 91 and is co-chair of the Portland chapter of Women Grow. The press […]

UPDATE: Marijuana is now legal in Oregon. The Oregonian has been live tweeting the revolution. The War on Marijuana has caused too much pain for far too long. Every cannabis law reform advocate has their activist origin. Mine started in the dorm room at the University of Missouri, witnessing first hand an […]

It’s Tuesday, June 30, which means when the clock strikes midnight, Oregon marijuana prohibition is over. The legalization we passed last November as Measure 91 takes effect on Wednesday, July 1. It’s going to be a busy day for me. I have plenty of local and national media interviews to […]

Planet Earth’s most useful medical plant has been nearly impossible to research in the USA. Now, a positive action from the Obama White House will greatly uncomplicate and facilitate medical marijuana research! This simple step in the right direction has been somewhat lost in the recent avalanche of major national […]

The ResponsibleOhio legalization plan to allow just 10 marijuana wholesalers has created an uproar among cannabis law reform activists across the country. On one hand, we have advocates like Russ Belville, of Portland NORML and 420Radio.org, who blogs here at Marijuana Politics, strongly advocating for passage of ResponsibleOhio, stating that […]

There is a daily countdown in Oregon as every adult over the age of 21 will be able possess, cultivate and consume cannabis on July 1st. While marijuana has been widely available and a relatively low law enforcement priority (especially in Portland),it still just feels good to know that we no […]

Today, the United States Supreme Court announced its landmark Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision legalizing same-sex marriage all across the country. The marriage equality and marijuana legalization movements share a lot of the same supporters National polling is very similar and the both causes have made dramatic advancements in […]

On July 1st, Oregon will become the fourth state to legalize personal amounts of marijuana, following Colorado, Washington and Alaska (and let’s not forget Washington, D.C.). However, the Beaver State has the bragging rights of being the first state to decriminalize marijuana all the way back in 1973; was in […]

I’ve been going rounds lately on social media with people who oppose the ResponsibleOhio plan to legalize marijuana in 2015. Many folks who are die-hard long-time marijuana activists hate this measure, because it limits the commerce in marijuana growing to just ten wealthy backers who’ve pledged $2 million each to […]

With the legislative session winding down, we’re starting to have a clearer sense of how Oregon will implement cannabis legalization in the coming months. The members of the Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91 have – in spite of numerous obstacles – produced a solid framework for advancing cannabis policy […]

July 1 is rapidly approaching. The long-awaited day brings with it the promise of legal marijuana in the state of Oregon for all adults, even the healthy ones! But where are you going to get that marijuana in Oregon? Our pot stores won’t be open for months, maybe even over […]

President Obama was expected to make great progress on marijuana law reform as candidate Obama certainly gave the cannabis community hope that we were electing a federal administration that would be smarter on drug policy. Unfortunately, the early years of the Obama Administration were a bit of a disappointment as […]

Supporting sensible federal marijuana policies used to one of the third-rail of American politics as politicians fell over each other to be the candidate toughest on crime. Today, a majority of voters support legalization and we are finally seeing a few major presidential candidates support federal marijuana law reform. Thus […]

Marijuana legalization has garnered the endorsement of major figures and media outlets across the nation. Dr. Sanjay Gupta made headlines when he called for a “marijuana revolution” and The New York Times sent shockwaves across the media spectrum. The Oregonian endorsed the Measure 91 cannabis legalization measure, less than five […]

The momentum for marijuana law reform clearly cannot be stopped, whether by local voter initiative, statewide ballot measure, state legislative reform, federal policy-making or in the halls of Congress. The most recent reform is in the great state of Delaware, which just became either the 18th, 19th or 20th state […]