In a radio interview on Friday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones indicated that the league’s marijuana policy would change in the next collective bargaining agreement. Jones’s revelation comes only days following the MLB’s announcement that it will no longer test for the substance. Marijuana is currently a banned substance in the NFL, and repeated usage can lead […]
At the semi-annual summit of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),leaders agreed to establish a commission to review marijuana policy in the region and assess the need for marijuana reform. The announcement came at the conclusion of the meeting: “Heads of Government agreed to establish a Regional Commission on Marijuana to conduct a […]
“The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science,” released by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and DPA, calls on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to end its “unjustifiable” monopoly of the supply of research grade marijuana available for federally approved research. According to the report, the DEA has maintained marijuana’s classification as a […]
A source told ESPN that the renegotiation of the NFL’s drug policy, which has been going on since 2011 and includes testing for human growth hormone, will also significantly increase the threshold for a positive marijuana test and reduce the punishments for violations involving that drug. The source said the NFL’s policy on marijuana is outdated, […]
Efforts to legalize marijuana in the District of Columbia received a boost today with the Drug Policy Alliance hiring Dr. Malik Burnett as a full time organizer for the district. Burnett is a graduate of Duke University who believes “our Nation’s drug policies are out of step with the current scientific understanding of drugs, which […]