With cannabis decriminalization currently being debated at the federal level, it seems appropriate to discuss what decriminalizing cannabis in Utah could look like. While some of you may know that cannabis was first made federally illegal in America in 1937, and that...
A few years ago, I found myself laying in a hospital bed having been diagnosed with a bilateral pulmonary embolism (blood clots in my lungs) and pneumonia. Luckily for me, the blood clots did not prove fatal, the pneumonia cleared up, and I was able to leave the...
By now, we have all heard a story about a traffic stop that led to an arrest for cannabis possession that started by a police officer stating, “I smell marijuana.” Under what is generally known as the “plain smell” doctrine, courts across the country have historically...
Equally important to reforms around social equity and social justice is police reform. An important part of police reform is ending the War on Drugs, especially the federal prohibition of cannabis. As indicated in our earlier content this week, the arrest rates for...
Given the disparities that continue to exist among the arrest rates for cannabis, and the proverbial whitewashing of the legal cannabis industry, we must come together to institute reforms that address these issues. Several states and cities across the country are...
