Washington, D.C. — The Marijuana Policy Project and other organizations are urging law enforcement officials to dramatically curtail arrests for non-violent crimes, including ceasing arrests for cannabis offenses. In addition to curtailing arrests, the organizations are calling for officials to […]
Cannabis Advocates, Medical Professionals, and Law Enforcement Officials Release Open Letter to State Leaders in Light of COVID-19 Governors and legislative leaders urged to preserve and ensure cannabis access amid social distancing Washington, D.C. — In response to escalating efforts […]
WSHU Public Radio, which broadcasts in New York and Connecticut, invited Dr. David Nathan to its program to discuss cannabis legalization alongside several other guests. Topics discussed include the various new challenges for human resource professionals, emergency care, and the […]
Mississippians for Compassionate Care invited Dr. Rachel Knox to discuss their “Medical Marijuana 2020” campaign, which seeks to legalize medical cannabis at the ballot box this November. Knox, representing Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, spoke at length regarding the history, science, […]
David Hershkovits – Founder, Publisher and previous Editor in Chief of PAPER Magazine – explores the budding cannabis industry through elevated conversations with some of the worlds most highly followed influencers.
Video Description: In this riveting talk, Rachel Knox, MD / MBA, explores the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and the revolution of one. How we can take control to harness the power found in our own bodies. We will not stop until […]
In support of S.B. 16 Dear Chairman Winfield, Chairman Stafstrom, and members of the Judiciary Committee:
Written testimony for the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, on “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade” David L. Nathan, MD, DFAPA January 15, 2020 Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR) writes today in support of […]
“The enthusiasm for CBD has clearly outpaced the hard-core scientific evidence for what it actually does,” says Peter Grinspoon, instructor at Harvard Medical School and a board member for Doctors for Cannabis Regulation. “A lot of the studies we have […]
Military Matters, a podcast that explores issues important to service members, veterans, contractors, and the communities that support them. Episode 1 Description: In this debut episode, hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris focus on cannabis, which recently has become a […]
Al Harrington, the former NBA forward and founder of cannabis company Viola, is championing medical cannabis in basketball. “The day-to-day pain management issues that players deal with can be dealt with through cannabis,” Harrington said of athletes who are often […]
New Jersey Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Thursday to discuss a resolution that would put the question of marijuana legalization before voters on the 2020 ballot. The Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee debated the legislation at a […]
The dispensing of medical marijuana varies significantly by state, with some states allowing risker environments than others, said Monica Bopha Taing, a clinical cannabis consultant, a board director of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation and a registered pharmacist who worked in […]
ABSTRACT Background: The legalization of cannabis for adult use is being increasingly embraced in several countries and local entities. A driving force for these changes has been the individual, family, community, societal, and economic costs of cannabis prohibition, which have […]
Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Madness, Marijuana and Violence, a controversial tome that has been widely dismissed by many scientists as a cherry-picking, fearmongering book that […]
The most extreme pro-cannabis narratives claim that cannabis is harmless, even a cure-all for diseases that has been suppressed by greedy pharmaceuticals. The anti-cannabis narrative, meanwhile, has used alarmist reporting to imply that smoking weed will turn you into a […]
In January 2019, cannabis legalization seemed imminent in New York. For years, legalization had been blocked by the Republican-controlled State Senate, but now there was a new Democratic majority. The only question seemed to be how – not whether – the legal framework […]
Background: Medicine stands at the threshold of numerous applications for medical marijuana. If the US adopts a thoughtful and comprehensive policy to deliver access to medical marijuana, we have the opportunity to improve public health and simultaneously improve healthcare policy […]
Dr. Peter Grinspoon speaks with Thinking Outside the Bud podcast host Bruce Eckfeldt.