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1 month ago | 
otherwords.org | Paul Armentano |Peter Certo
Seventy percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal. Yet far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them with outright hostility. In Republican-led states like Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas, elected officials are making it clear that election outcomes legalizing marijuana no longer matter to them.
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2 months ago | 
thebluntness.com | Dante Jordan |Paul Armentano
If you’re looking to get into dabs, the good news is you no longer have to start with a little rinky dink rig from your local headshop and a torch whose flame refuses to get high enough for the ice water hash you just bought. Instead, advancements in technology have made it where you can skip past the traditional rite of passage, and step right into the big leagues for your first taste of oil.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
norml.org | Paul Armentano
Contrary to common perception, what we know about cannabis far exceeds what we don’t. Scientists’ focus on cannabis has increased exponentially in recent years, as has our understanding of the plant, its active constituents, their mechanisms of action, and their effects on the user and upon society. In recent years, researchers have published tens of thousands of scientific papers about cannabis and its constituents, according to a keyword search on the National Library of Medicine website.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
fredericknewspost.com | Paul Armentano
Contrary to columnist Lisa Jarvis’ perception (“Is weed bad for you? Marijuana’s health impacts still aren’t known,” Oct. 18), what we know about cannabis far exceeds what we don’t. Scientists’ focus on cannabis has increased exponentially in recent years, as has our understanding of the plant, its active constituents, their mechanisms of action, and their effects on the user and upon society.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
norml.org | Paul Armentano
Opponents of marijuana legalization often allege that jurisdictions that have legalized adult-use marijuana sales experience subsequent rises in incidences of cannabis-induced psychosis and other adverse mental health consequences. But nearly a decade worth of scientific data from Canada and the United States refutes this contention.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
marijuanamoment.net | Paul Armentano
“Sensationalizing claims that cannabis use poses significant mental health risks to those not predisposed to such conditions does little to promote either public health or responsible cannabis consumption.”By Paul Armentano, NORMLOpponents of marijuana legalization often allege that jurisdictions that have legalized adult-use marijuana sales experience subsequent rises in incidences of cannabis-induced psychosis and other adverse mental health consequences.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
norml.org | Paul Armentano
Florida already has real-world experience successfully regulating the retail sale and use of medical cannabis. Nearly one million Floridians are now registered with the state to purchase cannabis products from more than 600 licensed retailers. The sky has not fallen, nor will it fall when adult-use similarly becomes legal. Twenty-four states have enacted adult-use legalization. None have ever repealed their laws.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thebluntness.com | Paul Armentano |Garrett Yalch |Taylor Engle
This story was originally published in ProPublica. Author: Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg, ProPublica, and Garrett Yalch and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier. It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
victoriaadvocate.com | Paul Armentano
At a time when voters and politicians are historically divided, there is one issue that Americans largely agree upon: It’s time to legalize marijuana. Months ago, Vice President Kamala Harris tweeted that “Nobody should have to go to jail for weed.” Despite her past opposition to marijuana legalization, she’s since become the first major presidential nominee to endorse it.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
norml.org | Paul Armentano
Since its inception, efforts to criminalize marijuana and to stigmatize those who consume it have been based upon hyperbole, stereotypes and outright lies. The initial push for cannabis criminalization, which began in earnest more than a century ago, had little to do with preserving public health or safety. Instead, the move to prosecute cannabis users was based primarily on sensationalism and xenophobia.
