Suppose for a moment that your state is offering qualified students financial aid for college or graduate school. If you could not afford to attend higher education on your own and qualified for this resource, would you rather have your financial aid distributed equally or equitably? And how would society benefit from such a policy?…
When I arrived home after a recent visit to Colorado and emptied my jacket pockets onto the dresser, I realized my mistake immediately. By combining the convenience of modern air travel and my absentmindedness, I had traveled across the country using the federal transportation and aviation infrastructure while in possession of a cartridge containing delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol. Federal…
KEITH STROUP, FOUNDER AND LEGAL COUNSEL NORML (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE REFORM OF MARIJUANA LAWS) The year was 1970. The United States was entering its ninth year of armed involvement in the Vietnam War. Not two years earlier, civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy were assassinated. Later that…
When the first sales of medical cannabis in Maryland were made in December 2017, a patient could be certain that the medicine they received was raised indoors and grown under controlled conditions. By carefully regulating the light, climate, water, and nutrients that the plants received, growers could ensure that plants would produce a uniform product…
A Day of Thanksgiving As the pandemic continues to upend plans this year across the board, traditional family gatherings will be giving way to a smaller, more socially distant Thanksgiving. Instead of sitting closely together in a poorly ventilated space with your family and friends and sharing food from the same serving dishes, families are…