Le Club des Hashischins
The 1840s Parisian salon where Romantic writers ate hashish jam and turned it into literature — and a durable...
Leary v. United States (1969)
The Supreme Court case in which Timothy Leary's marijuana conviction collapsed the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 o...
Louis Armstrong and Cannabis
How the jazz trumpeter became one of cannabis's most famous lifelong advocates and what the historical record...
Louis Armstrong and Cannabis
How a jazz legend became one of the 20th century's most famous and unapologetic marijuana users, and what he a...
Luxembourg Cannabis Reform
How Luxembourg moved from decriminalisation talk to becoming the first EU country to legalise home cultivation...
Maine Question 1 (2016)
The narrowly-passed ballot initiative that legalized recreational cannabis in Maine, surviving a recount and a...
Malta's 2021 Cannabis Reform
Malta became the first EU member state to legalize personal cannabis cultivation and possession for adults in...
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Cannabis in the United States
A timeline of federal mandatory minimums for marijuana offenses, from the Boggs Act of 1951 through modern ref...
Maryland Question 4 (2022)
The November 2022 ballot measure that amended Maryland's constitution to legalize adult-use cannabis starting...
Massachusetts Question 4 (2016)
The ballot initiative that legalized recreational cannabis in Massachusetts, the first such law passed on the...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Australia and New Zealand During the 1950s
A quiet decade in which prohibition hardened, medical use faded, and organised advocacy was essentially absent...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Australia and New Zealand During the 1990s
How a small network of patients, doctors and HIV/AIDS activists pushed medical cannabis onto the policy agenda...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Australia and New Zealand during the 1940s
A quiet decade dominated by prohibition, wartime pharmacy shortages, and a handful of doctors still prescribin...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Canada During the 1920s
A short history of why Canada banned cannabis in 1923 with almost no public debate, medical or otherwise.
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Canada During the 1950s
A short answer to a long question: there essentially wasn't any organized medical cannabis advocacy in 1950s C...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in East Asia During the 1960s
A short entry on why there was essentially no organized medical cannabis advocacy movement in East Asia during...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Eastern Europe During the 1940s
A skeptical look at a decade when cannabis was largely absent from Eastern European medical discourse, despite...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Mexico During the 1950s
A quiet decade in Mexican cannabis politics, dominated by prohibition enforcement rather than organized medica...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Mexico During the 1960s
A quieter chapter than the folklore suggests — mostly silence, a few dissenting scientists, and a prohibition...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Mexico During the 1970s
A quieter chapter than U.S. activism, dominated by prohibition enforcement, spraying campaigns, and a handful...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Mexico During the 1980s
A quiet decade in Mexican cannabis policy where prohibition hardened, harm reduction stalled, and organized me...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Mexico During the 2000s
How a small coalition of patients, lawyers, and academics laid the groundwork for Mexico's eventual medical ca...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in North Africa During the 1920s
A brief look at how North African physicians and colonial authorities debated cannabis medicine as internation...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in South America During the 1910s
A short, honest look at what little is actually documented about cannabis as medicine in 1910s South America.