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 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 South America During the 1910s
A short, honest look at what little is actually documented about cannabis as medicine in 1910s South America.
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in South Asia During the 1990s
A quiet decade in which prohibition held firm, traditional use persisted, and organized medical advocacy barel...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 1980s
A look at what actually happened — and didn't — with medical cannabis advocacy across Sub-Saharan Africa in th...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in the Middle East During the 1940s
A look at what the historical record actually shows about cannabis medicine and regulation in the Middle East...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in the Middle East During the 1960s
A look at what actually happened with cannabis research and policy in the Middle East during the 1960s, separa...
Medical Cannabis Advocacy in the Middle East During the 1970s
A brief look at what actually happened with cannabis research and policy in the Middle East during the 1970s,...
Mel Frank
American author, photographer, and grower whose 1970s manuals helped turn cannabis cultivation from folklore i...
Mel Frank
American author, photographer, and horticulturalist whose 1970s growing manuals helped move cannabis cultivati...
Minnesota Cannabis Legalization (2023)
How Minnesota became the 23rd U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis, signed into law by Governor Tim Walz...
Nevada Question 2 (2016)
The voter initiative that legalized recreational cannabis in Nevada, taking effect in 2017 and reshaping the s...
New Mexico Cannabis Legalization (2021)
How New Mexico became the 18th U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis through a special legislative session...
Ohio Issue 2 (2023)
The citizen-initiated statute that legalized recreational cannabis in Ohio, passed by 57% of voters in Novembe...
Operation Intercept (1969)
The three-week Nixon-era border crackdown that strangled US-Mexico traffic, spiked domestic marijuana prices,...
Oregon Measure 91 (2014)
The ballot initiative that legalized adult-use cannabis in Oregon, building a regulated market on top of a lon...
Oregon's 1973 Cannabis Decriminalization
How Oregon became the first U.S. state to remove criminal penalties for small-scale cannabis possession, and w...
Origins of the D.A.R.E. Program
How a 1983 partnership between the LAPD and Los Angeles schools became the most famous — and most studied — dr...
Portugal's Drug Decriminalization (2001)
How Portugal became the first European country to decriminalize personal possession of all drugs, and what the...