The Shafer Commission Report (1972)
The Nixon-era federal commission that recommended decriminalizing personal cannabis use — and was promptly ign...
Tilray IPO
The July 2018 Nasdaq listing that briefly made a money-losing cannabis startup more valuable than American Air...
Vermont Legalization (2018): The First State to Legalize by Legislature
How Vermont became the first U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis through its legislature rather than a b...
Washington Initiative 502 (2012)
The Washington State ballot measure that, alongside Colorado's Amendment 64, made adult-use cannabis legal for...
Washington Initiative 692 (1998)
The voter-approved ballot measure that legalized medical cannabis in Washington State, narrowly defining who c...
Weeds (TV Series)
Showtime's 2005–2012 dark comedy about a suburban widow turned cannabis dealer, and its role in shifting U.S....
William O'Shaughnessy and Cannabis
How an Irish surgeon working in 1830s Calcutta introduced Indian hemp medicine to the Western pharmacopoeia.