Richard DeLisi was sentenced to 98 years in prison for marijuana trafficking in Florida. He’ll be freed early in December 2020. The post America’s longest-held cannabis captive Richard DeLisi will be set free in December appeared first on Leafly. Source: lfy
Read moreCelebrities have a little extra green, which is a big help when entering the Green Rush. Learn which brands and products are tied to celebrities in cannabis. The post 7 celebrities invested in the cannabis industry appeared first on Leafly. Source: lfy
Read moreThe big idea Long before Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel got rich supplying Americans with cocaine in the 1980s, Colombia was already the United States’ main source of illicit drugs – specifically, marijuana. That’s the takeaway of my new book “Marijuana Boom.” This debunks the popular notion of Escobar as the pioneer of Colombian drug trafficking. Rather, it was some of Colombia’s most marginalized people who changed the course of their nation. Back in the 1970s, peasant farmers from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – a remote and mountainous region […]
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Nearly seven in 10 Americans now support legalizing marijuana nationwide, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. Overall, 68 percent of respondents said they favor legalizing cannabis for adult use, which is “Gallup’s highest reading” since the firm started polling voters on the issue, it said. Last year, the survey found 66 percent support for legalization. Gallup In 1969, only 12 percent of Americans favored legalizing marijuana. Today’s level of support is double what it was in 2000. The new poll shows majority backing for the […]
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