By Matthew Carr Back in the 1930s, reefer madness spread across the globe.
“The devil’s lettuce” was deemed a menace. And a global war against cannabis began.
For decades, American pot prohibition sent thousands to prison.
But, as Bob Dylan sang, “The times they are a-changin’”…
A little shy of a century after cannabis prohibition took root, we’re starting to see a shift in the other direction.
California legalized medical cannabis in 1996. Last year, Canada became the first G-7 country to legalize adult-use cannabis nationwide. And today in the U.S., 11 states have greenlit adult-use and 33 have legalized medical use.
There are also more than two dozen …read more
