Marijuana Policy

A volunteer displays jars of dried cannabis buds at the La Brea Collective medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California, March 18, 2014. The dispensary is on a list released by the city of over 100 stores that meet some of the requirements of a voter-approved measure.

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Banking regulations create mess for marijuana industry, banks, and law enforcement

Monday, April 23, 2018

A worker collects cuttings from a marijuana plant at the Canopy Growth Corporation facility.

Marijuana Policy

Fixing America’s broken marijuana policies

Fred Dews and John Hudak

Friday, April 20, 2018

Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

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In a new documentary short, Brookings looks at the human side of medical cannabis policy

John Hudak and George Burroughs

Thursday, April 19, 2018

The Life She Deserves: Medical marijuana in the US

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT

West Hollywood, California

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People queue in line outside of a pharmacy to buy legal marijuana in Montevideo

Marijuana Policy

Uruguay’s cannabis law: Pioneering a new paradigm

John Hudak, Geoff Ramsey, and John Walsh

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Sgt. Matt Krumwiede prepares to put on prosthetic legs to practice riding his longboard at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, February 24, 2014. Krumwiede was on patrol in Afghanistan in 2012 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device which tore away both his legs, damaged his left arm, and ripped open his abdominal cavity. Since then he has undergone dozens of surgeries and spent time recovering at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, learning to walk again with the use of prosthetic legs. In June 2014, he visited to his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho for the first time since he was injured. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY HEALTH POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 24 OF 35 FOR PACKAGE 'KANDAHAR TO IDAHO - A LIFE IN RECOVERY' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'MATT KRUMWIEDE' - GM1EA7O158C01

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When the VA lies to Congress about medical marijuana, it lies to our wounded warriors

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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Marijuana Policy

Bootleggers, Baptists, bureaucrats, and bongs: How special interests will shape marijuana legalization

Philip A. Wallach and Jonathan Rauch

Thursday, June 16, 2016

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Corporations

Worry about bad marijuana—not Big Marijuana

John Hudak and Jonathan Rauch

Thursday, June 16, 2016

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Health Care Policy

Ending the U.S. government’s war on medical marijuana research

John Hudak and Grace Wallack

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A thriving marijuana plant is seen at a grow operation in Denver, Colorado December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo - RTSJ4EC

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Trump’s 1st State of the Union: His chance to be a states’ rights president

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Clones of medicinal marijuana plants are pictured at Los Angeles Patients & Caregivers Group dispensary in West Hollywood

FixGov

Why Sessions is wrong to reverse federal marijuana policy

Thursday, January 4, 2018

A thriving marijuana plant is seen at a grow operation in Denver, Colorado December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo - RTSJ4EC

FixGov

AG Sessions blocks progress on medical cannabis research

John Hudak and Christine Stenglein

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

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Uruguay’s cannabis law: Pioneering a new paradigm

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Big Marijuana: How corporations and lobbies will shape the legalization landscape

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Brookings Debate: Should the federal government remove marijuana from its list of Schedule I drugs?

5:30 PM - 7:45 PM EDT

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By John Hudak

2016

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Joe Rey, a grower at 3D Cannabis Center, waters marijuana plants at the company facility in Denver December 31, 2013. Proprietors of the first marijuana retailers licensed to sell pot for recreational use in Colorado, including 3D, were busy rolling joints and stocking shelves with their leafy merchandise on Tuesday, ahead of a New Year's Day grand opening that marks a new chapter in America's drug culture. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POLITICS DRUGS) - GM1EA110GX401

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Jeff Sessions’ marijuana decision favors drug cartels

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX2YJGY

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