“Greenlane recognizes its responsibility to assist in rectifying the inequality and injustice that persists in the cannabis space.” Greenlane Holdings, a global cannabis platform that sells cannabis accessories and owns a suite of cannabis brands, has …
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6 Ways You Can Support Cannabis Prisoners This Holiday Season
The holidays offer us time to decompress from a hectic year, reconnect with loved ones, reflect on what we’ve lost, celebrate wins, and — perhaps this year more than ever — appreciate what we have. For weed lovers in legal states, it’s both a gift and …
Man Who Was Serving 90-Year Sentence For Marijuana Released In Florida
While serving a 90-year prison sentence for selling marijuana, Richard DeLisi’s wife died, as did his 23-year-old son and both his parents. His adult daughter was in a horrific car accident and suffered a paralyzing stroke as a result. He never met two…
Richard DeLisi, Longest-Serving Pot inmate in US, to Get Early Freedom
Richard DeLisi was sentenced to 90 years in Polk County court. The man described as the longest-serving inmate for marijuana crimes in the country will be out of a South Florida prison before Christmas. Richard DeLisi, sentenced to 90 years by a Polk C…
Scarlet Letter Legalization (Cannabis and the Shameful Realities of Unequal Justice)
CANNABIS CULTURE – Matt Brown* and Natalie DePriest were both busted for their pot stash while away from home in 2011, but their stories take incredibly divergent paths from there. Brown laid low at a friend’s house for a while, got a good attorney, an…
You can help free America’s cannabis prisoners. Here’s how
Yes, people are in prison just for marijuana. Here are their names and what you can do to help release them.
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Richard DeLisi, 71, suffers in a Florida prison while others make millions on marijuana
While DeLisi pushes a walker around his cell, Florida medical marijuana companies will bring in $800 million this year.
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It’s time to release cannabis prisoners—like today
With COVID-19 flaring in America’s prisons, governors can save lives by releasing our prisoners of the drug war.
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Here’s how jurors can end unjust cannabis laws
In New Orleans, jurors refused to try a man for possessing an ounce on Bourbon Street. You can too.
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