Author: Sydney Robinson

DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg has called medical marijuana a “joke,” arguing that smoking the plant has no proven medicinal value. In one way, Chief Rosenberg is right- scientifically proven medical marijuana effects have not existed in the strictest sense, particularly because studies on cannabis have been extremely limited and subject to bias. For decades, cannabis has been demonized and called a gateway drug despite evidence to the contrary. Even Chief Rosenberg admits during his remarks that cannabis extracts and oils have been proven to have many benefits, but he disagrees that traditional marijuana use can have any effects resembling “medicine.”...

At the upcoming GOP debate, Marco Rubio will make his bid for the position of Establishment Candidate in the Republican Party, hoping to replace drowning Jeb Bush and gain a sizable chunk of unclaimed donations. Tonight’s debate will feature a slimmed down stage featuring a mere eight Republican candidates in Milwaukee as they battle for who can be the most “God Bless America”-like. With a faltering Bush, and other candidates being too controversial or fringe for traditional donors to get behind, attention is quickly turning to Rubio as the GOP’s only hope. Several top fundraisers have come out for Rubio recently, with several jumping ship from the...