News: 

•  Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private recreational use of cannabis by adults, calling the current prohibition unconstitutional. Supporters of legalisation hope it could reduce some of the violence related to illegal drugs trade, which claims the lives of thousands of people in the country every year.
• Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says federal cannabis prohibition may no longer be necessary. As legalization of cannabis becomes more mainstream, there will be a lot of politicians that hold the banner of cannabis freedom who also put millions of people in jail for using the plant. We must be careful who we give credit to.
• Los Angeles Lakers Guard Alex Caruso arrested at Texas airport for marijuana possession. The basketball player was found to have a grinder while he was on a departing flight from Texas, and had to pay a $3,000 bail bond and $550 fine.

Stats of the Week: 

•  More Texans support legalizing marijuana in some form than you may think! Nearly nine out of ten Texas voters say marijuana should be legal in some form, with just 13 percent still backing prohibition, according to a new poll.

Controversy of the Week: 

• The UN is Trying Really Hard to Enact a Global Ban on Cannabis Advertisements. In its latest World Drug Report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recommends that member nations enact a “comprehensive ban on advertising, promoting and sponsoring cannabis” in order to “ensure that public health interests prevail over business interests.
• Should there be restrictions in cannabis advertising?
• Should the rules be different from alcohol?
• Whose responsibility should it be to make sure we are responsibly advertising products that may be seen by children?