Attorney Ben Scales

09/05/2024

I'm quoted in the well-written and researched article in the Asheville
Watchdog along with my good friend Rod Kight. https://avlwatchdog.org/asheville-buncombe-become-epicenters-of-h**p-the-accidental-industry-bigger-than-ma*****na/

30/10/2023

On Christmas night 2021, two journalists for the independent Asheville Blade we… Ben Scales needs your support for Help journalists appeal police persecution

03/03/2023

Here with the NC Bar Foundation, getting ready to take calls for the next few hours from folks with legal questions.

06/12/2020

This might be largely symbolic, but it’s historic nonetheless. 

History was made Friday on Capitol Hill when the Democratic-controlled House approved a bill to decriminalize and tax ma*****na at the federal level. Caption: WLOS. The vote, which was mostly along party lines, was to allow state governments to make their own decisions when it comes to cannabis.

15/12/2019

A rare chance to talk on TV about two of my favorite subjects.

A big change is in store for America's pastime. It signals a new direction for the nation, as well as the sport. WLOS. Major League Baseball has made a major move -- ma*****na will no longer be considered a banned substance. Instead, pot will be treated like alcohol. Those who want to see cannabis l...

09/12/2019

I'm so proud to be involved with this brave group of people. They're not doing this because they want to. They're doing it because they believe they have to. I'm pretty sure I'll die of old age. They're not so sure.

Hundreds took to the streets of downtown Asheville on Friday as part of a nationwide protest about combating climate change. WLOS. The climate strike that started Friday morning ended at Asheville City Hall with protesters not getting what they wanted in a couple ways. WLOS.

02/09/2019

I love me some singing lawyers. Thanks to all the folks who shared this one with me. By the way, the same rule applies in North Carolina - our law enforcement can't (yet) tell the difference between legal h**p and illegal ma*****na either.

Attorneys Will Hutson and Chris Harris sing about the Texas Legislature's changed definition of ma*****na.

30/08/2019

Who do they call when news like this drops? Your friendly Cannabis Counselor, that's who.

On the heels of a government warning about pot use, an Asheville-based attorney calls the message "re**er madness. " WLOS. "No amount of ma*****na use during adolescence or pregnancy is safe," Surgeon General Jerome Adams said in a news conference. FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2018, file photo, Surgeon G...