Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes... But I Want to Go Beyond That
During a HuffPo Live interview, Newark Mayor & potential gubernatorial candidate Cory Booker made some very strong statements in favor of drug law reform...
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Seattle Times: “It’s Time For Employers To Rethink Marijuana, Drug-Testing Policies”
A majority of Americans are now demanding we reassess our cannabis policies. This reassessment should also include amending employers’ drug-testing...
Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs
Although the idea remains controversial, substituting cannabis for drugs that cause more harm, such as alcohol, has a ton of advantages...
Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club
The city of Oakland renewed demands to stay forfeiture proceedings against a local medical marijuana dispensary, as a matter of state's rights. Harborside..
US Has 330,000 Drug Offenders in Prison
Of the 1.6 million prisoners in America, some 330,000 were doing time for drug offenses, including nearly drug offenders 95,000 doing federal time....
Medical Pot Wars A-Bubble in California
A Northern California county last week barred medical marijuana cultivation in apartment complexes & mobile home parks - "unless park management sets up...
Poll: Majority of New Yorkers Back Legalized Pot, Ohioans Evenly Split
Two new polls, published this week by Quinnipiac University, show solid support for marijuana legalization in both New York and Ohio...
Memphis Cop, Dallas Man Killed in Separate Drug War Incidents
A Memphis police officer was shot and killed early Friday morning during a marijuana raid, and, hours later, a Dallas man was shot and killed by police...
Marijuana Reform Comes to the Mountain State
Medical marijuana legislation hasn't been seriously considered in the Mountain State, despite the best efforts of Delegate Mike Manypenny. West Virginia...
Help Needed: Release Five Lifetime Marijuana Prisoners
A law office filed a legal petition with the federal government seeking clemency for 5 elderly prisoners serving lifetime sentences for cannabis-only...
Legalization and the UN Drug Treaties -- A Minor Obstacle at Worst
An argument that's been made is that cannabis legalization would violate US obligations as signatories to the UN's international drug control treaties...
Obama Breaks His Silence on Marijuana Legalization: We’ve Got Bigger Fish to Fry Than Cannabis Users
Breaking his silence on the topic of marijuana legalization since two states approved ballot initiatives, President Barack Obama addressed the issue in...
Michigan Cops Ponder Detroit Marijuana Legalization Vote
Voters in Detroit, Michigan overwhelmingly approved legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults on private property, but police...
ASA Comments on CA Sales Tax Exemption Proposal
The CA State Board of Equalization asked for comments on a conceptual proposal to exempt terminal patients from paying sales tax on cannabis provided by...
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Say County Changed the Rules
Two medical marijuana dispensaries sued Kern County, claiming they spent a total of $99,000 to set up under state & local laws, only to have the county fine
Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama administration...
Study: Cannabis Associated With Lower Diabetes Risk
Adults with a history of marijuana use have a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes and possess a lower risk of contracting the disease than those with no...
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.12)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of December 12, 2012: