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The best cannabis posts from around the web

November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Next Mexican Administration: US Legal Marijuana Vote Changes ‘Rules of the Game’ in Drug War

Next Mexican Administration: US Legal Marijuana Vote Changes ‘Rules of the Game’ in Drug War

The main adviser to Mexico’s president-elect said Wednesday that votes legalizing recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico and the United...
November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Amendments Don’t Change NFL or NBA Stance on Marijuana

Amendments Don’t Change NFL or NBA Stance on Marijuana

From the NFL and NBA, the message about marijuana is simple: No matter what state law says, light up a joint and a sports career can go...
November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Expect Federal Fast Talking About CO and WA to Start Soon

Expect Federal Fast Talking About CO and WA to Start Soon

05:16pm Not a day has passed since legalization initiatives passed in two states, and ominous words have already been spoken. According to CBS, “rug laws remain...
November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Canadians Want to Legalize Marijuana, Too

Canadians Want to Legalize Marijuana, Too

It’s a rare day when Canada looks to the United States as a picture of liberalism. On Tuesday, voters in Washington state Washington state and Colorado approved initiatives legalizing the recreational use of...
November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
More Drug-Related Election Results, Good and Bad

More Drug-Related Election Results, Good and Bad

04:23pm We’ve covered the two-out-three victories for the statewide marijuana legalization initiatives and we’ve covered the medical marijuana initiative victory in Massachusetts, but there was more...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Medical Marijuana Fight Blazes in Arkansas Over Vending Machines

Medical Marijuana Fight Blazes in Arkansas Over Vending Machines

In a legal fight spurred by today’s vote on an Arkansas medical marijuana initiative, vending machine distributors claim that a Christian group defamed them by falsely claiming...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Election Day Votes Likely Signal the End of Cannabis Prohibition

Election Day Votes Likely Signal the End of Cannabis Prohibition

Reclassifying cannabis under state law limits police from going on “fishing expeditions” when they encounter it in “plain view” — such as in someone’s home or car....
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

If you grow six marijuana plants in BC, prepare to spend six months in the slammer. Canada’s drug prohibition laws got tougher as a component of Bill C-10...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper: “Hold Off on the Cheetos and Goldfish”

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper: “Hold Off on the Cheetos and Goldfish”

Colorado voted to legalize smoking marijuana Tuesday, but the governor John Hickenlooper warned tokers not to “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish” just yet, since the federal government...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Sensible Washington Response to I-502 Victory

Sensible Washington Response to I-502 Victory

12:13am Sensible Washington, which opposed I-502 due to concerns over the initiative’s DUI provision, has issued a gracious response to the victory, congratulating the 502 campaign and calling...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
DEA Responds to Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

DEA Responds to Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

Despite the passage of ballot initiatives in Washington and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, “the Drug Enforcement Administration’s enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged,” a DEA...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Medical Marijuana Wins in Massachusetts

Medical Marijuana Wins in Massachusetts

10:39pm Massachusetts voters Tuesday supported a medical marijuana initiative decisively by a margin of nearly two-to-one, according to partial results Tuesday evening. With half the vote...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Washington Marijuana Legalization Proponents Celebrate

Washington Marijuana Legalization Proponents Celebrate

In the hot, crowded Hotel Andra in Belltown, I-502 campaign manager Alison Holcomb has just finished an emotional speech to supporters of the movement. And, she declared, “Today,...
November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
Colorado, Washington Legalize Marijuana!

Colorado, Washington Legalize Marijuana!

01:44am Colorado voters made history Tuesday night, passing a constitutional amendment to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana and becoming the first state in the US to...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War

Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War

02:59pm Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate’s Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History, by James Higdon  (2012, Lyons Press, 375 pp., $16.47...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Rudy Reyes: Medical Marijuana Patient Turned Politician

Rudy Reyes: Medical Marijuana Patient Turned Politician

Undoubtedly most all cannabis law reformers’ eyes will be fixated on both the presidential election (a contest between the former leader of Hawaii’s Choom Gang and expert...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Alleged Pot Growers Can’t Nix Surveillance Photos

Alleged Pot Growers Can’t Nix Surveillance Photos

Two men facing drug charges cannot exclude surveillance images of their marijuana grow site that police captured without a warrant, a federal judge ruled. Law enforcement installed...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Synthetic Marijuana Still a Problem in New Hampshire, Despite New Law

Synthetic Marijuana Still a Problem in New Hampshire, Despite New Law

Two weeks ago, five ambulances were called to Manchester High School Central for students suffering drug-use symptoms. Police said one case was a reported overdose likely involving...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Alternet: “Why Election Day Marks the Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition”

Alternet: “Why Election Day Marks the Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition”

Why Election Day Marks the Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition via Alternet.org The criminalization of cannabis is a policy that has been in place federally...
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Rhode Island Doctors Join Legal Battle Against Change in Medical Marijuana Policy

Rhode Island Doctors Join Legal Battle Against Change in Medical Marijuana Policy

Preventing physician assistants and nurse practitioners from certifying medical cannabis patients burdens doctors and harms access to care, says the Rhode Island Medical Society.