Category: Needless Victims

(417 posts)

Needless victims of our failed drug war

May 14, 2014
05/14/2014
Claims That Marijuana Use Makes Students Lazy Are Unfounded

Claims That Marijuana Use Makes Students Lazy Are Unfounded

Leaf Online reports on colleges policies of higher punitive action on marijuana use than underage drinking. Administrators believe that student use of marijuana leads to poor academic...
May 13, 2014
05/13/2014
Bermuda Report Urges Easing Marijuana Laws

Bermuda Report Urges Easing Marijuana Laws

Bermuda’s National Security Minister Michael Dunkley submitted the report from the Cannabis Reform Collaborative to the National Assembly and urged legislators to consider its recommendations saying any...
May 12, 2014
05/12/2014
New York City’s New Boss, Same as the Old?

New York City’s New Boss, Same as the Old?

A new report released this week by the Marijuana Arrest Research Project reveals that marijuana arrests have actually increased in New York City under the new leadership...
May 12, 2014
05/12/2014
GOP Congressman Threatens to Block DC Decrim Law

GOP Congressman Threatens to Block DC Decrim Law

Even as the House held a first hearing on the District of Columbia’s recently passed decriminalization law, at least one Republican congressman is threatening to file legislation...
May 12, 2014
05/12/2014
Colorado Lawmakers Set Up Banking System for Marijuana Industry

Colorado Lawmakers Set Up Banking System for Marijuana Industry

Colorado lawmakers moved the marijuana industry away from its cash-only roots on Wednesday when they approved the world’s first financial system for marijuana businesses. The plan sets up...
May 9, 2014
05/09/2014
Officer’s Record May Help Rapper He Arrested

Officer’s Record May Help Rapper He Arrested

A cop accused of falsely arresting rapper Meek Mill over a supposed pot odor cannot exclude evidence of prior unwarranted searches based on similar “smells,” a federal...
May 9, 2014
05/09/2014
Health Insurers Just Say No to Marijuana Coverage

Health Insurers Just Say No to Marijuana Coverage

Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don’t cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000...
May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
Federal Judge Denies Washington Family’s State Law Defense

Federal Judge Denies Washington Family’s State Law Defense

U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle of the Eastern District of Washington rejected the planned medical marijuana defense of Larry Harvey, 70, his wife Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, 55,...
May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
London School of Economics Report Calls for New Approaches to Drug Policy

London School of Economics Report Calls for New Approaches to Drug Policy

A report from the London School of Economics released Monday night outlines the enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage from the war on drugs and calls for...
May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
Minnesota Senate Passes Medical Pot Legislation

Minnesota Senate Passes Medical Pot Legislation

By a vote of 48-18, senators approved the legislation that would make Minnesota the first state to prohibit patients from smoking marijuana to ease their symptoms. Twenty-one...
May 6, 2014
05/06/2014
Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Larry Harvey Goes to Washington DC to Lobby Congress Ahead of May 12th Trial

Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Larry Harvey Goes to Washington DC to Lobby Congress Ahead of May 12th Trial

  Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, is traveling to Washington, D.C. this week to persuade Congress to stop funding unnecessary federal prosecutions like his. Harvey is...
May 6, 2014
05/06/2014
Florida House Approves Cannabidiol Bill

Florida House Approves Cannabidiol Bill

On Thursday, the Florida House voted 111-7 in support of a bill that will exempt a limited group of very sick people from criminal laws for using...
May 6, 2014
05/06/2014
Ripples of Hope: Pennsylvania Parents Seek Broader Cannabis Legislation

Ripples of Hope: Pennsylvania Parents Seek Broader Cannabis Legislation

Ladybud reports several Pennsylvania families received emails from the office of  Governor Tom Corbett, announcing he wants new legislation to implement a program to research cannabis oil at...
May 5, 2014
05/05/2014
Minnesota House Offers Unworkable “Compromise” on Medical Marijuana

Minnesota House Offers Unworkable “Compromise” on Medical Marijuana

A new proposal has been put forth in the Minnesota House of Representatives to gut the existing medical marijuana bill and replace it with language that would only allow for...
May 5, 2014
05/05/2014
Denver Testing Labs Barred From Taking Samples From Individuals

Denver Testing Labs Barred From Taking Samples From Individuals

State regulators began informing marijuana testing labs that as a condition of holding a state license to test, they may only accept samples from licensed recreational pot...
May 5, 2014
05/05/2014
Missouri Bill Would Keep Marijuana Users Out of Jail

Missouri Bill Would Keep Marijuana Users Out of Jail

On April 24, the Missouri House and Senate passed a bill that would eliminate the possibility of jail time for people caught with up to 10 grams...
May 2, 2014
05/02/2014
Connecticut Allows Medical Marijuana, but Hurdles Keep It Off Market

Connecticut Allows Medical Marijuana, but Hurdles Keep It Off Market

CT’s law approving the sale of marijuana for medical purposes has been on the books for two years, but the drug is still not available. Among the challenges...
May 1, 2014
05/01/2014
Bill to Improve Medical Marijuana Access in Vermont Gets Final Approval

Bill to Improve Medical Marijuana Access in Vermont Gets Final Approval

On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate gave final approval to a bill that will improve access to medical marijuana and remove the arbitrary cap of 1,000 patients who may benefit from...
May 1, 2014
05/01/2014
Feds to Deny Water to Washington Marijuana Growers?

Feds to Deny Water to Washington Marijuana Growers?

Washington’s licensed marijuana grow operations have put the first wave of the state’s legal weed into the ground. These new cultivation centers are nervous about having insufficient...
April 30, 2014
04/30/2014
Anonymous Tip From 911 Caller Now Probable Cause

Anonymous Tip From 911 Caller Now Probable Cause

American law enforcement can now forcibly pull motorists over based solely on the anonymous “911” tips they receive from highway rats. High Times reported the U.S. Supreme...