Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

May 28, 2013
05/28/2013
Michigan Forming Marijuana Panel – 3 Years Late

Michigan Forming Marijuana Panel – 3 Years Late

Michigan was supposed to have a marijuana review panel in place by the end of 2009 to do things such as add or remove an ailment from...
May 28, 2013
05/28/2013
Oregon Raids on Patient Resource Centers Target Activists for Medical Marijuana

Oregon Raids on Patient Resource Centers Target Activists for Medical Marijuana

Lori Duckworth, Leland Duckworth, Dave Bond, Michael Schannom, Chelsea Hopkins and Jill Tanner were arrested in Oregon in a coordinated search warrant execution targeting the medical marijuana...
May 28, 2013
05/28/2013
Doctors Prescribing Marijuana in Israel to Double

Doctors Prescribing Marijuana in Israel to Double

The number of physicians allowed to prescribe medical marijuana in Israel will be raised from 9 to 20 by the end of this year, Likud MK Haim...
May 27, 2013
05/27/2013
NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

The marijuana market is booming in the Big Apple, but the majority of people who drive it are rarely under the magnifying glass. “The Weed Next Door: How legalization...
May 27, 2013
05/27/2013
Grab Prohibition by the Horns: TX NORML Conference, June 7-9

Grab Prohibition by the Horns: TX NORML Conference, June 7-9

It’s high time Texas grabbed prohibition by the horns! DFW NORML proudly presents the Texas Regional NORML Conference at the Norris Conference Center (304 Houston St. Fort Worth,...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill Clears Committee in Nevada

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill Clears Committee in Nevada

Nevada’s Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved SB 374, which would put in place a system to tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The dispensary bill now moves...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
New Hampshire Legislature Votes to Approve Medical Marijuana

New Hampshire Legislature Votes to Approve Medical Marijuana

Advocates welcome latest attempt to pass a law, and will lobby for amendments before bill reaches the governor The New Hampshire Senate voted 18-6 today to approve...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
Missouri Sheriff Disregarding Decriminalization Ordinance

Missouri Sheriff Disregarding Decriminalization Ordinance

Columbia, Missouri has decriminalized marijuana in the city, treating possession as a civil infraction. Boone County, Missouri Sheriff’s deputies that patrol the city have been arresting people...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
NPR: Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

NPR: Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

Chuck used to sell marijuana in California. But the legalization of medical marijuana in the state meant he was suddenly competing against hundreds of marijuana dispensaries. So...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
U.S Attorney Folds Under Pressure as Mayor Bob Filner Prepares Public for Jury Nullification

U.S Attorney Folds Under Pressure as Mayor Bob Filner Prepares Public for Jury Nullification

San Diego’s medical cannabis community saw history in the making when the city’s Mayor, Bob Filner, showed up to a federal hearing, sat with his arm around...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
Two NJ Lawmakers Draft Bill to Help Sick Kids Get MMJ

Two NJ Lawmakers Draft Bill to Help Sick Kids Get MMJ

Assemblywoman Linda Stender and Senator Nicholas Scutari of Union County, New Jersey have drafted legislation to help provide medical marijuana to children with serious medical conditions. They...
May 24, 2013
05/24/2013

Michigan: Medical Marijuana Act Trumps Per Se Driving Law

A Michigan traffic safety law that prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle by persons who possess any presence of THC in their blood, regardless of whether...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Beaumont, California Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Beaumont, California Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The Beaumont City Council voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries and to extend a moratorium on them until the ban can be put in place. Beaumont Mayor...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here’s the latest. National On Monday, the US Supreme...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Hemp Legalization Amendment Introduced for Farm Bill

Hemp Legalization Amendment Introduced for Farm Bill

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Monday introduced an amendment to the omnibus farm bill to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, the Huffington Post reported. The move picked up support...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Is Your Mayor in the Marijuana Majority?

Is Your Mayor in the Marijuana Majority?

Join NORML and our friends at the Marijuana Majority in our efforts to build support for marijuana law reform at the local level by contacting your mayor and urging their support for rational...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
LA Voters Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensary Regulation, Cap

LA Voters Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensary Regulation, Cap

Voters in Los Angeles Tuesday approved one of two active initiatives aimed at ensuring that medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed in California’s largest city. The winning...
May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.21)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.21)

New York City seems indifferent to the costs imposed on it by rogue narcs, a Florida deputy gets popped for growing weed, a US Virgin Islands environmental...
May 22, 2013
05/22/2013

Oregon Legalization Advocates Prepare for 2014 Initiative

With little chance of Oregon’s HB 3371 making it through the session, legalization advocates are preparing 2 legalization ballot initiatives. A poll will be conducted to determine...
May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
CA Senate Approves Medical Cannabis Regulation Bill

CA Senate Approves Medical Cannabis Regulation Bill

The California Senate approved SB 439 on Monday. The bill, which is co-authored by Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) clarifies the scope...