Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
CO Resident Files Suit Against Stoned Driving Bill

CO Resident Files Suit Against Stoned Driving Bill

Brandon Baker of Nunn, Colorado is filing a lawsuit against the soon-to-be-signed stoned driving bill. Baker claims, and we at Weedist have seen, that the limits set...
May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
Maine: Let the People Decide on Marijuana Legalization!

Maine: Let the People Decide on Marijuana Legalization!

Residents of Maine may get the opportunity to vote on ending their state’s marijuana prohibition this fall, if lawmakers approve of an amended version of LD 1229:...
May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
Grand Rapids City Manager Comments on Decriminalization

Grand Rapids City Manager Comments on Decriminalization

Greg Sundstrom, city manager of Grand Rapids, Michigan, spoke in his latest video blog about the effects marijuana decriminalization has had in the city: “The city’s still...
May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
Marijuana By Itself Not a Significant Factor in Fatal and Injury Crashes in 2012, Arizona DPS Data Shows

Marijuana By Itself Not a Significant Factor in Fatal and Injury Crashes in 2012, Arizona DPS Data Shows

Marijuana by itself was not much of a factor in injury and fatal crashes probed last year by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
Medical Marijuana: Big Pharma’s Campaign to Eliminate State-Sanctioned Cannabis Competitors?

Medical Marijuana: Big Pharma’s Campaign to Eliminate State-Sanctioned Cannabis Competitors?

Professor Benjamin Leff, a tax law expert at American University Washington College of Law, thinks he has a clever solution to free legit marijuana dealers from the Feds...
May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
New York: The Hempire State?

New York: The Hempire State?

013 Marijuana law reform is gaining some serious momentum in New York, as we approach the end of this year’s legislative session. Recent polling data released by Siena Research...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
Murder of Glass Artist Could Be Tied to Boston Bombers

Murder of Glass Artist Could Be Tied to Boston Bombers

The world was duly shocked at the bombings during the Boston Marathon last month, but information has come out suggesting that one or both of the alleged Boston...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
Worth Repeating: National Cancer Institute Says Pot Fights Cancer

Worth Repeating: National Cancer Institute Says Pot Fights Cancer

Last year, the National Cancer Institute, “the U.S. government’s principal agency for cancer research,” created a stir by publishing the truth: the molecules found in pot kill breast...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
OAS Releases Historic Report on Drug Policy Alternatives

OAS Releases Historic Report on Drug Policy Alternatives

On Friday, the Organization of American States (OAS) released a ground-breaking report on hemispheric drug control that includes not only an assessment of the current state of...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
CO Training State’s First Weed-Friendly Police Dog

CO Training State’s First Weed-Friendly Police Dog

Washington has already begun training new police dogs that do not alert police to marijuana, and Colorado is now getting on board. It’s crucial for these two...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
Poll: Almost No One Thinks Marijuana Users Should Be Jailed

Poll: Almost No One Thinks Marijuana Users Should Be Jailed

Reason-Rupe has just released new polling data that revealed only a minuscule percentage of Americans believe that marijuana use and possession should result in jail time. When asked which...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
PA Police Arrest Speakers, Organizers at Marijuana Rally

PA Police Arrest Speakers, Organizers at Marijuana Rally

The 5th monthly Smoke Down Prohibition rally in Philadelphia ended with police breaking through the crowd to arrest several individuals for smoking marijuana, including the primary organizer of...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
After Senate Vote, Illinois Now Waits on Governor Quinn to Become the 19th Medical Marijuana State

After Senate Vote, Illinois Now Waits on Governor Quinn to Become the 19th Medical Marijuana State

Advocates applaud Illinois legislature on HB1, but pledge to pursue follow-up bill to improve the law The Illinois Senate voted 35-21 today to pass HB1, the “Compassionate...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
New York Senator Plans to Introduce Legalization Bill

New York Senator Plans to Introduce Legalization Bill

New York Senator Liz Krueger revealed a draft of her bill “Marijuana Regulation, and Taxation Act” last week. The legalization bill resembles Colorado’s Amendment 64, allowing 6...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
Federal MMJ Court Support, Press Conference with Bob Filner

Federal MMJ Court Support, Press Conference with Bob Filner

Who:         Federal defendant Ronnie Chang and his atty Michael J. McCabe Esq. What:        Gag Order Hearing in Federal Medical Marijuana Case, then Press Conference...
May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
Poll: What Do You Think of the New Washington State Marijuana Logo?

Poll: What Do You Think of the New Washington State Marijuana Logo?

Yesterday was the public’s first look at the new Washington State marijuana logo, as well the state’s first draft of marijuana laws. Let other Weedists know in this...
May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
WA Releases Draft Rules for Marijuana Industry

WA Releases Draft Rules for Marijuana Industry

Washington’s Liquor Control Board released draft regulations for the state’s legal marijuana industry yesterday. The draft regulations include: Tracking marijuana from seed to store, most likely setting...
May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
‘Remedy’ Witness Takes Stand in Street Stop Case

‘Remedy’ Witness Takes Stand in Street Stop Case

An accountability expert described a possible way to reform New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy as the evidence phase in a trial on the issue wound down...
May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Defends Use of Lawsuits Against Bay Area Medical Marijuana Outlets

U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Defends Use of Lawsuits Against Bay Area Medical Marijuana Outlets

The U.S. attorney for the northern district of California, Melinda Haag, defended her lawsuits against landlords of medical marijuana outlets one day after this city’s largest provider...
May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
San Diego Judge Not Convinced Medical Marijuana Case Will Result in Guilty Verdict

San Diego Judge Not Convinced Medical Marijuana Case Will Result in Guilty Verdict

Robert “O.J.” Hudson is a forty-something medical cannabis patient who suffers from a host of sleep disorders leaving him debilitated and looking for non-chemical answers to his...