Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

March 15, 2013
03/15/2013
Snitch: Action Thriller With a Drug War Message

Snitch: Action Thriller With a Drug War Message

Snitch is a Hollywood action thriller with a message, and it’s a message that is so far playing well with audiences and theaters across the land. The $15...
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

Cops growing pot, cops stealing pain pills, cops doing rip-offs, and narcs up to shady doings. Just another week on the corrupt cops beat. Let’s get to...
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.13)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.13)

There is action in various state houses, Michiganders continue to tussle over their medical marijuana law, and there’s an investigation going on in Maine. Let’s get to...
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

English soccer club Notts County are using marijuana heat lamps confiscated in police raids to help maintain their field. The heat lamps are being deployed on lighting...
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Undercover Narc Kills Armed Michigan Teen

Undercover Narc Kills Armed Michigan Teen

An undercover Michigan drug task force officer shot and killed a 17-year-old who pulled a weapon and tried to rob him Tuesday afternoon in Southfield, police said....
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Mass. Attorney General’s Office Tosses Dispensary Ban

Mass. Attorney General’s Office Tosses Dispensary Ban

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office tossed out Wakefield’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. The ban was tossed because it would negate the statewide medical marijuana law that...
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Continuation of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ Reign of Terror on the Ill and Infirm

Continuation of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ Reign of Terror on the Ill and Infirm

Dennis and Deborah Little are a retired couple dealing with life-threatening illnesses who became medical cannabis patients and sought cover under California’s voter approved Proposition 215, the...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
NH Looks to Neighbors for Medical Marijuana Guidance

NH Looks to Neighbors for Medical Marijuana Guidance

As New Hampshire moves forward with medical marijuana, residents and legislators are looking at what works and what doesn’t in surrounding states with medical marijuana programs. One...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Take Action to End Marijuana Prohibition!

Take Action to End Marijuana Prohibition!

Last month, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced legislation, House Resolution 499, which would effectively end the federal prohibition on marijuana and allow states to set their own...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
MI Medical Marijuana Growers Limited to Agricultural Zones

MI Medical Marijuana Growers Limited to Agricultural Zones

The Spring Arbor Township in Michigan has approved an ordinance allowing for marijuana use and personal growing for “qualifying patients.” The ordinance has simultaneously limited caregivers (as...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Nancy Pelosi: State Marijuana Laws Have to Be Respected…Tax and Regulate

Nancy Pelosi: State Marijuana Laws Have to Be Respected…Tax and Regulate

In an interview with the Denver Post, published this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke about the marijuana legalization initiatives passed in Colorado and Washington in...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Colorado Joint Committee Sets First Meetings

Colorado Joint Committee Sets First Meetings

Colorado’s “Joint Select Committee on the Implementation of the Amendment 64 Task Force Recommendations” has set meetings for March 15 and March 22. The committee will be...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Are Ex-DEA Reform Opponents Profiting from Prohibition?

Are Ex-DEA Reform Opponents Profiting from Prohibition?

A common refrain in politics is that if you want to find the root cause of certain policies or stances, simply follow the money. Last week, U.S. News &...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Copenhagen, Denmark Wants to Import Cannabis from Washington and Colorado

Copenhagen, Denmark Wants to Import Cannabis from Washington and Colorado

Seattlepi received a news tip Monday night from The Copenhagen Post’s news editor, Justin Cremer, who explains that city officials in the capital of Denmark are anxious to legalize...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
NM Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes House

NM Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes House

A bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults and depenalize the possession of up to a half pound of pot, narrowly...
March 12, 2013
03/12/2013
Hawaii Pro-Cannabis Advocates Form New Groups

Hawaii Pro-Cannabis Advocates Form New Groups

The recent push by the 50th state’s senate to decriminalize personal use amounts of pot spurred the opening of two new organizations by Hawaii pro-cannabis advocates to...
March 12, 2013
03/12/2013
Texas Marijuana Penalty Reduction Bill Hearing Today

Texas Marijuana Penalty Reduction Bill Hearing Today

House Bill 184 is scheduled for a hearing today. The bill does not decriminalize marijuana in Texas, but the penalties for possession of up to an ounce...
March 12, 2013
03/12/2013
UN Report Slams Cruel Drug Treatment as “Torture”

UN Report Slams Cruel Drug Treatment as “Torture”

Compulsory “treatment” for drug addiction in some parts of the world is “tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,” according to report last month from the UN’s...
March 12, 2013
03/12/2013
Maryland Health Secretary Backs Medical Marijuana Bill

Maryland Health Secretary Backs Medical Marijuana Bill

Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland’s health secretary, expressed support for Dan Morhaim’s medical marijuana bills. Sharfstein says the administration has changed their position on medical marijuana because the federal...
March 12, 2013
03/12/2013
Medical Marijuana Bill in Montana Would Ease Over-Regulation

Medical Marijuana Bill in Montana Would Ease Over-Regulation

A 2011 bill devastated Montana’s medical marijuana industry. Since that bill passed, Montana MMJ patients have dropped by about 75% and providers have dropped by more than...