President Jimmy Carter: I’m in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana
Today, speaking to a CNN panel, Former President Jimmy Carter stated that he is in favor of legalizing marijuana. On the topic of the recently...
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Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned
The drug-trafficking convictions of the man who operated Spokane’s first medical marijuana dispensary were reversed Tuesday in a state Appeals Court ruling that also appears to clear the way for commercial dispensaries to operate legally in Eastern Washington.
HSBC Bank Admits Cartel Money Laundering
Banking entity HSBC Group has agreed to forfeit $1.256 billion & pay an additional $600 million-plus in fines for laundering money for Mexican drug cartels.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Could Be Banned in Pittsburg California
The Pittsburg, California Planning Commission will consider a staff recommendation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Marijuana Shot Over Border Fence With Cannon Seized
US Border Patrol agents found marijuana inside soup cans inside of larger cans and sealed on the ends. Drug smugglers were using a cannon to fire...
Gallup: Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Butt Out of State Marijuana Laws
Sixty-four percent of Americans oppose the federal government interfering in state laws that allow for the legal use of the substance by adults...
Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption
The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, "On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans."
LA Medical Cannabis Advocates Submit 70,000 Initiative Signatures
A coalition of LA medical cannabis patients, providers, & organized labor submitted 70k signatures on Fri to qualify a voter initiative for the May ballot.
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AG Eric Holder Says Administration Will Announce Marijuana Policy Soon
US Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing cannabis
Breaking the Taboo, Narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo
Breaking the Taboo is a must-see documentary arguing to end the failed War on Drugs (#BreakTheTaboo)
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Austin Lawmaker Says Timing Right for Medical Marijuana Bill
State Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) has tried to pass legislation concerning medical marijuana in the past and plans on submitting a new bill in the...
Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media
A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, "Obama's Pot Problem," missed the mark on the federal preemption question on marijuana legalization...
Feds Say City of Oakland Can't Stop Medical Pot Crackdown
The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary...
Medical Marijuana Moving in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic took a big step last week toward becoming the next European country to approve the use of medical marijuana...
Colorado Amendment 64 Signed Today by Governor Hickenlooper
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has quietly signed Amendment 64 into law today. Hickenlooper has signed the amendment early and with no advance notice
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Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors
As Washington state sets up a cannabis supply system (barring the Feds stepping in), it could become a greater source of pot for users in...
Help Put White House Petition For Medi-Pot Prisoner Over-the-Top
Almost 25,000 of our fellow citizens have signed a White House petition asking President Obama to pardon Montana medical cannabis provider Chris Williams...
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Obama's Pot Problem
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed...