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On July 24, Senator Isabelle Allende Bussi, who is President of the Chilean Senate, introduced a motion to modify the law in Chile to permit people to grow and use marijuana for personal use and for "therapeutic and spiritual" reasons.
US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) today filed an amendment to Senate Bill 2569, the "Bring Jobs Home Act," that would explicitly allow states to pass medical marijuana laws despite the provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Minnesota has named Michelle Larson as their first marijuana director with less than a year before their medical marijuana law takes effect.
An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are more likely to be ticketed for public pot use than anyone else.
One of the (many) problematic issues that arises from the conflict between state and federal cannabis law is the still-legal vocational drug testing that screens for marijuana.
Almost two-thirds of Australians support the legalization of cannabis for medicinal purposes, according to a new poll which coincides with a renewed push to relax the laws.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 23, 2014:
In Arizona, a Pima County Superior Court judge said the language of the statute is so vague that it could be read that medical marijuana users can sell to other users without fear of breaking the law.
In a much anticipated move, the US Sentencing Commission last Friday voted unanimously to retroactively apply previously approved reductions in federal sentencing guidelines to federal drug war prisoners already serving their sentences.
Recent changes to Health Canada’s medical marijuana regulations have forced a six-year-old boy suffering from Dravet syndrome to smoke marijuana in order to tame his seizures because the health agency prohibited the use of edibles and concentrates.
I must admit the suspense is killing me. It would appear that bad news is coming, but it's just how bad that worries me. Legal weed is officially here in Washington and the coverage I am reading says up to a 1/4 ounce of hash will eventually be permitted.
Oregon voters won't decide on legal recreational cannabis until November, but Portland Mayor Charlie Hayes is already planning under the assumption the ballot measure will likely pass...
In Germany, five people who couldn't afford medical marijuana had their requests to grow originally denied, but three were given the green light on Tuesday. A court spokesperson warned, however, that "this is not a carte blanche for everyone to start growing cannabis at home."
The New Approach Oregon marijuana legalization initiative has qualified for the November ballot, the secretary of state's office reported today. That means Oregon will join Alaska in voting on marijuana legalization this year.
On Sunday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill that will add seizure conditions to Illinois’ medical cannabis program for both adults and minors. The new law also allows parents to seek permission for minors to access medical marijuana for other qualifying conditions.
On June 19th, Philadelphia City Council voted to decriminalize the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, but in the month following the bill’s passing, 264 citizens were charged with the crime.
Beginning this week, the Rand Corporation will send representatives to Vermont to work with the state’s Secretary of Administration on a study of the effects of taxing and regulating marijuana similarly to alcohol...
For many medical marijuana patients, simply having cannabis in a house where children reside could result in claims of child abuse. No one runs the risk of being labeled an abuser of children for having aspirin, chardonnay, or peanuts in their home.
