Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Groups in New Mexico Seek to Lessen Marijuana Possession Penalties

Groups in New Mexico Seek to Lessen Marijuana Possession Penalties

Groups hoping to lessen the penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana have filed petitions in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, The New Mexico Telegram reports....
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Even with the start of legal recreational marijuana sales 5½ months ago, burglaries and robberies at all pot businesses in Denver are on pace for their lowest...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Illinois Investors Jump Into Marijuana Business

Illinois Investors Jump Into Marijuana Business

Investors around Illinois are jockeying for positions in the marijuana business as they wait for the state’s new medical marijuana law to kick in, which will allow...
June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

More evidence has come to light courtesy of a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that, despite prohibitionist fear-mongering, teen marijuana...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado is preparing to begin the largest state-funded study on the benefits of medical marijuana, The Denver Post reports. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill that will...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program Struggling

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program Struggling

After predictions that New Jersey’s medical marijuana program could serve tens of thousands of patients, only 2,342 have signed up. Fingers point at the lack of doctor participation, to pot quality...
June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use Biennial CDC survey finds rate of current...
June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Virginia: A Sleeping Supporter of Medical Marijuana

Virginia: A Sleeping Supporter of Medical Marijuana

Despite being notoriously known for having some of the most conservative laws regarding cannabis, even Virginia has found itself following suit with the rest of the nation...
June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Jamaica Will Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Jamaica Will Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Jamaica will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the government announced today. It will also allow possession for some medical and scientific purposes. And it...
June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Medical Marijuana Bill Is Faced With Difficulties in New York Senate

Medical Marijuana Bill Is Faced With Difficulties in New York Senate

A high-ranking state senator in New York has expressed that he has no plans to move the medical marijuana bill out of his committee, reports The Poughkeepsie Journal....
June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

Colorado overtaxes marijuana and is engaging in criminal activity by taxing something that is federally a crime, a “registered issue committee” called No Over Taxation claims in...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession

NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession

According to a new report from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, in the first four months of 2014, the NYPD made 80 low level weed possession arrests a...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
MPP Planning to Put Marijuana on the Ballot in Massachusetts in 2016

MPP Planning to Put Marijuana on the Ballot in Massachusetts in 2016

On Tuesday, MPP and allied advocates launched a ballot referendum committee to make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated for adults in Massachusetts. The committee is called the...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Tough New Rules

San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Tough New Rules

The San Jose City Council’s 7-3 vote Tuesday evening limits existing and new pot shops to a handful of select industrial areas that make up less than...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.11)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.11)

Congressional Democrats who voted wrong on medical marijuana catch some flak, California continues to struggle with regulating medical marijuana, while other states struggle to get bills passed....
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

Colorado recorded its biggest recreational marijuana tax haul yet in April, topping more than $3.5 million in sales and excise taxes on over $22 million in revenue....
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Medical Marijuana Bill Faces Setback in NY Senate

Medical Marijuana Bill Faces Setback in NY Senate

A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York suffered a major setback Monday, the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters he would sign a medical...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico’s president is hinting that he is considering making marijuana legal south of the border, San Francisco Weekly reports. In an interview published Sunday in El Pais, President...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Marijuana Prohibition Again in Denver Parks

Marijuana Prohibition Again in Denver Parks

On Thursday, June 12, 2014, a new law is to be implemented in City of Denver parks / public green spaces: the consumption, use, display, transfer, distribution,...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
International Cannabis Update: Lebanon Battles for Legalization

International Cannabis Update: Lebanon Battles for Legalization

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranked Lebanon in 2011 as one of the world’s top five sources of cannabis resin. Recently, cannabis (hashish) legalization...