Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Arizona Judge Approves Medical Marijuana as Treatment for PTSD

Arizona Judge Approves Medical Marijuana as Treatment for PTSD

An Arizona judge issued a decision Friday claiming that State Health Director Will Humble acted illegally by denying PTSD patients access to medical marijuana, reports the Arizona Daily...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Decriminalizing Pot Possession Advances in Philly, But Conflicts Could Stymie City Law

Decriminalizing Pot Possession Advances in Philly, But Conflicts Could Stymie City Law

A bill gaining traction in Philadelphia City Council would make possessing small quantities of marijuana only a civil violation, with a $25 fine. Councilman Jim Kenney says Philly...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Fight Over Marijuana Regulation Taken to Colorado Supreme Court

Fight Over Marijuana Regulation Taken to Colorado Supreme Court

Colorado’s attorney general said in an amicus brief to the state supreme court that Coloradans do not have the right to use marijuana off the job if...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Hershey Sues Edible Marijuana Maker Over Punny Product Names

Hershey Sues Edible Marijuana Maker Over Punny Product Names

Hershey has sued TinctureBelle LLC, a Colorado company, over punny pot product names that the chocolate goliath believes are too close to its trademarked Reese’s, Heath, Almond Joy...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Sacramento County to Limit Indoor Marijuana Growth

Sacramento County to Limit Indoor Marijuana Growth

Sacramento County, California supervisors are expected today to limit the indoor growth of marijuana to nine plants per house in unincorporated areas. The indoor restriction comes nearly...
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Colorado Law Sets Up Marijuana Banks; Feds Must OK

Colorado Law Sets Up Marijuana Banks; Feds Must OK

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Friday that tries to establish the world’s first financial system for the newly legal marijuana industry in Colorado. It would allow pot businesses to...
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
DEA Leaning on Massachusetts Docs With Dispensaries Ties

DEA Leaning on Massachusetts Docs With Dispensaries Ties

The Boston Globe is reporting today that the DEA has been visiting Massachusetts doctors involved with yet-to-open medical marijuana dispensaries and giving them an ultimatum: Cut your ties with...
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Colorado: Firing Quadriplegic Med MJ Patients Okay?

Colorado: Firing Quadriplegic Med MJ Patients Okay?

Brandon Coats never expected he would end up as the test case pitting Colorado’s medical marijuana laws against the right of employers to have zero-tolerance marijuana policies....
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Drug Testing and the Demise of National Security

Drug Testing and the Demise of National Security

Not long ago, FBI Director James Comey stated that he is “grappling with the question” of how to staff the some two-thousand cyber security analyst positions the...
June 6, 2014
06/06/2014
“Vote Medical Marijuana” Campaign Airs TV Ads Calling Out Congressional Opponents of Medical Marijuana

“Vote Medical Marijuana” Campaign Airs TV Ads Calling Out Congressional Opponents of Medical Marijuana

Patient advocates are producing ads in an effort to educate public, hold federal policymakers accountable The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is running...
June 6, 2014
06/06/2014
NORML PAC Endorses Troy Jackson in Maine 2nd CD Primary

NORML PAC Endorses Troy Jackson in Maine 2nd CD Primary

NORML PAC is endorsing state Senator Troy Jackson in his campaign to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Maine. “Troy Jackson is a man of the people...
June 6, 2014
06/06/2014
Texas GOP Convention Moves to Add Medical Marijuana to Platform

Texas GOP Convention Moves to Add Medical Marijuana to Platform

The Temporary Platform Committee of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) today passed an amendment to the Healthcare and Nutritional Supplements plank of the proposed 2014 RPT...
June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)

In a historic vote, the House tells the DEA and Justice Department to butt out of medical marijuana states, limited CBD medical marijuana bills are signed into...
June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Lake County California Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Grows

Lake County California Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Grows

Medical marijuana growers in northern California’s Lake County were banned from growing cannabis outdoors Tuesday when voters approved an outdoor-growing restriction proposed by county supervisors.
June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Returns to Washington, D.C. to Lobby Senate Ahead of Imminent Vote

Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Returns to Washington, D.C. to Lobby Senate Ahead of Imminent Vote

U.S. Senate could vote as early as next week on measure to restrict DOJ funds for medical marijuana enforcement Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, has returned...
June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Minnesota Seeks Medical Marijuana Boss

Minnesota Seeks Medical Marijuana Boss

The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking a director for its new Office of Medical Cannabis, which will implement the medical marijuana bill recently signed into law...
June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Marijuana Business Auction: 3 Stores, 3 Grow Operations Seized From VIP Cannabis for Back Taxes

Marijuana Business Auction: 3 Stores, 3 Grow Operations Seized From VIP Cannabis for Back Taxes

VIP Cannabis’ three retail marijuana stores and three growing operations in Denver are now up for auction on the internet over the next few weeks, after the...
June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Acting Right: Operation Grow4Vets

Acting Right: Operation Grow4Vets

Roger Martin, founder of a Colorado organization aptly named Operation Grow4Vets believes that, “anyone who would deny treatment with marijuana to a seriously or terminally ill person...
June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Medical Marijuana Scores Big House Win, But Still Faces Hurdles

Medical Marijuana Scores Big House Win, But Still Faces Hurdles

Cannabis reform won a historic vote in the House last week, which approved language blocking the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. However, backers said it’s too...
June 2, 2014
06/02/2014
Pot Shops in Denver’s Suburbs Fewer and Farther Between Than in City

Pot Shops in Denver’s Suburbs Fewer and Farther Between Than in City

Denver’s 650,000 residents enjoy 75 recreational marijuana dispensaries (1 shop per ~8.7k residents). Whereas the 2 million living in the suburbs have just 21 recreational shops (1 shop per ~95k...