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Michael Perkins, an operator of several medical pot shops hopes to to begin recreational sales on July 8 in Washington, says on recreational pricing, “I would assume $20 to $25 a gram until ...
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 25, 2014:
The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to the 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill intended to prevent the District of Columbia from implementing its recently passed law decriminalizing the possession of marijuana.
In a memo obtained by NORML, released in late May, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) clarified their drug policy in light of the growing number of states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use.
Washington state's Liquor Control Board will issue about 20 licenses for marijuana retail stores on July 7th and the stores that are ready can open the next day.
The Philadelphia City Council just voted 13-3 to end the criminalization of an ounce or less of marijuana, however the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said Friday, “I am not in favor at all of any form of legalization.” So Ramsey’s police will just ignore the decriminalization.
As MPP previously reported, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) cosponsored an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would make medical use of marijuana legal.
The Czech Republic has been seen in the past twenty years as a very liberal country in terms of attitude towards the cannabis plant and the laws associated with it. US cannabis magazines regularly published articles about the Czech “cannabis heaven on Earth.”
Delegates at the British Medical Association's annual representative meeting in Harrogate are to debate whether cannabis should be legalized. "Existing drug policy is contradictory and ineffective. The number of drug users has sky rocketed in the last 30 years despite the introduction of tougher and tougher drug laws. Our policy makers aren't prepared to have a sensible, rational, evidence-based debate on drugs."
A bill that would allow Philadelphia’s police department to cease arrests in minor marijuana possession cases has passed the City Council with a veto-proof majority, Reading Eagle reports
An interesting piece was published on Cracked.com called "5 Insane Things I Learned About Drugs As An Undercover Agent." While a good read taken as a whole, there are two items on this list that really piqued my thoughts.
As lawmakers try to decide if they’ll legalize a form of medical marijuana, a group of men supporting a broadening of medical marijuana use is walking across North Carolina with the aim of talking to lawmakers about a ballot referendum on the issue.
The FDA is conducting an analysis at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s request on whether the U.S. should downgrade the classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
Democrat Connecticut Gov. Malloy recently signed legislation, House Bill 5476, to study the feasibility of establishing a regulated commercial hemp industry.
Reason's Nick Gillespie calls out George W. Bush’s drug czar, John P. Walters, for his written delusion in Politico that the current drug war has victory around the corner.
Upon meeting Jacob and Kaci at a Texas NORML meeting at Flamingo Cantina on Wednesday June 4th, one can see that they are your average young couple, with great hopes and aspirations for the future ahead of them. Failed drug policies are currently threatening the future of not just Jacob but many other U.S. Citizens throughout the nation, time and time again.
Plumes of pungent smoke rise above the small but prosperous southern Albanian village of Lazarat, while gunfire and the occasional rocket-propelled grenade or even mortar greet the police advance.
New York State lawmakers announced today that they have come to agreement to approve a limited pilot program for medical marijuana in the Empire State.
