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HB 1321 creates strong patient protections against civil discrimination in housing, employment, education, and child custody, which has been a systemic problem in states with weaker medical marijuana laws.
Last week, the Oregon Senate unanimously approved legislation to allow local governments to enact reasonable restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries. As passed by the Senate, SB 1531 would allow
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of February 26, 2014.
Rhode Island Governor Chafee (D) may be warming to the concept of legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana in the state as a potential source of...
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of February 26, 2014:
Travis Irvine shows the history of marijuana, from ancient medicine through prohibition.
Los Angeles is the latest city pushing an e-cig ban because the devices are reminiscent of tobacco cigarettes.
NORML filed a brief with the Massachusetts Supreme Court urging the court to place more limits on police questioning and searches for marijuana.
Minnesota residents and lawmakers want to legalize medical marijuana but police oppose, at least partly because they don't want to lose funding.
“The first day of legalization, that’s when Colorado experienced 37 deaths that day from overdose on marijuana” - Annapolis Police Chief Michael Pristoop.
Cannabis Culture reports that one of the many problems with Canada's new medical marijuana system is an increase in fraud.
Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), recently spouted some pure, Grade A cannabis reefer madness in an interview with the Interfax news agency.
Polling revealed that a majority of Ohio voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, nearly 9 out of 10 support legalizing for medicinal use.
More than 40 state lawmakers in Maine co-signed a memo authored by Diane Russell that was delivered to the Appropriations & Financial Affairs Committee.
Halfway through the 2014 session, Georgia's medical marijuana bill has a problem: it doesn't create a legal source of cannabis.
As more and more Americans support ending marijuana prohibition, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are still a lot of people in prison for marijuana
There are three bills that will be a priority for medical cannabis cultivators, patients, industry workers, and other stakeholders this year.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has stated repeatedly that he opposes decriminalizing marijuana, a sensible measure already adopted by 16 other states, including red states like Nebraska and Mississippi.
