Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Bill Introduced in Washington State to Protect Patient Rights and Preserve Medical Cannabis Program

Bill Introduced in Washington State to Protect Patient Rights and Preserve Medical Cannabis Program

Representative Sherry Appleton Joins With Coalition of Patient Advocates to Defend Washington’s Medical Cannabis Law Patients, doctors and caregivers have formed a powerful coalition to keep medical...
January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Jamaican Pot Growers to Form Association

Jamaican Pot Growers to Form Association

Growers in Jamaica are coming together to form the Cannabis Future Growers and Producers Association, launching January 18.
January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Study: Student Drug Testing Programs Don’t Work

Study: Student Drug Testing Programs Don’t Work

The imposition of student drug testing programs is not effective in limiting students’ consumption of controlled substances, according to survey data published in the January edition of...
January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Colorado Dispensary Taps Bitcoin to Evade Federal Laws

Colorado Dispensary Taps Bitcoin to Evade Federal Laws

A Colorado dispensary has begun accepting bitcoin. Banking laws prevent dispensaries from accepting credit card payments, so they are otherwise cash-only.
January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
LA Cracks Down on Marijuana Shops

LA Cracks Down on Marijuana Shops

Los Angeles’ city attorney obtained an injunction against a real estate business that brokered a deal for a medical marijuana dispensary, and said he would step up...
January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
Hawaiian Teacher Owed Back Pay After Pot-Fueled Firing

Hawaiian Teacher Owed Back Pay After Pot-Fueled Firing

  A teacher who was fired and then reinstated amid accusations that she drank wine and smoked marijuana is entitled to back pay with interest, a Hawaiian...
January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
The Truthiness of Marijuana Anonymous

The Truthiness of Marijuana Anonymous

One of my personal crusades is to bring to light inconsistencies, misconceptions, and outright fiction regarding marijuana. This bit of “truthiness” (to borrow from Master Colbert) comes...
January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
Cruz Attacks Obama for Not Locking Up CO Marijuana Users

Cruz Attacks Obama for Not Locking Up CO Marijuana Users

Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized Obama for not locking up Colorado marijuana users for violating federal law.
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

Rep. Sherry Jones has taken an important step for seriously ill patients in Tennessee and introduced a medical marijuana bill, HB 1385. The bill, known as the Koozer-Kuhn Medical...
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Could NYC Get Its Own Medical Weed Bill?

Could NYC Get Its Own Medical Weed Bill?

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to bring medical cannabis to 20 hospitals around New York, announced this week, has been criticized by activists for being too narrow and too reliant on...
By: Andy Cush
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
France’s Ministry of Health Approves Cannabis-Based Sativex Medicine

France’s Ministry of Health Approves Cannabis-Based Sativex Medicine

France’s ministry of health announced Thursday that it has approved Sativex, a cannabis-based mouth spray produced by GW pharmaceutricals. Sativex will be available in France in 2015...
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.01.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.01.08)

Regulated dispensaries are coming to Oregon, it’s looking increasingly likely that a medical marijuana initiative is coming to Florida, New York’s governor sticks a toe in the...
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Alaska Closer to Becoming 3rd State to Legalize Marijuana

Alaska Closer to Becoming 3rd State to Legalize Marijuana

CNN reports Alaska’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana submitted 45,000 signatures in support of a measure to legalize marijuana.
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
West Virginia Legislators Drop Medical Marijuana Study

West Virginia Legislators Drop Medical Marijuana Study

A new poll was released Monday showing increased support for allowing medical marijuana in West Virginia. The poll, which was commissioned by MPP and conducted by Public...
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
Cuomo’s Weed Plan May Be Dead On Arrival

Cuomo’s Weed Plan May Be Dead On Arrival

Though Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan for medical cannabis legalization is a step in the right direction, it isn’t enough to get suffering New Yorkers the treatment they need,...
By: Andy Cush
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
Mamakind on Hunger Strike for Right to Use Meds in Hospital

Mamakind on Hunger Strike for Right to Use Meds in Hospital

Canadian medical cannabis patient and cannabis writer Mamakind is on a hunger strike, fighting for her right to use a vaporizer in the hospital.
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
Jon Stewart Blasts Cable Anchors Panicking Over Legal Pot

Jon Stewart Blasts Cable Anchors Panicking Over Legal Pot

The Raw Story covers Jon Stewart putting prohibitionist cable news anchors in their place for their hypocrisy on legalization.
January 8, 2014
01/08/2014
David Brooks, Tina Brown, Joe Scarborough, and Pat Buchanan All Hate Weed Cause They’re Old

David Brooks, Tina Brown, Joe Scarborough, and Pat Buchanan All Hate Weed Cause They’re Old

What do David Brooks, Tina Brown, Joe Scarborough, and Pat Buchanan* have in common, besides their lily whiteness and comfy careers nurtured in the ivory halls of corporate media?...
January 8, 2014
01/08/2014
Washington State Faces Prospect of Too Many Pot Growers

Washington State Faces Prospect of Too Many Pot Growers

Washington officials have received over 2,600 applications from pot growers, which is a concern because of a set limit on the amount of space for growing.
January 8, 2014
01/08/2014
Bill O’Reilly Ignores Reality and Makes Millions of Marijuana Arrests Disappear

Bill O’Reilly Ignores Reality and Makes Millions of Marijuana Arrests Disappear

On January 6th, Bill O’Reilly shared with Fox News cohorts Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham that apparently the ones getting arrested for cannabis are “only dealers,...