Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
MPP Recommends Revising DE Compassion Center Regulations

MPP Recommends Revising DE Compassion Center Regulations

The Marijuana Policy Project submitted comments today recommending revisions to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services’ proposed medical marijuana compassion center regulations. MPP is particularly...
October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
Pierce County, WA Council Members Seek to Reinstall Prohibition

Pierce County, WA Council Members Seek to Reinstall Prohibition

Apparently inspired by the handful of elected officials in D.C. who brought our government to a dead stop, several Pierce County, WA council members are planning a...
October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
Historic High: 58% of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized

Historic High: 58% of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized

Gallup released new polling data today that shows an overwhelming majority of Americans want marijuana to be legalized. According to their survey, 58% of Americans support legalizing...
October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
Uruguay to Legalize Marijuana, Sets Price at $1 Per Gram

Uruguay to Legalize Marijuana, Sets Price at $1 Per Gram

Not only is Uruguay all set to legalize marijuana, but it has just set the price at $1 per gram. That’s about $450 for a pound. Go,...
October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
MMJ Advocates Mobilize Stakeholders for Input on I-502

MMJ Advocates Mobilize Stakeholders for Input on I-502

Medical marijuana advocates will hold stakeholder meetings across Washington State next week in advance of submitting written public comments on regulations being developed for I-502, the state’s...
October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
Reason – Will Legal Pot Cost More Than Black Market Pot?

Reason – Will Legal Pot Cost More Than Black Market Pot?

Jacob Sullum explains why Washington’s black market for weed could be almost untouched by the legal market: 25% taxes at 3 points in production. Studies estimate legal...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Another Medical Marijuana Defendant Bullied to Plead Guilty

Another Medical Marijuana Defendant Bullied to Plead Guilty

Just days after legal cannabis patient Ronnie Chang’s federal incarceration came to an end freeing him to return to his elderly mother, Crispin Price sits in court...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
International Drug Policy Reform Conference This Week

International Drug Policy Reform Conference This Week

 week, the biannual International Drug Policy Reform Conference will take place in Denver, Colorado. This conference promises to bring together a wide range of drug policy and social...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Sensible BC CannaBus Tours British Columbia

Sensible BC CannaBus Tours British Columbia

The Sensible BC CannaBus is touring British Columbia collecting signatures to decriminalize cannabis. The campaign still needs over 300,000 signatures.
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Stop CPS: Free the Babies Day of Action Planned Nov 12th

Stop CPS: Free the Babies Day of Action Planned Nov 12th

Cannabis activists are planning Stop CPS: Free the Babies International Day of Action for November 12th, 2013. The event is being coordinated by Moms for Marijuana, a...
By: Mercedys
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Judge to Review Sheriff Deputy File for Misconduct Evidence

Judge to Review Sheriff Deputy File for Misconduct Evidence

Yesterday medical cannabis patients Dennis and Deborah Little were in the San Diego County Courthouse in Vista as their attorneys Lance Rogers and Logan Fairfax argued a...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Help ASA Stop the Third Prosecution of Jovan Jackson

Help ASA Stop the Third Prosecution of Jovan Jackson

San Diego District Attorney and anti-medical cannabis crusader Bonnie Dumanis wants to put a patient-provider on trial for the third time. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition Takes Tough Hits

Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition Takes Tough Hits

My friend and transplant from Alabama, Urb Thrasher has been keeping up with cannabis politics in his home state, and it’s pretty grim. If not for Urb,...
By: Anna Diaz
October 18, 2013
10/18/2013
Urgent: POW Jerry Duval is Going Blind from Neglect

Urgent: POW Jerry Duval is Going Blind from Neglect

Medical Cannabis patient Jerry Duval is serving a 10-year sentence for cultivating cannabis under Michigan’s medical cannabis laws. While we all know 10 years is a ridiculous...
October 18, 2013
10/18/2013
Slovakia to Drop Marijuana Seeds from Drug List

Slovakia to Drop Marijuana Seeds from Drug List

Marijuana seeds will no longer be illegal in Slovakia as of March 2014, according to a report in the Slovak Spectator. The decision came Wednesday in a proposal...
October 18, 2013
10/18/2013
CA Lt. Governor to Chair Panel on Marijuana Legalization

CA Lt. Governor to Chair Panel on Marijuana Legalization

Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California, will chair a blue ribbon committee tasked with studying marijuana legalization in the state. This was announced at a joint press...
October 18, 2013
10/18/2013
Cannabis Reform Could Earn UK Billions a Year, Studies Say

Cannabis Reform Could Earn UK Billions a Year, Studies Say

Hundreds of users of medical marijuana protested outside Parliament last Wednesday to demand changes to Britain’s strict cannabis laws, a move many experts believe could yield billions...
October 18, 2013
10/18/2013
25 Million Californians Say Legalize Marijuana

25 Million Californians Say Legalize Marijuana

Will California wait until 2016 to vote on legalizing marijuana? A poll released Thursday strongly suggests voters in the Golden State are ready to legalize it right...
October 17, 2013
10/17/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.16)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.16)

A L.A. dispensary crackdown gets underway, an Arizona judge throws out a restrictive dispensary ordinance, the Michigan Supreme Court hears a dispensary ban case, and much, much...
October 17, 2013
10/17/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

A hard-partying Colorado cop calls it a career, a DC cop launders a bit of drug money, a North Carolina narc gets caught with her fingers in the...