Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
Big Money Wants a Piece of the Nevada Medical Marijuana Pie

Big Money Wants a Piece of the Nevada Medical Marijuana Pie

Wealthy investors are coming from all around to get in on the Nevada medical marijuana industry. Clark County, Nevada has only 40 licenses for prospective medical marijuana...
October 14, 2013
10/14/2013

LA Cracking Down on Dispensaries Under New Law

Thirty-eight dispensaries that do not comply with Measure D, an ordinance that severely restricted dispensaries in LA, are being shut down. Forty-two others have already shut their...
October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
Jury Instructions Complete in Jovan Jackson Trial

Jury Instructions Complete in Jovan Jackson Trial

Medical marijuana patient and Navy veteran Jovan Jackson, along with his attorney, Lance Rogers assisted by Logan Fairfax and Rezwan Khan were in court Thursday and Friday,...
October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
25 Days Until Portland Considers Making Marijuana Legal

25 Days Until Portland Considers Making Marijuana Legal

In just 25 days, Portland, Maine could become the first East Coast city in the nation to legalize marijuana for adults. On November 5, voters will decide whether...
October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
TSA May Allow Medical Marijuana on Flights

TSA May Allow Medical Marijuana on Flights

In a surprising twist, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is considering relaxing their response towards people trying to travel with their medical marijuana. So far, 20 states...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

by Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach, October 10, 2013 In late 2012, a Riverside County, California police officer infiltrated a local high school, befriended a vulnerable,...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, Colorado has set its rules and licensing fees for recreational cannabis businesses. Pueblo County is one of only seven counties in Colorado so far to...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Legalization: 8 Lies The White House Is Spreading About Weed

Legalization: 8 Lies The White House Is Spreading About Weed

In a great article on Policymic, Christopher Blakely shoots down 8 bits of misinformation still being spread about marijuana and legalization by the White House despite our...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
UN Drug Chief Warns of Afghanistan “Narco-State”

UN Drug Chief Warns of Afghanistan “Narco-State”

Afghanistan could collapse into a “full-fledged narco-state” as the looming withdrawal of US and NATO combat forces creates a gaping hole in the center of the country’s...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Luis Toro of Colorado Ethics Watch has filed a complaint against No Over Taxation, the Colorado anti-marijuana-tax group that has been giving out free joints. “Voters deserve...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

More cops with pain pill issues, a Texas deputy goes down for slinging cocaine, and a former Milwaukee cop gets slapped for putting his hands in the...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

The Dutch pot scented cards have been used experimentally for three years, but are now being widely distributed in four more cities. The implementation of these cards...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments against medical marijuana bans today. The suit was filed in 2010. In 2011, Judge Dennis Leiber ruled that federal law...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

A great article on Think Progress explains that while TSA (as a federal agency) doesn’t technically recognize state marijuana laws, passengers attempting to fly with marijuana have...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Who doesn’t love a good dog? They’re man’s best friend after all; trained to keep a house safe, or to corral livestock on a farm, or to...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Proposed regulations for Nevada’s medical marijuana program seem to discriminate against the poor, both because hopeful entrepreneurs need an extra $250,000 laying around and because the home...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

On Bloomberg, Alison Vekshin reports the spread of acceptance of legal marijuana, and the acceleration of that spread caused by the DOJ’s memo that they will not...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

Reason’s Jacob Sullum recounts a recent study which found that despite efforts to reduce global drug supplies, the purity of drugs has risen while the price has...