Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
MPP’s Mason Tvert On “The Dish”

MPP’s Mason Tvert On “The Dish”

MPP director of communications Mason Tvert recently sat down with Andrew Sullivan at The Dish to discuss the state of marijuana policy. In this segment, he talks...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Why Medical Marijuana in Colorado Is $25 an Eighth

Why Medical Marijuana in Colorado Is $25 an Eighth

In an epic article on the Business Insider, Walter Hickey tells the whole story about how Colorado medical marijuana patients can pay $25 for an eighth of...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Jack Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) was set to debate local law enforcement at Wichita State University yesterday, but no local law enforcement showed up....
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Alaska Signature Drive Making Progress

Alaska Signature Drive Making Progress

As the winter months approach, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana in Alaska is in full swing. Currently, petitioners are working to collect 45,000 signatures by December 1 in...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
New Mexico Doc Appeals Suspension Over Medical Marijuana

New Mexico Doc Appeals Suspension Over Medical Marijuana

Doctor Nicholas Nardacci has written about 10% of the medical marijuana recommendations in New Mexico, and is a medical marijuana patient himself. He has had his license...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Majority for Marijuana Legalization in California

Majority for Marijuana Legalization in California

Support for marijuana legalization is above 50% among Californians, and even higher among likely voters, according to a new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll released...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Film Review: “The House I Live In”

Film Review: “The House I Live In”

“The House I Live In” is one of the most important documentaries made in the last 10 years. I urge each and every one of you to...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Jamaican Lawmakers Debate Cannabis Decriminalization

Jamaican Lawmakers Debate Cannabis Decriminalization

Jamaican lawmakers gathered Tuesday to debate a cannabis decriminalization proposal. A 2001 decriminalization effort stalled because of fear of angering the US. Now that the feds have...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Senate Hearing Takes on Mandatory Minimums

Senate Hearing Takes on Mandatory Minimums

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory minimum sentencing last Wednesday, as Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and fellow committee member Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sought to...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Can the United Nations Block US Marijuana Legalization?

Can the United Nations Block US Marijuana Legalization?

Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford, tackles four fundamental questions on Huffington Post to determine whether marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington puts the US...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.25)

Oregon begins moving toward a regulated dispensary system, Massachusetts advances down the dispensary path, New Jersey’s governor signs a medical marijuana bill, and much, much more. Let’s...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas lawmen broke into a woman’s house without a warrant to arrest her on bogus marijuana charges, and filmed it for a constable’s YouTube reality show, the...
September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.25)

We have a doozy of a corruption tale out of West Virginia, a pair of Kentucky deputies get caught peddling pills, and a Georgia deputy gets nailed...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
By: Mercedys
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
NORML Women’s Alliance at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

NORML Women’s Alliance at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe

This Sunday at The World Famous Cannabis Cafe, the NORML Women’s Alliance Foundation is hosting a fundraiser. Guests will be treated to a meal and guest speakers,...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
ME Medical Marijuana Users Fear Loss of Subsidized Housing

ME Medical Marijuana Users Fear Loss of Subsidized Housing

Medical marijuana patients in Maine could lose their federally subsidized housing if a state moratorium allowing patients to grow and use their medicine in subsidized housing properties...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Mother Says ‘Spice’ Killed Her Son

Mother Says ‘Spice’ Killed Her Son

A Kwik Stop convenience store sold a teenager the synthetic marijuana that killed him, the boy’s mother claims in court. Stephane Colbert says she found her 19-year-old...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
MMJ Job Experts to Offer Tips During Chicago Seminar

MMJ Job Experts to Offer Tips During Chicago Seminar

California’s Cannabis Career Institute is holding a seminar this weekend in Chicago to discuss business options and strategies for those interested in entering Illinois’ new medical marijuana...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Prairie Plant Systems once held a monopoly over commercial MMJ in Canada. The product they produced received an enormous number of complaints, even after being delayed by...
September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Rastafarian Teen Cleared to Carry Pipe in Minnesota

Rastafarian Teen Cleared to Carry Pipe in Minnesota

A 15-year-old rastafarian has successfully argued for his religious right to carry a pipe in Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the enforcement of paraphernalia laws...