Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

An impressive cast and crew list has came together to create HUSH The Series, a drama web series about the staggering consequences for a doctor who used...
By: Mercedys
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure to remove the requirement of a pediatrician and psychiatrist to endorse the use of medical marijuana for children that...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence for selling pot seeds over the Internet,...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Louisiana Penalty Reduction Bill Dies in Senate

Louisiana Penalty Reduction Bill Dies in Senate

A Louisiana marijuana penalty reduction bill is now dead, after failing to receive a 2/3 vote to even be discussed. The penalty reduction bill received 24 of...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

As several Latin American leaders focused the Organization of American States General Assembly on new possibilities for international drug control, civil society groups raised their voices as...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Studies: Cannabinoids Protect the Brain, Heart From Injury

Studies: Cannabinoids Protect the Brain, Heart From Injury

Recent preclinical studies published over the past several weeks provide further evidence that cannabinoids are both neuroprotective and cardioprotective. A May 30th blog post on the website Science20.com sums...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Compassionate Idaho Is Now a Chapter of ASA

Compassionate Idaho Is Now a Chapter of ASA

We have Exciting news to share!! Compassionate Idaho is now a chapter of Americans For Safe Access (ASA)! This is exciting for us for a number of...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed into law Thursday a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. That makes Vermont the 17th state to decriminalize,...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

The Institute of Multidimensional Medicine (TIMM), a holistic medical practice in D.C. that sits right along M Street NW in the West End. There’s an infrared sauna, a...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Thanks to new FBI crime statistics showing incredible waste and racial inequality, activists in Texas are beefing up their attempts to gain support for legalizing marijuana. According...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a group of five democratic Representatives stood in front of the capital with representatives of the cannabis industry to call for new...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Law Enforcement Targets Marijuana Activists in Philadelphia

Law Enforcement Targets Marijuana Activists in Philadelphia

On May 18th, The Panic Hour and PhillyNORML held “Smoke Down Prohibition V” in a free speech zone near the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA. As the name suggests, this was...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Dutch City Cracks Down on Coffee Shops Selling Marijuana

Dutch City Cracks Down on Coffee Shops Selling Marijuana

Maastricht, a Dutch city near the borders of Belgium and Germany, has cracked down on its coffee shops selling marijuana, for providing the bud to tourists. An...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Lawmakers to Vote on Hemp Amendment to Federal Farm Bill

Lawmakers to Vote on Hemp Amendment to Federal Farm Bill

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced an amendment to Senate Bill 3240, the Senate version of this year’s federal farm bill, that requires the federal government to respect state...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Too High To Fail: Inside Denver’s Weed Boom

Too High To Fail: Inside Denver’s Weed Boom

In an article on Rolling Stone, Jonathan Ringen describes the “Mile High” city as Americas undisputed weed capital. He describes the Platte River Valley, an industrial stretch of...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
California Senate Approves Industrial Hemp Bill

California Senate Approves Industrial Hemp Bill

A bill that would set up provisions for growing industrial hemp in the Golden State passed the state Senate Tuesday on a unanimous vote. It now heads...
June 5, 2013
06/05/2013
NORML Women’s Alliance Foundation Fund Raiser

NORML Women’s Alliance Foundation Fund Raiser

Sunday, June 23, 2013 marks the first Pacific Northwest kick off event for the newly formed National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Women’s Alliance...
By: Anna Diaz
June 5, 2013
06/05/2013
Regulate Marijuana, Don’t Prosecute It

Regulate Marijuana, Don’t Prosecute It

It seems that area law enforcement has not yet learned the value of working WITH the local community. Thursday’s raid on The Greener Side, a medical marijuana resource center, can...
By: Jim Greig
June 5, 2013
06/05/2013
June San Diego Americans for Safe Access Meeting

June San Diego Americans for Safe Access Meeting

Join patients, advocates, scientists, and concerned citizens Tuesday, June 11th from 7pm – 9pm at Giovanni’s Restaurant located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 for the June San Diego...