Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Mr. Erb has been crushing 15 joints a day since the 70’s, now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. He won a $25 million jackpot last November...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Oregon Senate Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD

Oregon Senate Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD

The Oregon Senate passed a bill allowing people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to secure a medical marijuana card on Wednesday in a 19-11 vote. The Oregon Medical...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Group Demands Space for Great Atlanta Pot Festival

Group Demands Space for Great Atlanta Pot Festival

Organizers of “The Great Atlanta Pot Festival” sued Atlanta, claiming the city violated their civil rights by refusing them a permit to hold their event in Freedom...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
The Culture High Kickstarter Update #37: Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Social Media & Next Shoot

The Culture High Kickstarter Update #37: Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Social Media & Next Shoot

On Thursday, we received the latest Kickstarter update (#37) from one of our favorite projects: The Culture High, by Adam Scorgie. We support this Kickstarter project and encourage you...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
New Jersey Will Expand Medical Marijuana Program

New Jersey Will Expand Medical Marijuana Program

New Jersey may open more medical marijuana dispensaries, according to the state’s health commissioner. In early April, Gov. Chris Christie proposed allocating $1.6 million to fund New Jersey’s three-year-old medical...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Measure Introduced to Form Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy

Measure Introduced to Form Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced federal legislation that would establish a National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy. The proposed commission, inspired by the 1971 Shafer Commission on Marihuana and...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Alaska Prepares for 2014 Ballot Initiative

Alaska Prepares for 2014 Ballot Initiative

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Daily News reported that marijuana policy reform activists in Alaska presented a drafted ballot initiative that calls for taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol, along with 100 signatures...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
DARE: Failing American Youth and Taxpayers for Thirty Years

DARE: Failing American Youth and Taxpayers for Thirty Years

With tongue firmly planted in her cheek, leading scholar, author and activist for youth drug education, Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, from the Drug Policy Alliance, criticizes DARE’s ineffectiveness and expense for...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske: No State Can Nullify Federal Marijuana Ban

Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske: No State Can Nullify Federal Marijuana Ban

President Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail, regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot.
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Congress Predicts Current Congress Will Legalize Hemp

Congress Predicts Current Congress Will Legalize Hemp

I attended a forum on marijuana legalization at The Brookings Institution Monday, where Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), one of a handful of Congressional champions of marijuana law reform, was one of...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
MMA Ref Josh Rosenthal Busted with $6 Million of Cannabis

MMA Ref Josh Rosenthal Busted with $6 Million of Cannabis

According to the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Oakland, California, Josh Rosenthal, one of the best referees in MMA, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
63% of District of Columbia Voters Support Marijuana Legalization

63% of District of Columbia Voters Support Marijuana Legalization

A poll released today by Public Policy Polling, funded by Marijuana Policy Project and Drug Policy Alliance, revealed that 63% of District of Columbia voters support taxing and regulating marijuana,...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Kansas Governor Signs Public Benefits Drug Test Bill

Kansas Governor Signs Public Benefits Drug Test Bill

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) Tuesday signed into law a bill that requires applicants for welfare and unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing if there is “reasonable...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Medical Marijuana Advocates Applaud Passage of Illinois Bill

Medical Marijuana Advocates Applaud Passage of Illinois Bill

HB1, touted as one of the most restrictive medical marijuana laws, must still pass the Illinois State Senate The Illinois House voted 61-57 today to pass HB1,...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.17)

More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner’s medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures. Let’s...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
New York Health Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

New York Health Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

In a 21 to 4 vote, the New York State Assembly Health Committee approved the use, production, and sale of medical marijuana. Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and Assembly...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Court Rejects Researcher’s Bid to Grow Medical Marijuana

Court Rejects Researcher’s Bid to Grow Medical Marijuana

The US First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston Monday sided with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in rejecting University of Massachusetts-Amherst scientist Dr. Lyle Craker’s appeal...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Conservatives Push Marijuana Reform in Congress

Conservatives Push Marijuana Reform in Congress

There’s a new congressional push to end the federal War on Pot in the states – and it’s being spearheaded by some of the most conservative members...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
St. Louis Eases Up on Marijuana Possession

St. Louis Eases Up on Marijuana Possession

St. Louis will reduce the penalty for people caught with small amounts of marijuana, essentially turning a criminal offense into a ticket. The Board of Aldermen voted...
April 17, 2013
04/17/2013
Nearly 250 Physicians in Illinois Endorse Medical Marijuana

Nearly 250 Physicians in Illinois Endorse Medical Marijuana

At a news conference Tuesday, April 16, a group of doctors announced the support of nearly 250 Illinois physicians for allowing patients with serious illnesses to obtain...