Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
Hawaii Senate Decriminalizes Possession, But Keeps it Illegal

Hawaii Senate Decriminalizes Possession, But Keeps it Illegal

Love is hate. Freedom is slavery. And if Hawaii has its way, pot will be decriminalized but illegal. Its state senate unanimously passed a proposed law that would...
March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
Ex-Heads of Marijuana Prohibition Industry Call on DOJ to Keep Mexican Marijuana Cartels in Business

Ex-Heads of Marijuana Prohibition Industry Call on DOJ to Keep Mexican Marijuana Cartels in Business

Eight former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a joint statement Tuesday, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent Colorado and Washington from...
March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
3D-Printed Bongs Are Now a Thing

3D-Printed Bongs Are Now a Thing

Guns with 3D-printed parts are rather unnerving, and 3D-printed hamburgers sound gross, but on the more fun side of the spectrum, 3D-printed bongs exist, and have been uploaded to MakerBot’s Thingiverse file-sharing hub....
March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
More Overreaching Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization by DEA Chiefs and the UN

More Overreaching Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization by DEA Chiefs and the UN

The International Narcotics Control Board, a UN agency, and eight former DEA administrators came out swinging this week against marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. The INCB says the...
March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
If You Want To Break Federal Law, It’s Better to Be a Banker Than a Medical Marijuana Provider

If You Want To Break Federal Law, It’s Better to Be a Banker Than a Medical Marijuana Provider

According to Matt Taibbi, in his latest Rolling Stone exposé on the banking and financial industry “Too Big to Jail,” HSBC “helped to wash hundreds of millions of dollars...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Medical Marijuana Bill Likely Dead in Iowa Legislature

Medical Marijuana Bill Likely Dead in Iowa Legislature

A proposal to legalize marijuana for medical use in Iowa likely is dead for this session. A Senate subcommittee approved the bill Monday, but the panel’s chairman,...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
NJ Governor Claims He’s Not Sabotaging Medical Marijuana

NJ Governor Claims He’s Not Sabotaging Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie denies sabotaging the medical marijuana system in the state. “I do not want people flying to New Jersey, getting off a plane, going...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
How Much Does a Pound of Hash Oil Cost?

How Much Does a Pound of Hash Oil Cost?

The Stranger’s sources say “hash oil retails for around $50 per gram in Seattle, with wholesale rates of $20 to $30 per gram. The pound rate—if it...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
PTSD and MMJ for Colorado Vet: A Legal Quagmire

PTSD and MMJ for Colorado Vet: A Legal Quagmire

In 2003, US Navy Corpsman Jeremy Usher (now 31) returned to Colorado from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Usher, serving as combat medic, was shot in the...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
CO Sheriff’s Office: No Objective Test for Marijuana DUI

CO Sheriff’s Office: No Objective Test for Marijuana DUI

Aspen police and Pitkin County Sheriff’s have made no marijuana DUI arrests. Sheriff’s Office records manager Charlie Matthews: “I wouldn’t say it’s so much a policy as that...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Petition – DEA, Stop Misleading the Public About Medical Marijuana

Petition – DEA, Stop Misleading the Public About Medical Marijuana

William R. Sherman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) San Diego Field Division, has declared an outright war on medical marijuana patients...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Medical Pot a Huge Part of Silicon Valley

Medical Pot a Huge Part of Silicon Valley

San Jose has 106 pot clinics, more than four times the number in San Francisco and twice as many per square mile as LA. Marijuana use is “extremely...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
France Considers Marijuana-based Drug for Muscle Pain

France Considers Marijuana-based Drug for Muscle Pain

The French government is considering legalizing Sativex, a marijuana-based nasal or mouth spray for muscle pain, such as people with multiple sclerosis. Sativex would be the first authorized use...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Anti-Marijuana Group Can’t Remember Numbers

Anti-Marijuana Group Can’t Remember Numbers

Kevin Sabet, co-founder of the anti-marijuana group Project SAM, has trouble remembering his ‘facts’. In three different interviews, Sabet claimed that 80%, 90% and 95% of MMJ...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Amendment 64 Task Force Finished Recommendations

Amendment 64 Task Force Finished Recommendations

Colorado’s Amendment 64 Task Force finished its work as February came to a close. After months of work and several public meetings, the task force has done...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Oregon Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana for PTSD Advances

Oregon Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana for PTSD Advances

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed Senate Bill 281 on a 4-1 vote. SB 281 would allow those suffering from PTSD to use medical marijuana....
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Boulder Council Poised Tuesday to Tackle Recreational Marijuana Rules

Boulder Council Poised Tuesday to Tackle Recreational Marijuana Rules

The Boulder City Council will consider recreational marijuana regulations proposed by city officials at its regular meeting Tuesday, covering topics such as recreational pot stores and 21 being the...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Study: Nonpsychoactive Cannabinoid Mitigates Colitis

Study: Nonpsychoactive Cannabinoid Mitigates Colitis

The administration of the nonpsychotropic cannabinoid cannabigerol (CBG) mitigates colitis (inflammation of the large intestine) in a preclinical model and ought to be assessed in clinical trials, according to data published...
By: NORML
March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
‘Deeply Troubled’ Judge OKs On-Campus Arrest; ‘Perp Walks’ and Privacy

‘Deeply Troubled’ Judge OKs On-Campus Arrest; ‘Perp Walks’ and Privacy

A high school basketball star caught selling marijuana off campus cannot sue the police for arresting him at school, though a federal judge was “deeply troubled” by...
March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
A Vision for a New NORML

A Vision for a New NORML

A Message from the Chair of NORML’s Board of Directors, Norm Kent: NORML is the pioneer, the grand patron and founder of the marijuana policy reform movement in...