Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

January 18, 2013
01/18/2013
Mason Tvert Says Limiting Pot Sales to Colorado Residents Would Be Unconstitutional

Mason Tvert Says Limiting Pot Sales to Colorado Residents Would Be Unconstitutional

“It’s entirely unconstitutional and it’ll just subject the state to costly litigation,” says Tvert, of the Marijuana Policy Project and critic of Project SAM, an organization that opposes...
January 18, 2013
01/18/2013
LA City Council Moves to Write a Third Medical Cannabis Initiative

LA City Council Moves to Write a Third Medical Cannabis Initiative

Voters in Los Angeles will have three medical cannabis measures from which to choose when they go to the polls in May. The City Council approved a motion (11-1)...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Connecticut Medicinal Marijuana Could be Available in a Year

Connecticut Medicinal Marijuana Could be Available in a Year

Marijuana could be legally available to seriously ill Connecticut patients by the end of the year, under a set of careful and comprehensive new rules governing the...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Land?

Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Land?

special to Drug War Chronicle by investigative journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com A case that began with reports of suspicious activity in northeast Wisconsin forest land last spring may...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Poll Shows Majority of West Virginia Voters Support Medical Marijuana

Poll Shows Majority of West Virginia Voters Support Medical Marijuana

A poll released today shows a majority of West Virginia voters think the state should enact a law allowing seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana if...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.16)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.16)

New state medical marijuana bills are starting to roll out as the legislative season gets underway, progress comes in Arizona, and San Diego’s mayor steps up for...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
North Korea Has a Surprising Attitude to Marijuana

North Korea Has a Surprising Attitude to Marijuana

Marijuana is an accepted part of life in North Korea. Who knew?!
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Big Cannabis: Growing the Next Great American Industry

Big Cannabis: Growing the Next Great American Industry

For entrepreneur Troy Dayton, providing basic services like insurance and capital management amounts to revolutionary business. The support his firm ArcView supplies might sound standard, but the...
January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
High Times’ Cannabis Cup to be Held in United States for First Time

High Times’ Cannabis Cup to be Held in United States for First Time

High Times is bringing its Cannabis Cup competition for recreational marijuana to Denver April 20-21, the first time the event has been held in the United States.
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013

Matthew Davies: Another Victim of the Government’s War on Marijuana

Today’s New York Times includes a feature story about California medical marijuana provider Matthew Davies, who federal prosecutors are pressuring to accept a five-year mandatory minimum as a plea agreement. Federal authorities...
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013
California Supreme Court May Have Final Word on Medical Marijuana Bans

California Supreme Court May Have Final Word on Medical Marijuana Bans

Two medical marijuana cases going before the state Supreme Court could determine whether dispensary bans by dozens of California cities are legal.
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013
Lori Burnam, Montana Medical Marijuana Advocate, Dies at 66

Lori Burnam, Montana Medical Marijuana Advocate, Dies at 66

Lori Burnam, a Hamilton woman with lung cancer who became the face of medical marijuana advocacy in Montana, has died at age 66.
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Kansas State Senate

Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Kansas State Senate

State Sen. David Haley (D-4) has introduced a bill that would allow Kansans with debilitating medical conditions to obtain and use marijuana without fear of arrest. Advocates...
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013
Washington Marijuana Eradication to Continue Despite New Law

Washington Marijuana Eradication to Continue Despite New Law

Washington State Patrol expects its Marijuana Eradication Program, which has confiscated hundreds of thousands of plants and arrested dozens of illegal growers, to continue despite the passage...
January 16, 2013
01/16/2013
California Medical Pot Card Carrier Can Recover Seized Stash in Arizona

California Medical Pot Card Carrier Can Recover Seized Stash in Arizona

The Yuma County sheriff must return marijuana seized from a woman at a Border Patrol checkpoint because she has a medical card, an Arizona appeals court ruled....
January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
Study: Per Se Drugged Driving Laws Have Little or No Impact on Traffic Deaths

Study: Per Se Drugged Driving Laws Have Little or No Impact on Traffic Deaths

The imposition of so-called per se drugged driving laws, which create new traffic safety violations for drivers who operate a vehicle with the presence of trace amounts of certain...
January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
Marijuana Study Tying Teens’ Pot Use to I.Q. Drop is Flawed, New Paper Suggests

Marijuana Study Tying Teens’ Pot Use to I.Q. Drop is Flawed, New Paper Suggests

A new analysis is challenging a report that suggests regular marijuana smoking during the teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ. The analysis behind...
January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
British MPs Call for Drug Decriminalization

British MPs Call for Drug Decriminalization

The use of drugs should be decriminalized, with the least harmful substances regulated and sold in shops, a group of British parliamentarians said in a report released...
January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
59 Percent of Arizona Residents Want Marijuana Regulated Like Alcohol

59 Percent of Arizona Residents Want Marijuana Regulated Like Alcohol

A poll released today, commissioned by the National Cannabis Industry Association and conducted by Public Policy Polling, found that a majority of Arizona residents would vote “yes”...
January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
The Cost of Shutting Down One Medical Marijuana Operation

The Cost of Shutting Down One Medical Marijuana Operation

It’s easily more than a million dollars to shut down one medical marijuana operation, and is likely to result in a less savory purveyor getting all their...