Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
University Bans Student NORML Chapter From School Logo Use On T-shirts

University Bans Student NORML Chapter From School Logo Use On T-shirts

Iowa State University has rescinded permission for NORML ISU, its campus chapter, to use the Cy logo (school mascot) on its T-shirts. On the front is “NORML ISU,”...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Washington Set to Legalize Marijuana Use Without Justice Department Guidance

Washington Set to Legalize Marijuana Use Without Justice Department Guidance

Adults in Washington state will be able to smoke marijuana legally on Thursday, even though the Justice Department has offered no guidance on the conflict with federal...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Marijuana Advocates Hope to Rise from ‘Prohibition’

Marijuana Advocates Hope to Rise from ‘Prohibition’

However pot’s future is going to play out in this country, its recent path to limited legalization has interesting parallels to alcohol, which was banned by the...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Denver Apparently Host to First Terrestrial Cannabis Radio Station, Pot 107.1

Denver Apparently Host to First Terrestrial Cannabis Radio Station, Pot 107.1

Driving around with a friend after work last night, he flipped on the radio to 107.1, expecting the electronic dance music that usually plays on there. What...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Spottedcrow Flies Free

Spottedcrow Flies Free

by Sabrina Fendrick, NORML Women’s Alliance, November 30, 2012 Patricia Spottedcrow, an Oklahoma woman who was sentenced to 12 years for selling $31 worth of pot, with...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
CBS Poll Has Support for Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High

CBS Poll Has Support for Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High

02:59pm A CBS News poll released this week has support for marijuana legalization at an all-time high, with as many Americans now saying it should be legal as...
December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws

Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws

United States Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled...
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Marijuana Legalization Favored in US, Canada

Marijuana Legalization Favored in US, Canada

03:14pm A new Angus-Reid Public Opinion poll has majorities favoring marijuana legalization in both Canada and the US. According to the poll, 57% of Canadians and 54% of...
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
TSA Says Flying Between Colorado and Washington With Marijuana Will Be Okay… Sort Of

TSA Says Flying Between Colorado and Washington With Marijuana Will Be Okay… Sort Of

According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), if medical marijuana patients’ paperwork checks out, they can board a flight with meds in tow as long as they are headed...
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Massachusetts: NORML Files Friend of Court Brief – Sharing Marijuana Cigarette Not Criminal Distribution

Massachusetts: NORML Files Friend of Court Brief – Sharing Marijuana Cigarette Not Criminal Distribution

Members of the NORML Legal Committee (NLC) have filed a friend-of-the-court amicus brief in the case of Commonwealth v. Antonio Pacheco, scheduled for oral argument in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) at 9:00...
By: NORML
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Backs Medical Marijuana Farm for City

Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Backs Medical Marijuana Farm for City

Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch wants zoning commissioners to speed up economic growth and that includes approving a medical marijuana farm.
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
California Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rate to Record Low: Study

California Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rate to Record Low: Study

A new study “California Youth Crime Plunges to All-Time Low” shows between 2010 and 2011, California experienced a drastic 20 percent decrease in juvenile crime, a level...
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

A brick of marijuana that Border Patrol agents found in a boy’s pants while frisking him illegally should have been excluded as evidence, the 9th Circuit ruled...
By: Tim Hull
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Earlier this month, an overwhelming sixty-three percent of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3 and, in so doing, became the country’s 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law. Massachusetts is...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Outrage at Potential Sentence for Montana Marijuana Grower

Outrage at Potential Sentence for Montana Marijuana Grower

05:43pm Chris Williams is sitting in a private federal prison on the Montana prairie these days awaiting sentencing. If the federal government has its way, he...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Mendocino Officials Mum on Federal Medical Pot Subpoena

Mendocino Officials Mum on Federal Medical Pot Subpoena

Both Federal and Mendocino County officials declined to comment on a federal subpoena for financial records regarding the county’s medical marijuana ordinance, a local paper reported. Under...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.28)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.28)

04:16pm Arizona marks a medical marijuana first, there’s an ominous move by the feds in Northern California, Illinois is considering a medical marijuana bill, and that’s...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Patients Hopeful the Last Hurdle Has Been Cleared

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Patients Hopeful the Last Hurdle Has Been Cleared

New Jersey medical marijuana patients say they have encountered mostly silence for more than three months as they have waited anxiously for the call saying the nonprofit...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
DC Department of Health to Educate Prospective Medical Marijuana Patients in Dec Town Hall Meeting

DC Department of Health to Educate Prospective Medical Marijuana Patients in Dec Town Hall Meeting

Forum and survey will help gauge patient needs and guide their participation in new program District voters overwhelmingly passed the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative...
November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Thiago Silva, Cannabis Metabolites, and UFC Suspensions

Thiago Silva, Cannabis Metabolites, and UFC Suspensions

Thiago Silva is the latest UFC fighter to test positive for cannabis metabolites following his submission victory over Stanislav Nedkov at UFC on Fuel TV 6. The event...