Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Colorado Raids Linked to DOJ Memo Violations, Drug Gangs

Colorado Raids Linked to DOJ Memo Violations, Drug Gangs

On Thursday November 21, US law enforcement agents, along with local police officers raided 14 medical marijuana locations around Colorado (including dispensaries, grow warehouses and two private...
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Support for Medical Marijuana In Florida Reaches Record High

Support for Medical Marijuana In Florida Reaches Record High

A new poll by Quinnipiac University reveals that 82% of Florida voters support medical marijuana. Florida advocates are currently pushing for legislation that would allow seriously ill...
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Washington State Patrol Ordering More Marijuana DUI Tests

Washington State Patrol Ordering More Marijuana DUI Tests

Steve Elliott explains how I-502’s per se limit on impairment for marijuana DUI has caused police to order lots more blood tests.
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Florida Couple Accidentally Smuggles 11 Pounds of Marijuana

Florida Couple Accidentally Smuggles 11 Pounds of Marijuana

A Florida couple accidentally smuggled 11 pounds of bud in two locked suitcases thought to be lost luggage.
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Hearings To Be Held in NY in December

Medical Marijuana Hearings To Be Held in NY in December

New York state lawmakers are planning medical marijuana hearings in Mineola and Buffalo next month.
November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Denver Dispensary Raid By DEA and IRS Didn’t Faze Me

Denver Dispensary Raid By DEA and IRS Didn’t Faze Me

Working in a dispensary has its risks. When I applied for a badge I assumed that a certain amount of risk was involved. There were at least...
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Time for Rhode Island to Tax and Regulate Marijuana

Time for Rhode Island to Tax and Regulate Marijuana

A guest column from MPP’s Mason Tvert appeared today in the Providence Journal in Rhode Island. An excerpt is below, and you can click here to read...
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Pushing 80, Two Weeks to Live: Patient Cured by Cannabis

Pushing 80, Two Weeks to Live: Patient Cured by Cannabis

Stan Rutner, a retired dentist in his 70’s, was brought to the brink of death by conventional cancer treatments, then cured by cannabis.
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Raids in Colorado Raise Questions About Federal Forbearance

Raids in Colorado Raise Questions About Federal Forbearance

Yesterday’s raids in Colorado were the largest dispensary crackdown in the state’s history. US Attorney John Walsh claims the raided dispensaries violated federal guidelines.
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Portland Lawmaker Deciding Vote Defeating Maine Legalization

Portland Lawmaker Deciding Vote Defeating Maine Legalization

This morning, the Maine Legislative Council voted 5-5 on whether or not to allow Rep. Diane Russell’s marijuana legalization to be introduced. A tie vote means the...
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Petition Underway to Legalize Cannabis in Germany

Petition Underway to Legalize Cannabis in Germany

A new petition is gaining steam to legalize cannabis in Germany. The petition asks the German government to legalize cannabis for adults over 18 and allow for...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Iowa City Meeting Discusses Medical Marijuana

Iowa City Meeting Discusses Medical Marijuana

Doctor Steven Jenison helped draft New Mexico’s medical marijuana law and spoke in his home state of Iowa about passing legislation there.
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.11.20)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.11.20)

013 Federal agencies are beginning to work on the banking problem for medical marijuana businesses, the District of Columbia is looking at why its program is so...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fight Legalization…Again?

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fight Legalization…Again?

On High Times, Russ Belville recounts the pattern of opposition to legalization by dispensaries and others that profit from medical cannabis.
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
AMA Reconsidering Marijuana Prohibition

AMA Reconsidering Marijuana Prohibition

013 On Tuesday, the American Medical Association announced that while they still consider marijuana a dangerous drug and a public health concern, federal efforts to curb marijuana use...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Three Myths About the Marijuana Lobby

Three Myths About the Marijuana Lobby

MPP’s Rob Kampia dispels the 3 biggest myths about the marijuana lobby: that cartels are funding legalization, that the industry will market to minors and is the...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Families Continue to Come to Colorado for Cannabis Treatment

Families Continue to Come to Colorado for Cannabis Treatment

As knowledge of cannabis as a viable treatment for cancer and epilepsy for children becomes more accepted – even the FDA has now approved CBD to treat kids...
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
Bob Dylan Denied Highest Honor Because of Pot…Until Now

Bob Dylan Denied Highest Honor Because of Pot…Until Now

Bob Dylan has until recently been denied the highest honor in French society, the Legion d’Honneur, because of pot.
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
The Effect of Cannabis on Newborns and Pregnant Women

The Effect of Cannabis on Newborns and Pregnant Women

The effect of cannabis on newborns and pregnant women are not negative, and may even be positive, according to a study in Jamaica.
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
New, Bi-Partisan Medical Marijuana Bill in Pennsylvania

New, Bi-Partisan Medical Marijuana Bill in Pennsylvania

A new medical marijuana bill has been proposed in the Pennsylvania Senate by a longtime medical marijuana advocate, Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery), and a socially conservative senator,...