Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Washington Prepared If Feds Sue Over Marijuana Legalization

Washington Prepared If Feds Sue Over Marijuana Legalization

Since the Department of Justice still has not publicly decided how to handle the fact that marijuana legalization is a reality in Colorado and Washington, Washington state...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
New Jersey Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana for Kids

New Jersey Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana for Kids

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) Friday conditionally vetoed a bill that would have expanded the number of marijuana strains available to patients and allow minors to...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

For the third time, Ann Arbor will be home to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference. The conference will showcase speakers, discussions and classes for activists, workers and...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Medical Marijuana Advocates Hold Illinois Conference on Implementation

Medical Marijuana Advocates Hold Illinois Conference on Implementation

With the passage of HB1 earlier this month, key stakeholders will meet this Thursday to discuss next steps Medical marijuana advocates will hold a 4-hour conference this...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
ACLU Sues Over Chicago Public Housing Drug Tests

ACLU Sues Over Chicago Public Housing Drug Tests

The ACLU of Illinois Thursday filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) over its policy requiring drug testing of residents in mixed-income developments. The ACLU charges...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Chris Christie Seeks Changes in New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill

Chris Christie Seeks Changes in New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he’d accept a medical marijuana bill only if certain changes are made: 1) it stipulated that edible strains of marijuana would...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Is Albania Europe’s New Marijuana Capital?

Is Albania Europe’s New Marijuana Capital?

Lazarat is a small mountain village in Albania, and one that police no longer visit. 90% of the village’s 7,000 people grow an estimated 500 tons of...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Legalizing Cannabis in NYC Would Yield $431 Million Annually

Legalizing Cannabis in NYC Would Yield $431 Million Annually

The regulation and taxation of marijuana for New York City residents age 21 and over would yield an estimated $431 million in annual savings and revenue, according...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
UK Conservative Party Deputy Leader’s Call to Legalize Cannabis Welcomed

UK Conservative Party Deputy Leader’s Call to Legalize Cannabis Welcomed

Peter Lilley urged Tory leadership contenders to urgently think about liberalizing the UK laws on cannabis. His comments were welcomed by drugs charity Release, which said a...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Hot on the heels of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his support for the use of medical cannabis (just like we predicted), is Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox...
By: Andy Cush
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

An auto shop worker in Toronto decided to use twitter to ask someone to deliver him some weed at work, a tweet which the York Regional Police...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

A group of almost one hundred medical cannabis patients, cultivators, industry workers, and other stakeholders showed up in Sacramento for the California Summer Lobby Day on Monday,...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Orange County NORML Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

Orange County NORML Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

NORML is pleased to announce that our 2012 Chapter of the Year Award recipient, Orange County NORML, will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary this Friday. NORML is very...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Minister of State Alex White said he plans to “amend the regulations to allow a newly authorized medicinal product containing cannabis extract to be prescribed (Sativex), supplied...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Is There a Perfect Storm for Federal Sentencing Reform?

Is There a Perfect Storm for Federal Sentencing Reform?

After decades of ever-increasing resort to mass incarceration in the United States, we seem to be reaching the end of the line. Driven in large part by...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Earlier this summer Vicente Fox, former Mexican president and Coca-Cola Mexico president, met with Big Marijuana self-prophesied computer nerd turned drug tycoon Jamen Shively. The news conference...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

In a great article on Huffington Post, Marijuana Policy Project’s Rob Kampia reports that with the recent passage of Illinois’ medical marijuana law, most of our nation’s...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Montel Williams joined Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Piers Morgan Live to continue the discussion of the federal government’s hypocrisy regarding medical marijuana. Dr. Gupta has been on...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

This weekend at Hempfest, the Seattle Police Department will be giving away bags of chips. The chips will have stickers on them reminding Hempfest attendees that while...