The Sensible BC CannaBus is touring British Columbia collecting signatures to decriminalize cannabis. The campaign still needs over 300,000 signatures.
Lawmakers in Kingston Tuesday debated marijuana decriminalization, even though there is no bill pending or vote scheduled. The move came as the evergreen issue of marijuana law...
Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
As of this week, the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana is no longer a criminal offense in Switzerland. Instead, the Swiss have decriminalized the possession of...
Jamaican lawmakers gathered Tuesday to debate a cannabis decriminalization proposal. A 2001 decriminalization effort stalled because of fear of angering the US. Now that the feds have...
Oklahoma NORML released survey results on Friday from a Sooner Poll showing strong support for medical marijuana and majority support for marijuana decriminalization. The poll had support for...
A poll released Friday finds a majority of Michiganders in favor of reforming the state’s marijuana laws, and nearly half in favor of legalizing and regulating the...
013 Canada’s police chiefs are ready to quit arresting people for marijuana possession. Meeting in Winnipeg over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution...
Three billboards have popped up to raise awareness and recruit supporters for a Sensible BC petition to decriminalize and legalize cannabis in the province. The petition would...
The Norwegian Green Party is calling for “state-controlled production and sale of cannabis,” as well as the decriminalization of possession for all drugs. The call comes as the party releases...
The annual number of misdemeanor drug arrests has fallen by nearly 50 percent in California in five years, largely due to the imposition of a 2010 law reducing minor marijuana possession...
The Michigan communities of Ferndale and Jackson will vote on local marijuana decriminalization initiatives, backers said this week, as they handed in petitions full of registered voter...
An article on seacoastonline.com reports that New Hampshire lawmakers have begun to consider the decriminalization (which the article mistakenly refers to as legalization) of the possession of small...
As part of an ongoing cannabis law reform effort in Michigan, voters in three more Michigan cities will soon have the chance to do what their elected...
John Hanger, one of the candidates running for Pennsylvania governor next year, promotes a three-step cannabis reform platform. First, he wants medical marijuana available to patients that need...
The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan decriminalized marijuana possession, effective May 1, 2013. One argument against the city’s decision was that it would lead to a rise...
With medical marijuana gaining steam in Florida, the discussion of marijuana laws has become more widespread in the state. Many people (including us at Weedist, of course)...
Cannabis reform activist Dana Larson has been granted approval by Elections BC to begin collecting signatures for a cannabis decriminalization petition. The “Sensible Policing Act” would forbid...
District of Columbia Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) filed a marijuana decriminalization bill for the nation’s capital Wednesday. Wells is chairman of the council’s Committee on the...
