Tag: legalization

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January 22, 2014
01/22/2014
Ending the War on Pot Is Obama’s Last Chance for a Legacy

Ending the War on Pot Is Obama’s Last Chance for a Legacy

Daily Beast’s Nick Gillespie explains that ending the war on pot is Obama’s opportunity to be remembered as President.
January 20, 2014
01/20/2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Changing on Medical Marijuana

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Changing on Medical Marijuana

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Las Vegas Sun it’s time to look at medical marijuana, although he’s never tried it: “I think we need to...
January 20, 2014
01/20/2014
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania state senators has introduced Senate Bill 1182, the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act. This is the first time in recent Pennsylvania...
January 20, 2014
01/20/2014
President Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol; Legalization in WA and CO “Important”

President Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol; Legalization in WA and CO “Important”

In a profile published online over the weekend in New Yorker magazine, President Barack Obama continued his softening towards marijuana legalization. In the interview, the president alluded...
January 17, 2014
01/17/2014
Poll: Strong Majority Of DC Residents Want Marijuana Legal

Poll: Strong Majority Of DC Residents Want Marijuana Legal

Residents of the District of Columbia favor legalizing marijuana for adults, according to the findings of a Washington Post poll, released Wednesday. Sixty-three percent of respondents said...
By: NORML
January 17, 2014
01/17/2014
Legalization Will Hurt Mexican Cartels, But How Much?

Legalization Will Hurt Mexican Cartels, But How Much?

Special to the Chronicle by Bernd Debusmann, Jr., who is currently studying for an MA in International Journalism at City University London. Prior to that, he lived and worked...
January 16, 2014
01/16/2014
Italian City of Turin Votes in Favor of Legalizing Medical Cannabis

Italian City of Turin Votes in Favor of Legalizing Medical Cannabis

The city council of Italian city of Turin has approved a motion in favor of legalizing cannabis on Tuesday, becoming the first major city in the country...
January 16, 2014
01/16/2014
After Lengthy Floor Debate, New Hampshire General Assembly Approves Marijuana Legalization

After Lengthy Floor Debate, New Hampshire General Assembly Approves Marijuana Legalization

After a heated and lengthy debate on the floor of the New Hampshire General Assembly, the lower chamber of New Hampshire’s legislature today voted 170 to 162...
January 15, 2014
01/15/2014
NORML Submits Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in Wyoming, for 2016 Ballot

NORML Submits Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in Wyoming, for 2016 Ballot

The Wyoming chapter of NORML submitted a proposed initiative to the WY Secretary of State’s Office for voters to decide in the 2016 election, but it must clear hurdles...
January 15, 2014
01/15/2014
Massachusetts Gearing Up for 2016 Legalization Campaign

Massachusetts Gearing Up for 2016 Legalization Campaign

Building on steadily increasing public support, a coalition of marijuana policy reformers are looking to 2016 to get an initiative on the Massachusetts ballot to make marijuana legal...
January 15, 2014
01/15/2014
DC Pols Move Toward Marijuana Decriminalization, but a Legalization Initiative Looms

DC Pols Move Toward Marijuana Decriminalization, but a Legalization Initiative Looms

The possession of small amounts of marijuana in the nation’s capital could soon be no more than a ticketable offense. A decriminalization bill is set to move...
January 15, 2014
01/15/2014
WI: Marijuana Legalization to Appear on Dane County Ballot

WI: Marijuana Legalization to Appear on Dane County Ballot

Dane County, Wisconsin is putting a non-binding question to voters this spring, asking residents if they want marijuana legalized.
January 15, 2014
01/15/2014
Entrepreneur: Hopes and Truths for Legal Marijuana Market

Entrepreneur: Hopes and Truths for Legal Marijuana Market

Entrepreneur’s Brian Patrick Eha describes the history, hopes and truths of America’s legal marijuana market.
January 14, 2014
01/14/2014
Jamaican Pot Growers to Form Association

Jamaican Pot Growers to Form Association

Growers in Jamaica are coming together to form the Cannabis Future Growers and Producers Association, launching January 18.
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced

Rep. Sherry Jones has taken an important step for seriously ill patients in Tennessee and introduced a medical marijuana bill, HB 1385. The bill, known as the Koozer-Kuhn Medical...
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Could NYC Get Its Own Medical Weed Bill?

Could NYC Get Its Own Medical Weed Bill?

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to bring medical cannabis to 20 hospitals around New York, announced this week, has been criticized by activists for being too narrow and too reliant on...
By: Andy Cush
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Alaska Closer to Becoming 3rd State to Legalize Marijuana

Alaska Closer to Becoming 3rd State to Legalize Marijuana

CNN reports Alaska’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana submitted 45,000 signatures in support of a measure to legalize marijuana.
January 10, 2014
01/10/2014
Top 5 Strains Available From Colorado Legal Marijuana Stores

Top 5 Strains Available From Colorado Legal Marijuana Stores

There are some amazing strains you have never heard of that you can’t get in (insert wherever place you’re from that still has nothing but illegal drug...
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
It’s Not an Opinion, Marijuana Is Less Dangerous

It’s Not an Opinion, Marijuana Is Less Dangerous

Fusion examines the media’s tendency to refer to the fact that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol as some unproven claim by legalization proponents.
January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
Jon Stewart Blasts Cable Anchors Panicking Over Legal Pot

Jon Stewart Blasts Cable Anchors Panicking Over Legal Pot

The Raw Story covers Jon Stewart putting prohibitionist cable news anchors in their place for their hypocrisy on legalization.