Tag: legalization

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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
NORML Meets With Former Mexican President on Cannabis Legalization

NORML Meets With Former Mexican President on Cannabis Legalization

At a meeting with drug reform advocates in San Francisco, former Mexican President Fox expressed support for California’s efforts to legally regulate cannabis, medical and otherwise. He...
July 9, 2013
07/09/2013
Become a Leader of the Cannabis Legalization Movement

Become a Leader of the Cannabis Legalization Movement

Leadership is defined by dictionary.com as “the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group,” “ability to lead [defined as “to conduct...
By: Mercedys
July 8, 2013
07/08/2013
Pennsylvania NAACP Says Legalize Marijuana

Pennsylvania NAACP Says Legalize Marijuana

Last week, the Pennsylvania NAACP endorsed a pending marijuana legalization bill. And on the 4th of July, the civil rights group stepped up that support, holding a press conference...
July 8, 2013
07/08/2013
Who Doesn’t Want Marijuana Legal? Cops and Cartels

Who Doesn’t Want Marijuana Legal? Cops and Cartels

In an article on the Star Press, Larry Riley examines the strange bedfellows opposed to marijuana legalization. Both the drug war crusaders of law enforcement and their...
July 8, 2013
07/08/2013
Allowed: Cop to Lobby for Marijuana Legalization

Allowed: Cop to Lobby for Marijuana Legalization

In St. Louis, Missouri Sgt. Gary Wiegert has been given permission by his chief of police to become an official lobbyist in the state to legalize marijuana...
July 6, 2013
07/06/2013
“Starbucks of Marijuana” Entrepreneur Jamen Shively Coming to San Francisco Monday

“Starbucks of Marijuana” Entrepreneur Jamen Shively Coming to San Francisco Monday

Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft engineer and creator of the Diego Pellicier ‘premium’ marijuana retail brand, is scheduled to speak Monday at noon at San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake...
July 1, 2013
07/01/2013
Top Ten Business Benefits of Legalization

Top Ten Business Benefits of Legalization

In their June edition, Sativa Magazine took an in-depth look at the effects of legalization on businesses with their article The Top Ten Business Benefits of Legalization....
By: Mercedys
July 1, 2013
07/01/2013
Ohio Medical Cannabis Movement Gathering Signatures

Ohio Medical Cannabis Movement Gathering Signatures

Ohio Rights Group needs to collect a bit less than 400,000 signatures in 44 counties, by next July, in order to put an industrial and medical cannabis...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Rolling Stone: Five Reasons Cops Want to Legalize Marijuana

Rolling Stone: Five Reasons Cops Want to Legalize Marijuana

Rolling Stone’s Kristen Gwynne describes five reasons to legalize marijuana that even police officers agree with. These reasons include better overall public safety, renewed focus on real...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Help Washington Implement I-502 With Short Survey

Help Washington Implement I-502 With Short Survey

Washington’s Liquor Control Board, the entity in charge of implementing I-502, is funding a survey to gather opinions about how best to implement the historic law. If you...
June 25, 2013
06/25/2013
I-502 & Hempfest 2013: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

I-502 & Hempfest 2013: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

As one of your resident Washington State marijuana journalists (that’s a thing now!), I wanted to say a little about how WA has fared since the passionately discussed...
June 25, 2013
06/25/2013
Parents of Epileptic New Jersey Tot Vivian Wilson Lament Medical Marijuana Delays

Parents of Epileptic New Jersey Tot Vivian Wilson Lament Medical Marijuana Delays

Vivian Wilson, a 2-year-old with a bouncy pigtail and colorful eye patch may be the youngest patient to obtain a medical-marijuana card in New Jersey.
June 24, 2013
06/24/2013
Medical Marijuana Battle Coming to Florida

Medical Marijuana Battle Coming to Florida

As Florida baby boomers who may have used marijuana in their youth feel the impact of age, they may add to the push for legalization.
June 24, 2013
06/24/2013
Susan Sarandon: Colorado Was Just the Beginning

Susan Sarandon: Colorado Was Just the Beginning

Actress, activist and mother Susan Sarandon writes a think piece for Huff Post on why she supported Amendment 64 in Colorado, the “regulate marijuana like alcohol act.” She poses that...
June 21, 2013
06/21/2013
WA Delegation to Feds: Clarity on Marijuana Legalization

WA Delegation to Feds: Clarity on Marijuana Legalization

013 Nearly eight months after Washington voters passed a binding cannabis legalization initiative with an impressive 55% showing, the federal government is still yet to have made...
June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
Mexico City to Consider Legalizing Marijuana, Preparing Legislation

Mexico City to Consider Legalizing Marijuana, Preparing Legislation

The leftwing Party of the Democratic Revolution is preparing legislation to introduce in September to legalize smoking weed in Mexico City. It would permit marijuana home grows, smoking in designated...
June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
Huffington Post: 9 Mind-Blowing Marijuana Gadgets Coming

Huffington Post: 9 Mind-Blowing Marijuana Gadgets Coming

Huffington Post introduces 9 upcoming marijuana gadgets from companies hoping to earn a living from the “green rush” of legalization. Among the products, are a device that...
June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
Pro-Legalization Senator Daylin Leach Takes Advocacy to DC

Pro-Legalization Senator Daylin Leach Takes Advocacy to DC

Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach has been an outspoken advocate on the issue of marijuana law reform during his tenure in Harrisburg. Senator Leach made a splash legislatively this...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Judge Torches Colorado’s Marijuana Magazine Rule

Judge Torches Colorado’s Marijuana Magazine Rule

A federal judge in Colorado struck down a law that would require magazines about marijuana to be sold behind counters like pornographic magazines, following findings by state...
June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Gear Up in Three States

2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Gear Up in Three States

The race to be the next state to legalize marijuana at the ballot box is on. Activists in three states — Alaska, Arizona, and Oregon — have...