Tag: legalization

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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

The view from across the pond: Marijuana is now legal in Washington state in the north-west of America. Will the sales kick-start an economic boom?
May 7, 2013
05/07/2013
Former ICE Agent Makes a Case for Legalization in Alabama

Former ICE Agent Makes a Case for Legalization in Alabama

In a great article on The Daily Chronic, former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Jamie Haase urges his fellow Alabama citizens to be the first...
May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Measure

Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Measure

Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) has introduced a measure that would put marijuana legalization on the ballot before state voters. House Joint Resolution 6 would place a...
May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Obama Says No to Legalizing Marijuana

Obama Says No to Legalizing Marijuana

In a speech in Mexico City on Friday, President Obama shut the door on any possibility that he’ll support efforts in his second-term to legalize certain recreational...
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

It Takes Balls, by Josh Wolf is damn funny. And, while it may seem like an odd book review for a weedist, I beg to differ. Josh...
By: Anna Diaz
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Ohio Medical Marijuana and Legalization Bills Introduced

Ohio Medical Marijuana and Legalization Bills Introduced

Yesterday, Ohio Rep. Bob Hagan introduced two marijuana bills at the statehouse. The first bill would legalize marijuana for medicinal use and the second is a recreational marijuana...
May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
Fox News Poll: Nationwide Support for Medical Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High

Fox News Poll: Nationwide Support for Medical Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High

Nearly nine out of ten Americans — including 80 percent of self-identified Republicans — now say that marijuana should be legal if its use is permitted by...
May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
A Millennial Manifesto for Marijuana Law Reform

A Millennial Manifesto for Marijuana Law Reform

As our nation edges cautiously toward majority support for marijuana legalization, the millennial generation is leading the way more than any other demographic in history. Our generation...
May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Global Cannabis March Features Three in Oregon

Global Cannabis March Features Three in Oregon

Next Saturday, in over 200 cities worldwide, millions will come together to rally for an end to a failed drug war on cannabis and industrial hemp. Oregonians will...
By: Anna Diaz
May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Marijuana Movement Following the Gay Rights Movement

Marijuana Movement Following the Gay Rights Movement

Marijuana Policy Project’s Rob Kampia published an article on Huffington Post about the parallels between the marijuana movement and the gay rights movement. In 1996, only 26%...
May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Washington Lawmakers Quietly Approve Bill to Re-Criminalize Some Marijuana Possession

Washington Lawmakers Quietly Approve Bill to Re-Criminalize Some Marijuana Possession

Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate quietly passed a bill over the weekend that will re-criminalize some marijuana possession, reacting to warnings from the state’s crime...
April 30, 2013
04/30/2013
Smokies Toke Couture: Cannabis Accessories for Women

Smokies Toke Couture: Cannabis Accessories for Women

Smokies Toke Couture was founded in 2012 by artist Pilar Erika Johnson. She was looking for cannabis accessories and found that there was not much selection. Johnson...
By: Anna Diaz
April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Drug Czar: Marijuana Legalization Won’t Change Mission

Drug Czar: Marijuana Legalization Won’t Change Mission

US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske says marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington will not change his office’s mission, which is to fight addiction with treatment programs. His strategy...
April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Puerto Rico Marijuana Legalization Bill Filed

Puerto Rico Marijuana Legalization Bill Filed

Puerto Rico has become the latest US state or dependency to see a marijuana legalization bill filed this year. Sen. Miguel Pereira earlier this month filed Senate Bill...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Mr. Erb has been crushing 15 joints a day since the 70’s, now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. He won a $25 million jackpot last November...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Alaska Prepares for 2014 Ballot Initiative

Alaska Prepares for 2014 Ballot Initiative

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Daily News reported that marijuana policy reform activists in Alaska presented a drafted ballot initiative that calls for taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol, along with 100 signatures...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
DARE: Failing American Youth and Taxpayers for Thirty Years

DARE: Failing American Youth and Taxpayers for Thirty Years

With tongue firmly planted in her cheek, leading scholar, author and activist for youth drug education, Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, from the Drug Policy Alliance, criticizes DARE’s ineffectiveness and expense for...
April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
Congress Predicts Current Congress Will Legalize Hemp

Congress Predicts Current Congress Will Legalize Hemp

I attended a forum on marijuana legalization at The Brookings Institution Monday, where Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), one of a handful of Congressional champions of marijuana law reform, was one of...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
63% of District of Columbia Voters Support Marijuana Legalization

63% of District of Columbia Voters Support Marijuana Legalization

A poll released today by Public Policy Polling, funded by Marijuana Policy Project and Drug Policy Alliance, revealed that 63% of District of Columbia voters support taxing and regulating marijuana,...