Tag: legislation

And the beat goes on. From the West Coast to the East Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, medical marijuana is on the...

Michigan’s Senate will consider a bill that will move medical cannabis to pharmacies, essentially cutting off caregivers and self-growing patients.

Even though 60% of New Hampshire adults are in favor, a New Hampshire House committee has refused to recommend marijuana legalization.

As we mentioned here previously, NORML has worked with Representative Diane Russell in Maine to draft and prepare for introduction a measure that would have legalized and...

Denver’s city council recently voted down a proposed weed restrictions that would have made marijuana illegal to carry in parks or the 16th Street Mall. The smell...

Monday, a Wisconsin MMJ bill was introduced, signed on by 18 lawmakers.

Last Friday, Oregon activists organized as the New Approach Oregon political action committee filed a marijuana legalization initiative with the secretary of state’s office. Unlike the initiatives filed this year by...

On December 5th, the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments for the medical marijuana initiative that could put an amendment on next year’s ballot.

Ireland’s Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013 was published last week by Roscommon TD Luke Ming Flanagan, who says “Ireland is ready for the legalization of cannabis.” The bill will...

Orlando attorney John Morgan and his firm have contributed $400,000 so far to help put a Florida medical marijuana measure on the 2014 ballot.

Apparently inspired by the handful of elected officials in D.C. who brought our government to a dead stop, several Pierce County, WA council members are planning a...

A L.A. dispensary crackdown gets underway, an Arizona judge throws out a restrictive dispensary ordinance, the Michigan Supreme Court hears a dispensary ban case, and much, much...

And then there were two. Proponents of a second 2014 marijuana legalization initiative filed the measure with the California secretary of state’s office last Friday. An earlier...

A great article on Washington Post describes (complete with infographics) the proliferation of marijuana legislation this year, showing up in 1,730 pieces. 10 states have not yet...

A January poll showed that a majority of West Virginia voters support a law allowing medical marijuana in their state, and now their representatives are listening. The...

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...

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...

On Bloomberg, Alison Vekshin reports the spread of acceptance of legal marijuana, and the acceleration of that spread caused by the DOJ’s memo that they will not...

A new Arkansas MMJ proposal has been cleared to gather signatures by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. Supporters of the proposal will need to gather over 60,000 signatures...

Yesterday, the introduction of the Jacki Rickert Medical Cannabis Act was announced by its sponsors at a press conference. The new Wisconsin medical marijuana bill is sponsored...