Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

John Davis, who runs a legal medical marijuana business in Washington, shares with NPR 4 key steps in trying to operate in the cannabis industry, as it’s really...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

08:46pm The third different poll in less than a week to report a majority favoring marijuana legalization was released Wednesday, with the pollster saying the results...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Seattle Feds Warn Public: Don’t Bring Weed to Our Buildings and Parks

Seattle Feds Warn Public: Don’t Bring Weed to Our Buildings and Parks

On Wednesday, one day before Initiative 502 goes in effect in Washington, feds in Seattle gave the public a warning about bringing any amount of pot into courthouses,...
By: Lateralus
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)

$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies confiscated more than $1.5 billion worth of marijuana this year in Appalachia, a region where widespread unemployment may be enticing...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

03:42pm Yes, it’s true, medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona, and in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

The Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen took a strong position opposing medical marijuana dispensaries, voting 5-0 to prohibit the placement of marijuana distribution points in town.
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

01:16pm On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol and sending alcohol regulation back to the states. Tomorrow,...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

A Mobile, Alabama municipal judge has dismissed a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley.
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

09:12pm Greed strikes down a pair of cops, including a Bay Area drug task force commander, and two more go down because of dope habits they...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Ana Chretien, the landlord for Harborside Health Center (Oakland’s largest medical marijuana dispensary), cannot evict the business just because the federal government has threatened to seize the...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

A bipartisan group of legislators from around the country led by Rep. Diana DeGette  (D-Colorado) introduced a bill in Congress today that would clarify that Colorado and...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Nearly six out of ten Americans support legalizing cannabis, according to a just released Public Policy Polling automated telephone survey of 1,325 voters, commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. 58...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

02:14pm It didn’t take long. Voters in California last month approved Proposition 36, which amends the state’s draconian Three Strikes law to require that a third...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear from California raisin producers who are challenging a federal price support program granted by the Constitution’s Commerce Clause and...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

01:46pm Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale and possession...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

The Medical Marijuana Business Daily, an industry new service, projects that if marijuana were legalized nationwide it would result in a market potentially worth more than $46 billion.
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

01:13pm A member of the US Coast Guard was killed in the line of duty early Sunday morning when his vessel was rammed by a panga...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Amendment 64 Allows Home Grows – Let’s Get Growing, Colorado

Amendment 64 Allows Home Grows – Let’s Get Growing, Colorado

It is now legal for adults 21 and over to possess, use and grow cannabis in Colorado. With the opening of non-medical marijuana retail stores about a...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
University Bans Student NORML Chapter From School Logo Use On T-shirts

University Bans Student NORML Chapter From School Logo Use On T-shirts

Iowa State University has rescinded permission for NORML ISU, its campus chapter, to use the Cy logo (school mascot) on its T-shirts. On the front is “NORML ISU,”...
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