Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Chronicle Book Review: The FARC

Chronicle Book Review: The FARC

01:10pm The FARC: The Longest Insurgency, by Garry Leech (2011, Zed Press, 178 pages) The FARC (the Spanish-language acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

The US Bankruptcy Court in San Diego has granted the landlord of Mother Earth Alternative Healing Cooperative’s headquarters permission to move forward with evicting the medical marijuana...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Did You Know Bayer Made Heroin?

Did You Know Bayer Made Heroin?

That’s right, Bayer made Heroin. Well chemically, Heroin is diacetylmorphine and diacetylmorphine was first synthesized in 1874 by C. R. Alder Wright, but the name ‘Heroin’, that’s...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Arkansas Approves Medical Marijuana for November Ballot

Arkansas Approves Medical Marijuana for November Ballot

In a move many were anticipating, officials in Arkansas approved placing a proposal to legalize medical marijuana on the General Election ballot later this year on November 6th....
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Want to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SF? The DEA Is Onto You

Want to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SF? The DEA Is Onto You

DEA Special Agent David White in June requested and received the applications, including personal contact information, for all proposed San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries. Nine of the Bay...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

05:46pm The feds strike again in California, this time in Orange County, and meanwhile, the battle over the LA dispensary ban heats up. There’s plenty more...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

03:48pm It never stops, and there are so many varieties of law enforcement misdoing. Let’s get to it: In Wagner, South Dakota, the Wagner police chief resigned...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Legalizing Weed: 42 Percent More Popular Than Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan

Legalizing Weed: 42 Percent More Popular Than Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan

Only 35% of Americans support GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan’s budget plan versus 50% of Americans who want marijuana legalized. You’d have to go back to 2003 to...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Drought Makes Marijuana an Easy Mark for Indiana Eradication Effort

Drought Makes Marijuana an Easy Mark for Indiana Eradication Effort

State Police got an early start to the annual marijuana Indiana eradication effort season Tuesday morning, Sgt. Jerry Goodin said the browning of drought stricken corn makes...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

More than 550,000 marijuana plants seized with an estimated street value of $1 billion during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Will I-502 Become a Pyrrhic Victory?

Will I-502 Become a Pyrrhic Victory?

  I-502 is hardly perfect. The DUID clause (as recommended by federal drug czar Gil Kerlikowske) reeks of probable prejudice, there’s no protection from federal preemption and 25...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Feds File Lawsuits Against Six Marijuana Stores In Anaheim, California

Feds File Lawsuits Against Six Marijuana Stores In Anaheim, California

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday expanded their crackdown on California medical marijuana dispensaries, filing three lawsuits and sending warning letters to more than 60 clinics in two Orange...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Michigan: Grand Rapids Voters Will Decide on $25 Fine-Only Offense for Pot Possession

Michigan: Grand Rapids Voters Will Decide on $25 Fine-Only Offense for Pot Possession

Voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan will decide this November on a municipal measure to depenalize marijuana possession offenses to a non-criminal, fine-only offense. The City Commissioner’s office has approved...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
WSJ: Should Obama Support Amendment 64

WSJ: Should Obama Support Amendment 64

Should President Obama Support Amendment 64 in Colorado? The Wall Street Journal analyzes the latest PPP poll results and provides an audio analysis from The Daily’s Dan Hirshhorn. WSJ...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Former New Mexico State Worker Fired for Medical Marijuana Use

Former New Mexico State Worker Fired for Medical Marijuana Use

A former New Mexico State Personnel Office employee claims she got fired for medical marijuana used to treat symptoms associated with post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Outdoor Advertising for Medical Marijuana Banned in Denver

Outdoor Advertising for Medical Marijuana Banned in Denver

The Denver City Council on Monday gave final approval to a ban of all outdoor medical marijuana advertising in the city.
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Colorado: Passage Of Marijuana Legalization Measure Would Potentially Yield $60 Million Annually

Colorado: Passage Of Marijuana Legalization Measure Would Potentially Yield $60 Million Annually

012 The passage and enactment of a statewide marijuana ballot measure this fall could generate as much as $60 million in savings and revenue, according to a...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Reason’s Mike Riggs has a well written and must read article about the pitfalls of choosing Drug Court Marijuana. I have taken issue with Riggs’ work before...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
No Warrant Needed for Illinois Drug Wiretaps

No Warrant Needed for Illinois Drug Wiretaps

012, 08:20pm In Illinois, the war on drugs has delivered yet another blow to citizens’ privacy rights. In the Land of Lincoln, it is illegal for citizens...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Iowa City Man Killed in Undercover Drug Operation

Iowa City Man Killed in Undercover Drug Operation

012, 04:00pm Members of the Johnson County Drug Task Force conducting an undercover operation at a run-down trailer park just outside the Iowa City city limits shot...
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