Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office sent out a letter this week to dispensary operators and landlords advising them that medical marijuana dispensaries must be shut down by...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Edward Karl lost his job as a Nashville, TN police officer because he was caught in a “fake drug check point” with marijuana edibles while driving back...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids City Commission approved ballot language for a marijuana proposal that voters will consider in November. A Grand Rapids city charter amendment would make possession and...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Spokesman For Medical Marijuana Group Against I-502 Fired

Spokesman For Medical Marijuana Group Against I-502 Fired

Philip Dawdy, a well known spokesperson for Safe Access Alliance was fired during a press conference with “minor theatrics” to discuss opposition among medical marijuana patients to Initiative 502.
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

All eyes should be focusing on the Aaron Sandusky trial, a man who faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life for running the G3 Holistic medical marijuana...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Melvin Skinner, a man convicted in Texas of marijuana trafficking, had no reasonable expectation of privacy with the mobile phone he was using when apprehended, a U.S....
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

The Honolulu Police Department has fired Michael Steven Chu, the officer who pleaded guilty to federal marijuana possession and cultivation charges for running two indoor growing operations...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

12:54am The tendency of the courts to trash our privacy rights in a pathetic attempt to prevent marijuana smoking is so routine that I seldom bother to...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
New Anti-Drug Ad is Scary and Ironic

New Anti-Drug Ad is Scary and Ironic

11:11pm The Partnership at DrugFree.org has been putting out outrageous anti-drug propaganda for many years, but this latest spot takes us in a really strange direction…...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
List of Cannabis Related Bills in Congress

List of Cannabis Related Bills in Congress

Popvox has an easy-on-the-eyes list of all the cannabis related bills presently in Congress, covering marijuana, medical marijuana and hemp.
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Chilean Senator Fulvio Rossi Admitted Marijuana Use

Chilean Senator Fulvio Rossi Admitted Marijuana Use

Chilean senator Fulvio Rossi admitted marijuana use, sparking debate over the drug. Lawmakers have tabled one bill that seeks to decriminalize personal cultivation of marijuana, and another to...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Measure 80 Cites Bible For Marijuana Legalization

Measure 80 Cites Bible For Marijuana Legalization

Oregon’s proposed Measure 80 for recreational marijuana legalization quotes Genesis and our rights to “herb bearing seed” to make its case.
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Weedists: Meet Ken Unger “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Kenneth Unger is a disabled Navy...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Medical Marijuana Billboards Under Attack in Denver

Medical Marijuana Billboards Under Attack in Denver

Denver City Council voted 13-0 Monday night to ban outdoor advertising for medical marijuana. The Denver advertising ban doesn’t affect print advertising, radio or television ads but the...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Another Step Closer to the Ballot

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Another Step Closer to the Ballot

Arkansas medical marijuana activists turned in 74,406 signatures on Monday afternoon to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office. This summer activists fell 26,000 short of the 62,507...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

The NYPD fired 12 shots and killed Darrius Kennedy, a 51-year-old African-American man in the heart of Times Square surrounded by tourists on Saturday afternoon during a...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

Jim Harper of the Cato Institute writes “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist” which he theorizes is from the...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Tonight, Monday August 13, the Denver City Council is set to vote on CB 586, a state bill aimed at making it illegal for medical marijuana dispensaries...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Truthout shares an excerpt from Martin A. Lee’s book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific” which alleges Eric Holder and the Obama...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP, a Perfect Partner in Prohibition

Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP, a Perfect Partner in Prohibition

On Saturday, GOP POTUS candidate Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate. Weedists are painfully aware of Mitt Romney’s views on cannabis, but...
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