Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
Infographic: Arguing Against Schedule I Marijuana

Infographic: Arguing Against Schedule I Marijuana

Here’s a great infographic from RehabToday, commenting on the Schedule I marijuana by going straight to the Schedule I definition and then demonstrates how cannabis does not...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

07:02pm It never stops, does it? Here’s another seven bad apples. Let’s get to it: In Los Angeles, an LA County sheriff’s deputy was charged last Tuesday with...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Crystal Lake Illinois Eyes Softer Marijuana Policy

Crystal Lake Illinois Eyes Softer Marijuana Policy

The Crystal Lake Illinois Police Department is recommending changes to the city’s marijuana policy that would effectively decriminalize possession of small amounts of the drug.
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Banned Olympian: “A Good 50 Olympic Athletes” Use Marijuana Regularly

Banned Olympian: “A Good 50 Olympic Athletes” Use Marijuana Regularly

CraveOnline talks with American wrestler Stephany Lee who was banned from the 2012 London Olympics for marijuana use. Unlike Nicholas Delpolo, however, Lee fully admits to using the drug...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Proposal Likely to Be Debated

North Dakota Medical Marijuana Proposal Likely to Be Debated

North Dakota voters are likely to have a chance this fall to decide whether marijuana may be used legally as a pain reliever, an option the Legislature...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Private Prisons and Politicians: Destroying Our Nation for $

Private Prisons and Politicians: Destroying Our Nation for $

Private prisons and politicians have turned the United States into a prison nation, simply for greed. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur covers the story of Pedro...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Marijuana Legalization Proponents in Washington Unveil First TV Ad

Marijuana Legalization Proponents in Washington Unveil First TV Ad

The campaign behind I-502, a ballot measure that would end cannabis prohibition in Washington State this fall, unveiled their first TV advertisement in support of the initiative....
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division Has More Vehicles Than Enforcers

Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division Has More Vehicles Than Enforcers

It seems as if  Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division took too many bong hits when they made their “Things we Need to Enforce”  list, because now they have more fancy vehicles than...
By: Lateralus
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Pot Found Growing at Apartment Complex for Senior Citizens

Pot Found Growing at Apartment Complex for Senior Citizens

In the small town of Marvell, Arkansas, investigators found a modestly-sized pot field behind an apartment complex for senior citizens. The grower had been watering the young plants with a garden hose. One person...
By: Lateralus
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Olympic Athlete’s Expulsion for Marijuana Raises Questions

Olympic Athlete’s Expulsion for Marijuana Raises Questions

05:23pm An American Olympic judo contender, Nick Delpopolo, was expelled from the London 2012 Olympic Games Monday after he tested positive for marijuana, and that has...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Hope For Industrial Hemp? Group Of Senators Seeking Legislative Sanity

Hope For Industrial Hemp? Group Of Senators Seeking Legislative Sanity

According to Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill, a group of bipartisan Senators, led by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D), have filed legislation seeking to exempt...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Medical Marijuana: Arizona To Hold Prescription Marijuana Lottery

Medical Marijuana: Arizona To Hold Prescription Marijuana Lottery

Arizona will hold a prescription marijuana lottery tomorrow to pick medical marijuana dispensaries. Though prescription pot is legal in Arizona, the Department of Health Services received 486 applications...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
AZ SWAT Team Kills Man in Drug Raid Shoot-Out

AZ SWAT Team Kills Man in Drug Raid Shoot-Out

03:20pm A Phoenix-area SWAT team shot and killed one man during a “dynamic entry” (break the door down) drug raid early Thursday morning after the raiders...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Obama’s War on Marijuana Turns to Public Employees

Obama’s War on Marijuana Turns to Public Employees

Obama’s war on marijuana escalates as an ACLU letter called on US Attorney Duffy to retract a recent statement in which she seemed to indicate that local...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
87 Year Old Denver Man Arrested for Growing and Distributing

87 Year Old Denver Man Arrested for Growing and Distributing

Denver Police arrested an elderly medical marijuana patient with more marijuana than he was allowed. A LOT more. Edward Bogunovich, 87, was arrested for growing more than...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

A new US Tax Court decision is slapping San Francisco’s already-forced-to-shutdown Vapor Room dispensary with a massive tax bill by disallowing tax deductions. It sets a scary legal...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Governor Chris Christie Still Stonewalling On Medical Pot

Governor Chris Christie Still Stonewalling On Medical Pot

A NJ.com blogger states “Governor Chris Christie recently proclaimed that the “war on drugs” isn’t working. Yet he continues to wage his own personal and costly battle on...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

What is the real cost of the war on drugs? How long do you fight a war that cannot be won? Lawrence O’Donnell (The Last Word, NBC News)...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Weedists, We’re Still Being Called Bitches (at the Polls)

Weedists, We’re Still Being Called Bitches (at the Polls)

Prompted by Libertarian 2012 POTUS nominee Gary Johnson‘s statement in Seattle last week that marijuana will be legalized by 2016, Examiner.com writes “by going to pot, Gary Johnson has assured he will...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012

Springfield (MO) Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Certified

05:14pm An effort to decriminalize pot possession in the southwest Missouri city of Springfield passed a key hurdle Thursday when the city clerk announced that initiative petitions...
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