Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Legalization or Regulation in Colorado?

Legalization or Regulation in Colorado?

In Colorado this year, there are strong efforts to reform marijuana laws. Two different campaigns, Legalize 2012 and Amendment 64, are quickly gaining the support of weedists...
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Connecticut Low Level Marijuana Possession Arrests Drop by 76 Percent Post-Decriminalization Law

Connecticut Low Level Marijuana Possession Arrests Drop by 76 Percent Post-Decriminalization Law

WTNH 8 News reports that Connecticut low level marijuana possession arrests dropped by 76.5% after its decriminalization law for less than 0.5 ounces was passed in July...
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
“You Can’t Stop AIDS Without Ending the Drug War”

“You Can’t Stop AIDS Without Ending the Drug War”

12:46pm The XIX International AIDS Conference took place in Washington, DC, this week, bringing more than 20,000 scientists, activists, government officials, and journalists to assess the science and...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Anti-drug-war cop wants Baltimore police commissioner opening

Anti-drug-war cop wants Baltimore police commissioner opening

Executive director of a national group of LEAP, Stanford “Neill” Franklin, who had a 33-year law enforcement career in Maryland, is now apparently seeking to become the...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Number of Colorado Medical Marijuana Patients Up in May

Number of Colorado Medical Marijuana Patients Up in May

Colorado has 98,910 registered medical marijuana patients as of May 31, 2012, according to the latest report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This is an...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Patrick Kelly, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA San Diego Field Division and for the San Diego Narcotic(s) Task Force, paid a special visit...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Doug Fine sat down with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday to talk about his book Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution. Fine elaborated on the...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Change.org Petition: President Obama: Stop the War on Cannabis Patients

Change.org Petition: President Obama: Stop the War on Cannabis Patients

Please urge the President and Attorney General Holder to stop the war on cannabis and reevaluate all medical marijuana cases for State law compliance only. Under President...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Is the CIA a drug cartel?

Is the CIA a drug cartel?

A Mexican government official has told reporters that the CIA and other international security forces are not fighting drug traffickers, but rather they are managing the trade that...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

The black market created by the war on marijuana has generated massive wealth for cartels and human suffering. It has also created real environmental damage from all...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

Last night, ‘Stirring the Pot‘, a public forum focused on life post-legalization in 2016 California, met for two hours of heated debate covering topics such as taxation,...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Colombia Coca Cultivation Ticks Upward

Colombia Coca Cultivation Ticks Upward

07:26pm Coca cultivation in Colombia was on the rise again last year for the first time since 2007, according to the UN Office on Drugs and...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Maine agency maps new rules for medical marijuana

Maine agency maps new rules for medical marijuana

State health officials in Maine have proposed adding several new rules to the state’s medical marijuana laws, such as making optional a state identification system, reducing police marijuana...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Two More US Drug War Killings

Two More US Drug War Killings

04:47pm, (Issue #744) An Indianapolis man died of cocaine poisoning while being arrested in May and a Massachusetts man was shot and killed Sunday night by...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.07.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.07.25)

04:17pm, (Issue #744) Bad cop, no donut for a Miami sergeant, two more TSA screeners cop pleas in LA, and a Phoenix detective couldn’t keep his...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
L.A.’s reefer madness

L.A.’s reefer madness

Amanda Reiman writes an opinion piece on The Los Angeles Times about the recent LA ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and the devious “constant framing of dispensaries as...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

06:22pm, (Issue #744) Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients. Those are the big...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Video: What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum (ReasonTV)

Video: What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum (ReasonTV)

We found this video today by Reason.com, here’s what they have to say about the DEA museum in Arlington, VA: Since 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Today’s City Council vote disregards public health needs of thousands of patients, makes city legally vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA — After more than four years of attempting to craft...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

04:32pm Lebanese security forces began eradicating cannabis fields in the Bekaa Valley Monday, but locals fought back with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, wounding one policeman...
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