Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
POLL: Americans Evenly Split on Marijuana Legalization, But Overwhelmingly View It As State Issue

POLL: Americans Evenly Split on Marijuana Legalization, But Overwhelmingly View It As State Issue

Polling data released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports shows the American public is now evenly split on the issue of marijuana legalization, with 45% in support, 45% opposed,...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Barney Frank and Ron Paul Urge White House to Respect Marijuana Laws in Colorado, Washington

Barney Frank and Ron Paul Urge White House to Respect Marijuana Laws in Colorado, Washington

Representatives Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Republican Ron Paul of Texas, polar opposites on many issues, joined together Wednesday in asking the White House to refrain...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Increasing Acceptance of Marijuana Is Not the End of the NJ Weedman’s Troubles

Increasing Acceptance of Marijuana Is Not the End of the NJ Weedman’s Troubles

One of the nation’s most patriotic potheads, Ed Forchion, wanted to celebrate the Election Day victories, but the doors to his Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary were...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Decriminalize Drug Use, Say UK Experts After Six-year Study

Decriminalize Drug Use, Say UK Experts After Six-year Study

A 6-year study of Britain’s drug laws by the UK Drug Policy Commission, an independent advisory body of leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it’s time for decriminalization and...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Marijuana Legalization Victories Are Already Ripping the Drug War Apart

Marijuana Legalization Victories Are Already Ripping the Drug War Apart

01:08pm Of all the fascinating reactions I’ve seen to Colorado and Washington’s successful marijuana legalization initiatives, this is by far the most extraordinary. MEXICO CITY —...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Boulder DA Stops Marijuana Possession Prosecutions

Boulder DA Stops Marijuana Possession Prosecutions

05:10pm The district attorney in Colorado’s Boulder County announced Wednesday he will dismiss all pending small-time marijuana and paraphernalia possession cases, saying that given overwhelming support...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Legalized Marijuana: What It Means for Workers

Legalized Marijuana: What It Means for Workers

While Colorado and Washington have legalized possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults, Marketwatch investigates what it means for workers there.
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
82 Percent of Americans Think the U.S. Is Losing the War on Drugs

82 Percent of Americans Think the U.S. Is Losing the War on Drugs

Only 7% of American adults think the U.S. is winning the war on drugs, says a new Rasmussen telephone poll, while 82% say the U.S. is losing...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
Law Professor: US Should Honor States’ New Pot Laws

Law Professor: US Should Honor States’ New Pot Laws

Mark Osler, a law professor and former federal prosecutor, says the federal government should “step back from continuing marijuana prosecutions in Colorado and Washington.” In the conflict of “two...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
RI and ME Lawmakers to Announce Recreational Marijuana Initiatives Tomorrow; VT and MA to Follow

RI and ME Lawmakers to Announce Recreational Marijuana Initiatives Tomorrow; VT and MA to Follow

On Election Day, voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives to remove criminal penalties for adult marijuana use and regulate the substance in...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
How to Invest in Legalized Marijuana

How to Invest in Legalized Marijuana

Mark Twain is said to have remarked that a gold rush is a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. Investors may be able...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
WA Governor Meets with DOJ on Marijuana Legalization

WA Governor Meets with DOJ on Marijuana Legalization

03:06pm Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire (D) met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss her state’s passage last week of an initiative that...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
Marijuana Sales in Colorado, Washington Pose Risks for Banks Faced With Federal Law

Marijuana Sales in Colorado, Washington Pose Risks for Banks Faced With Federal Law

U.S. banks in Colorado and Washington state, where voters last week legalized recreational marijuana use, shouldn’t disregard federal laws that consider pot sales criminal, a bank regulator...
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November 14, 2012
11/14/2012
Citing Marijuana Legalization Vote, Latin Leaders Call for Policy Review

Citing Marijuana Legalization Vote, Latin Leaders Call for Policy Review

03:06pm Last Tuesday’s legalization votes are reverberating not just across the country, but across the hemisphere. Five conservative Latin American heads of state said in a joint...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards Judge’s Spots Still Available

Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards Judge’s Spots Still Available

Judges’ positions for the Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards are still available as of this writing on Sunday, November 11, 2012. The Awards will be held on Saturday,...
By: Anna Diaz
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
British Columbia Marijuana Activist Wins $25M Lottery Jackpot

British Columbia Marijuana Activist Wins $25M Lottery Jackpot

CBC News is reporting that Robert Erb, a construction worker living in British Columbia who once ran for office on the B.C. Marijuana Party ticket, won $25...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
Meet the Members of Congress Who Will Make Marijuana Reform an Issue in 2013

Meet the Members of Congress Who Will Make Marijuana Reform an Issue in 2013

Mike Riggs @ Reason covers who in Congress will lead the charge in 2012 for cannabis reform in a post Amendment 64 and I-502 world and how...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
Medical Marijuana Stock Prices Soar Following Legalization Votes

Medical Marijuana Stock Prices Soar Following Legalization Votes

02:58pm The Medical Marijuana Business Daily reports that several publicly traded companies serving the medical cannabis industry have soared in the stock market since the election:...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
Will CO and WA Campuses Change Their Marijuana Policies?

Will CO and WA Campuses Change Their Marijuana Policies?

04:38pm A USA Today article predicts colleges in Colorado and Washington won’t be changing their marijuana policies soon: “If someone thinks they are going to walk around...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012

CNN Video: CA Gov Jerry Brown Champions States’ Rights On Cannabis

California Governor Jerry Brown was on CNN’s State of the Union this past Sunday November 11, 2012. Candy Crowley and Governor Brown discussed the recent election results, his push...
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