Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

If you ever happen to be driving through Sierra Blanca,  the dusty West Texas small town just 30 miles from the Mexican border, leave your drugs at...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Although concerned about violating federal law, Ellsworth, Maine police returned 17 stolen cannabis plants to a licensed medical marijuana caregiver worth an estimated $12,800.
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Can conservative support for marijuana legalization in CO, OR and WA be increased for next month’s vote on themes of states’ rights and fiscal prudence with the help of respected...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

The Rhode Island Medical Society has joined a lawsuit against the state health department over its decision to accept medical marijuana applications signed only by doctors, not...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

Jan Goldsmith wrote: “Those who were making bundles of money enticing customers with phony medical marijuana cards ‘issued’ through Skype by a phony ‘provider’ were no better...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

Through much of the year, Colorado’s Amendment 64 has enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. As election day nears, as was to be expected, we are...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey issued its first permit to a medical marijuana distributor in Montclair and expects it to begin dispensing by year-end, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said. About 320...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Former Drug Czars Try Cannabis Scare Tactics on CO, OR and WA

Former Drug Czars Try Cannabis Scare Tactics on CO, OR and WA

Yesterday, former DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy czars voiced a strong reminder to the DOJ that even if voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

02:36am A SurveyUSA poll released Sunday shows Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative, Amendment 64, still winning, but with a shrinking lead and with approval under 50%. A University of Denver poll released...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Yes On I-502 Rally at WA State Capitol Disrupted by ‘No’ Activists

Yes On I-502 Rally at WA State Capitol Disrupted by ‘No’ Activists

Demonstrating the contentiousness of the issue and the passion of activists on both sides, a Yes on Initiative 502 rally sponsored by New Approach Washington, at the...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Anti-Marijuana Billboards Taken Down in Portland

Anti-Marijuana Billboards Taken Down in Portland

These utterly misleading anti-marijuana billboards have been taken down in Portland. Golf clap to Florida-based Drug Free America Foundation for funding this level of reefer madness misinformation.
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives

Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives

Despite the urging of drug enforcement experts, officials in Washington have not said how the federal government would deal with possible state marijuana laws in Oregon, Washington...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Daytime Emmy award-winner, Montel Williams, will speak in Little Rock on behalf of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act on October 18, 2012. Details on time and location will be released...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Gary Johnson Interview: “We’re on the Verge of Making Marijuana Legalization Happen”

Gary Johnson Interview: “We’re on the Verge of Making Marijuana Legalization Happen”

This past Thursday, on the night of the Vice Presidential debates, NORMLtv caught up with Libertarian Party presidential candidate, Governor Gary Johnson, and asked him questions regarding...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky was found guilty on two charges Friday: conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and of intent to distribute 1,000 marijuana plants. The judge prohibited California’s medical marijuana laws...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Melissa Etheridge Endorses Amendment 64 to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

Melissa Etheridge Endorses Amendment 64 to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just released a new radio ad in support of Colorado’s Amendment 64, which aims to regulate marijuana in a...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
241,000 Marijuana Arrests in Washington over 25 Years, Costing $300 Million

241,000 Marijuana Arrests in Washington over 25 Years, Costing $300 Million

The report on marijuana arrests in Washington state conservatively estimates those arrests cost $305,714,500 in police and court proceedings during the past 25 years, and $194,026,500 in the...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
Can You Smell It? Marijuana Legalization Coming in 2012

Can You Smell It? Marijuana Legalization Coming in 2012

2012 Election is the Most Important in Marijuana Law Reform History This year could likely be the most significant in marijuana law reform history. In case you...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
Seven Long Beach Medical Marijuana Sites Raided by Police, DEA

Seven Long Beach Medical Marijuana Sites Raided by Police, DEA

The Long Beach Police Department and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency raided seven medical marijuana dispensary sites Wednesday afternoon, making more than 40 arrests, according to police.
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