Tag: legalization

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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Weeds of the TGA Subcool School of Dank in Seattle

Weeds of the TGA Subcool School of Dank in Seattle

Over 100 “Weed Nerds” gathered at their version of Comic-Con, The Green Avengers Subcool School of Dank in Seattle on Nov. 16-18, 2012. The SoD was a...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Colorado Attorney General Suthers Says He Will Respect Marijuana Measure

Colorado Attorney General Suthers Says He Will Respect Marijuana Measure

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an ardent opponent of marijuana legalization, said Wednesday he would respect the will of the voters on Amendment 64 but cast doubt...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy

Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy

04:08pm Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said in a statement Thursday that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot

Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot

As moms and dads figure out how to negotiate marijuana’s transition from illegal drug to just another ho-hum way to unwind, TIME sought advice from experts on...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
President Jimmy Carter: I’m in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

President Jimmy Carter: I’m in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

Today, speaking to a CNN panel, Former President Jimmy Carter stated that he is in favor of legalizing marijuana. On the topic of the recently passed initiatives in Washington...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
Gallup: Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Butt Out of State Marijuana Laws

Gallup: Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Butt Out of State Marijuana Laws

Sixty-four percent of Americans oppose federal interference in state laws that allow for the legal use of the substance by adults, according to a random sampling of 1,015 adults...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

06:02pm The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, “On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans.” The author of...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012

AG Eric Holder Says Administration Will Announce Marijuana Policy Soon

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing the use of marijuana as “there is a...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

02:54pm A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, “Obama’s Pot Problem,” missed the mark on the federal preemption question — can the feds shut...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Washington State Bar Owner Tells Pot Smokers to Light Up

Washington State Bar Owner Tells Pot Smokers to Light Up

Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday. Bar owner Frank Schnarr suggests, area stoners have another option:...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
End the War on Marijuana, NYPD

End the War on Marijuana, NYPD

In New York City, NYPD marijuana arrests have persistently outnumbered arrests for any other crime in recent years.
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012

Medical Marijuana Moving in Czech Republic

11:21am The Czech Republic took a big step last week toward becoming the next European country to approve the use of medical marijuana. Last Friday, the...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Colorado Amendment 64 Signed Today by Governor Hickenlooper

Colorado Amendment 64 Signed Today by Governor Hickenlooper

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has quietly signed Amendment 64 into law today. Governor Hickenlooper has been unclear about when he will sign Amendment 64 into law, which...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors

Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors

As Washington state sets up a cannabis supply system (barring the Feds stepping in), it could become a greater source of pot for users in Oregon and...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
New York Times: A Big Business in Getting High

New York Times: A Big Business in Getting High

New York Times: “Glorifying marijuana has arguably turned out to be shrewd public relations moves” for under-30 female singers Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey in light of the...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Obama’s Pot Problem

Obama’s Pot Problem

Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed, or tell the DEA and DOJ...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States

Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States

10:42pm A slight majority of adults say the federal government should not attempt to enforce federal marijuana laws in states which have voted to legalize it,...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja

A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja

The grass is no greener. But, finally, it’s legal — at least somewhere in America. It’s been a long, strange trip for marijuana.
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Cannabis is now legal for all adults over 21 in Washington State. I voted against Initiative 502 because I thought it was a bad law but I cannot...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York

Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has called on New York lawmakers to allow medical marijuana and consider legalizing marijuana in general.
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