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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article discussing a recent poll that shows a majority of Florida voters support medical marijuana. The article specifically mentioned the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act and talked...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Oregon Legislature Looks to Legalize

Oregon Legislature Looks to Legalize

The Oregon State House Revenue Committee has introduced House Bill 3371 to the legislature which will end cannabis prohibition for adults. This bill comes fast on the coat-tails of Oregon’s...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Oklahoma State Lawmakers Holding Hearing Today On Medical Marijuana Bill

Oklahoma State Lawmakers Holding Hearing Today On Medical Marijuana Bill

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is holding a hearing today on a bill that would allow patients with serious illnesses to obtain and use medical...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

A bill that would have required welfare recipients to undergo drug testing died Friday in the North Dakota House. It was defeated soundly on a 72-19 vote....
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
Missouri Marijuana Reform, Hemp Bills Filed

Missouri Marijuana Reform, Hemp Bills Filed

Members of the Missouri legislature have introduced three different marijuana law reform bills this month—one to decriminalize pot possession, one to expunge misdemeanor offenses, including marijuana possession,...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
Nevada Senator Working on Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill

Nevada Senator Working on Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill

Senator Tick Segerblom is working on a bill to authorize medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada. The dispensaries would be for-profit, taxed, and regulated as tightly as casinos by...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
NC Medical Marijuana Bill Killed — With Extreme Prejudice

NC Medical Marijuana Bill Killed — With Extreme Prejudice

A bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana in the Tarheel State is dead after a legislative committee killed it to avoid having to hear...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
US Marijuana Laws – What Does the Future Hold?

US Marijuana Laws – What Does the Future Hold?

The Committee on Drugs & the Law invites the public to a discussion on the current state of domestic marijuana laws and the possibilities for the future,...
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February 22, 2013
02/22/2013
Washington Bill Would Forgive Minor Marijuana Convictions

Washington Bill Would Forgive Minor Marijuana Convictions

Washington Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, driven by the fact that prosecutors dropped pending marijuana offense cases after the passage of I-502, introduced a bill that would allow people...
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February 22, 2013
02/22/2013
Maryland Lawmakers Consider Regulating and Taxing Marijuana

Maryland Lawmakers Consider Regulating and Taxing Marijuana

Delegate Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City) introduced a bill today in the Maryland House of Delegates that would make marijuana legal for adults 21 and older and establish...
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February 22, 2013
02/22/2013
Details of Pennsylvania’s Regulate Marijuana Act Revealed

Details of Pennsylvania’s Regulate Marijuana Act Revealed

Senator Daylin Leach released the full text of the Regulate Marijuana Act. The bill is similar to Amendment 64 in that it legalizes possession for adults 21...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
Grand Rapids, MI Waiting to Implement Decriminalization

Grand Rapids, MI Waiting to Implement Decriminalization

Voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan approved Prop 2 in November, a decriminalization initiative that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana punishable by a small fine....
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
NH State Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana Bill

NH State Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana Bill

013 The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs will hold a hearing Thursday on a bill that would allow patients with serious illnesses to...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
ME Lawmakers to Unveil Details of Bill to Regulate Marijuana

ME Lawmakers to Unveil Details of Bill to Regulate Marijuana

013 State Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) will introduce a bill Thursday that would make possession of limited amounts of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older and...
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
The DC’s Jamie Weinstein: Legal Hemp Not Far Enough

The DC’s Jamie Weinstein: Legal Hemp Not Far Enough

Yesterday, conservative political blog The Daily Caller published a story about an industrial hemp bill introduced by Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, with a number of bipartisan...
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
Bipartisan Hemp and Medical Marijuana Bills in Congress

Bipartisan Hemp and Medical Marijuana Bills in Congress

It’s a marijuana policy trifecta on Capitol Hill now: recreational marijuana, medical marijuana, and hemp. Earlier this month, reformist House members filed bills to end federal pot prohibition...
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
Michigan Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Sales Filed

Michigan Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Sales Filed

A little more than a week after the state Supreme Court ruled that Michigan’s medical marijuana law doesn’t allow for dispensaries, a state lawmaker is ready to file...
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February 19, 2013
02/19/2013
Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Introduced in West Virginia

Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Introduced in West Virginia

Delegate Mike Manypenny (D-Taylor) introduced a bill today to allow patients with debilitating medical conditions to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. It has been...
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February 18, 2013
02/18/2013
Czech President Signs Medical Marijuana Into Law

Czech President Signs Medical Marijuana Into Law

Medical marijuana is now legal in the Czech Republic, after President Vaclav Klause signed the measure on Friday. The medical marijuana will be imported initially, and Czech patients...
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February 18, 2013
02/18/2013
Federal Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced

Federal Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced

Bipartisan group of Congressional members seek to reclassify marijuana for medical use, allow for ‘fair’ trials More than a dozen Members of Congress co-introduced legislation today that...
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