Tag: Maryland

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March 20, 2014
03/20/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.19)

A federal agency has given the okay for researchers to buy marijuana from NIDA for a PTSD study, which is a first, those CBD medical marijuana bills...
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March 20, 2014
03/20/2014
How Racist Is Your State’s War on Weed? Compare!

How Racist Is Your State’s War on Weed? Compare!

A new interactive website from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) highlights how many lives are derailed and billions of dollars wasted fighting a racially-biased war on...
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March 18, 2014
03/18/2014
Bill Allows Doctors to Write Patients a Marijuana ‘Recommendation’

Bill Allows Doctors to Write Patients a Marijuana ‘Recommendation’

Responding to growing public support for medical use of marijuana, the House of Delegates approved legislation Monday that would allow specially licensed physicians in Maryland to recommend the...
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March 17, 2014
03/17/2014

Maryland Senate Okays Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

The Maryland Senate today overwhelmingly approved a marijuana decriminalization bill with bipartisan support. It now heads to the House of Delegates. The bill is Senate Bill 364, sponsored by...
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March 14, 2014
03/14/2014
Marijuana Hearings Reflect Public Opinion Shift

Marijuana Hearings Reflect Public Opinion Shift

Roughly 100 people rallied outside the State House to support a Colorado-style system to legalize marijuana, an idea that got a hearing later in the day. A committee...
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March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Limited Georgia Medical Marijuana Bill Passes House

Limited Georgia Medical Marijuana Bill Passes House

In a landslide vote of 171-4 Monday, the Georgia House of Representatives passed “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” sponsored by Rep. Allen Peake and over 90 others to legalize medical...
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March 6, 2014
03/06/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.05)

CBD medical marijuana bills are moving in states that have traditionally been unreceptive to medical marijuana, New Mexico moves to increase supply, Maryland promulgates draft rules, and...
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February 28, 2014
02/28/2014
Maryland Legislators Reignite Effort to Pass Medical Marijuana Law

Maryland Legislators Reignite Effort to Pass Medical Marijuana Law

A medical marijuana bill introduced earlier this month by Maryland House Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore) and co-sponsored by nearly half of the House will be heard Friday...
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February 27, 2014
02/27/2014
RI Governor Chafee Open to Exploring Recreational Pot Legalization

RI Governor Chafee Open to Exploring Recreational Pot Legalization

Rhode Island Governor Chafee (D) may be warming to legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana in the state, based on a recent series of comments. Chafee, through his spokeswoman Faye...
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February 26, 2014
02/26/2014
Maryland Police Chief Cites Fake News In Senate Hearing

Maryland Police Chief Cites Fake News In Senate Hearing

At a Maryland State Senate hearing to discuss decriminalizing marijuana Tuesday, a high-ranking law enforcement official betrayed his total ignorance about marijuana when he claimed that decriminalization...
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February 24, 2014
02/24/2014
Maryland Governor Suffering From Reefer Madness

Maryland Governor Suffering From Reefer Madness

Gov. Martin O’Malley has stated repeatedly that he opposes decriminalizing marijuana, a sensible measure already adopted by 16 other states, including red states like Nebraska and Mississippi. Gov. O’Malley does...
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February 13, 2014
02/13/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.12)

A felonious foursome of public servants made the Hall of Shame this week. Let’s get to it: In Savannah, Georgia, a Savannah-Chatham police sergeant was arrested Sunday for lying...
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February 11, 2014
02/11/2014
Aerial Photos of NSA and U.S. Intelligence Agencies

Aerial Photos of NSA and U.S. Intelligence Agencies

No you’re not being paranoid. Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA documents shows just how robust the government’s Orwellian data-gathering apparatus has become. But despite the spy agency’s...
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February 3, 2014
02/03/2014
NORML PAC Endorses Heather Mizeur for Maryland Governor

NORML PAC Endorses Heather Mizeur for Maryland Governor

Today, NORML PAC has announced its endorsement of Delegate Heather Mizeur and her running mate Delman Coates for Governor and Lt. Governor of Maryland. Delegate Mizeur has...
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January 7, 2014
01/07/2014
Maryland Senate President Supports Legal Marijuana

Maryland Senate President Supports Legal Marijuana

Just days after the first legal marijuana sales took place in Colorado, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) announced that he would support legislation...
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December 5, 2013
12/05/2013
ACLU: DC, New York Highest Likelihood of Arrest for Pot

ACLU: DC, New York Highest Likelihood of Arrest for Pot

According to the ACLU of Maryland, Washington DC and New York State have the highest likelihood of arrest for pot.
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November 11, 2013
11/11/2013
Marijuana Arrest Rate in Maryland Among Highest in US

Marijuana Arrest Rate in Maryland Among Highest in US

The ACLU of Maryland reports that the marijuana arrest rate in the state is among the nation’s highest.
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October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Polls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform

Polls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform

Polls from two more states this week show an increasing acceptance of the need to reform marijuana laws. In a Florida poll, Sunshine State voters said they...
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October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Marylanders Ready to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

Marylanders Ready to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

A new poll jointly commissioned by MPP and the ACLU of Maryland shows that a majority of Marylanders support legalizing marijuana for adults and regulating it similarly...
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October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
MPP Plans to End Prohibition in 10 More States by 2017

MPP Plans to End Prohibition in 10 More States by 2017

The nation’s largest marijuana policy organization announced Monday it will support efforts to end marijuana prohibition in 10 more states by 2017. The Marijuana Policy Project’s announcement...
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