Tag: minnesota

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May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
Minnesota Senate Passes Medical Pot Legislation

Minnesota Senate Passes Medical Pot Legislation

By a vote of 48-18, senators approved the legislation that would make Minnesota the first state to prohibit patients from smoking marijuana to ease their symptoms. Twenty-one...
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May 5, 2014
05/05/2014
Minnesota House Offers Unworkable “Compromise” on Medical Marijuana

Minnesota House Offers Unworkable “Compromise” on Medical Marijuana

A new proposal has been put forth in the Minnesota House of Representatives to gut the existing medical marijuana bill and replace it with language that would only allow for...
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May 2, 2014
05/02/2014
Medical Marijuana On the Move in Minnesota Senate

Medical Marijuana On the Move in Minnesota Senate

Once again, the medical marijuana bill authored by Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Carly Melin cleared another legislative hurdle. The Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to refer the bill...
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May 1, 2014
05/01/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.30)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.30)

Medical marijuana continues hot and heavy in state legislatures across the country, there’s a petition for a patient denied access to a liver transplant in California, two...
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April 24, 2014
04/24/2014
Marijuana Advocates Take the Spotlight at Minnesota Capitol

Marijuana Advocates Take the Spotlight at Minnesota Capitol

Recreational marijuana advocates say that medical marijuana proponents have had a shot at legalization. Backers of recreational legalization say they support medical marijuana and tried to let its...
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April 23, 2014
04/23/2014
Minnesota: African Americans Six Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Arrested for Marijuana Possession

Minnesota: African Americans Six Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Arrested for Marijuana Possession

African Americans are arrested for marijuana possession offenses in Minnesota at a rate that is more than six-times higher than that of Caucasians, according to an analysis of 2011...
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April 17, 2014
04/17/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.16)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.16)

With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Maryland becomes the 21st medical marijuana state. Meanwhile, those CBD medical marijuana bills continue to move. And more. Let’s get...
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April 10, 2014
04/10/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.09)

Medical marijuana remains on the agenda at statehouses across the country, Oregon communities decide whether to bother with temporary dispensary moratoriums, DC looks to expand its medical...
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April 9, 2014
04/09/2014
Possible Vote on Minn. Medical Marijuana Bill Delayed

Possible Vote on Minn. Medical Marijuana Bill Delayed

Republican Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farmington was hoping to attach an amendment that would legalize medical marijuana to a separate health bill. But that bill has been...
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April 3, 2014
04/03/2014
Minnesota Patients Air TV Ad Attacking Gov. Dayton for Opposing Medical Marijuana

Minnesota Patients Air TV Ad Attacking Gov. Dayton for Opposing Medical Marijuana

A battle is underway in Minnesota, where Gov. Mark Dayton is standing in the way of an otherwise widely supported medical marijuana bill because he does not want...
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March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

On Wednesday, medical marijuana patients and advocates held an emotional press conference slamming Gov. Mark Dayton for bowing to law enforcement and stalling on a medical marijuana bill currently...
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March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
American Lung Assn’s Stance on Vape Pens Financed by Big Pharma

American Lung Assn’s Stance on Vape Pens Financed by Big Pharma

High Times reports the American Lung Association is in cahoots with Big Pharma in an attempt to ban vape pens & drive up sales of cessation drugs....
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March 26, 2014
03/26/2014
Activists Reject Mark Dayton’s Medical Marijuana Compromise

Activists Reject Mark Dayton’s Medical Marijuana Compromise

A compromise proposal by Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton to fund research at the Mayo Clinic on medical marijuana lacks support from activists who want to see wider...
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March 26, 2014
03/26/2014
Supposed ‘Medical Marijuana’ Measures in Alabama, Utah Are Anything But

Supposed ‘Medical Marijuana’ Measures in Alabama, Utah Are Anything But

At a public signing ceremony today, Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert will approve House Bill 105 — aka “Charlee’s Law.” The law, and others like it, ostensibly allows children...
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March 24, 2014
03/24/2014
Gov. Dayton Seeks $2.2M for Marijuana Study

Gov. Dayton Seeks $2.2M for Marijuana Study

With a push for legalizing medical marijuana stalled, Gov. Mark Dayton said he would ask for $2.2 million for research into its possible benefits. Mayo Clinic would head...
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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 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Minnesota Medical Marijuana Bill Hits Stalemate

Minnesota Medical Marijuana Bill Hits Stalemate

A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Minnesota was put on hold Tuesday at the Capitol after negotiations with law enforcement hit a stalemate. Rep. Carly Melin...
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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 26, 2014
02/26/2014
Minnesota Wants Medical Marijuana, But Police Are in the Way

Minnesota Wants Medical Marijuana, But Police Are in the Way

Minnesota residents and lawmakers want to legalize medical marijuana but police oppose, at least partly because they don’t want to lose funding.
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January 21, 2014
01/21/2014
Minnesotans Fight for Legalization of Medical Marijuana

Minnesotans Fight for Legalization of Medical Marijuana

Although a recent poll showed 76 percent of Minnesotans are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana, cannabis activists are planning to take their fight to the Minnesota State...
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