There is a marijuana legalization bill pending in the Maine legislature, but some activists in the state’s largest city aren’t waiting for elected officials to get the...
Weedists: Meet Morgan Fox “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Morgan Fox is the Communications Manager for Marijuana...
In 2011, there were 4,300 marijuana arrests for possession in DC, doubling the 2,150 arrests in 2001. That’s a 100% increase in marijuana arrests vs. the mere 5.2% DC...
Grand Rapids police raided three medical marijuana dispensaries last Wednesday seizing nearly everything in sight; the Mid-Michigan Compassion Club, the Natural Wellness and Purple Med. GRPD believed they...
I am presenting at a symposium sponsored by the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, “The War on Drugs: Working Toward a Ceasefire,” this Wednesday 3/13...
The Massachusetts Medical Society, which steadfastly opposed the medical marijuana ballot question approved by voters in November, called on Friday for large-scale research of the drug’s potential medical uses...
The American Civil Liberties Union announced this week that it was seeking data from police departments across the country in an effort to determine the extent to which law...
British Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a “what works” study of drug reforms in other countries, but has rejected a call from the House of Commons...
SUPPORT HR 689 AND HR 710 Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Sam Farr recently introduced legislation that will end the federal conflict with state medical cannabis programs. Blumenauer’s bill, titled...
Among the many hundreds of public policy concerns that Americans care and act upon, what are the top policy concerns in Congress for which citizens search? Military...
Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayoral frontrunner and councilman, has been calling on the federal government to reclassify marijuana and finally accept the fact that marijuana has medicinal...
Advocates strongly favor Del. Glenn’s HB302 over two other medical marijuana proposals A comprehensive statewide medical marijuana bill introduced in January by Maryland House Delegate and Deputy...
A bill to allow New Hampshire residents to use medical marijuana in the treatment of their debilitating medical conditions moved one step closer to becoming law Thursday...
As reported on Denver’s Westword earlier this week, Colorado and Washington state law that makes small quantities of marijuana possession legal might just be in violation of...
A Michigan judge, William Collette, has overturned a state commission denying unemployment benefits to a medical marijuana patient that was fired after failing a drug test. Jenine Kemp,...
United States Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the US Senate that the Obama administration is still formulating its policy in regards to states that have legalized the...
Legislatures are in session across the land, and that’s reflected in our update this week. Bills are moving, generally, but not always in the right direction. Meanwhile,...
Medical marijuana advocates are planning to protest the recent decision to ban patient-to-patient sales, which effectively bans dispensaries in Michigan. The protest is scheduled for March 8...
A 17-year-old girl who was strip searched, including a cavity check, on a Carnival cruise ship after dropping what looked like marijuana may seek punitive damages, a...
