Category: Law & Politics

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News and commentary on cannabis law and politics

August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Hot on the heels of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his support for the use of medical cannabis (just like we predicted), is Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox...
By: Andy Cush
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

An auto shop worker in Toronto decided to use twitter to ask someone to deliver him some weed at work, a tweet which the York Regional Police...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

A group of almost one hundred medical cannabis patients, cultivators, industry workers, and other stakeholders showed up in Sacramento for the California Summer Lobby Day on Monday,...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Orange County NORML Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

Orange County NORML Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

NORML is pleased to announce that our 2012 Chapter of the Year Award recipient, Orange County NORML, will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary this Friday. NORML is very...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Minister of State Alex White said he plans to “amend the regulations to allow a newly authorized medicinal product containing cannabis extract to be prescribed (Sativex), supplied...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Is There a Perfect Storm for Federal Sentencing Reform?

Is There a Perfect Storm for Federal Sentencing Reform?

After decades of ever-increasing resort to mass incarceration in the United States, we seem to be reaching the end of the line. Driven in large part by...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Earlier this summer Vicente Fox, former Mexican president and Coca-Cola Mexico president, met with Big Marijuana self-prophesied computer nerd turned drug tycoon Jamen Shively. The news conference...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

In a great article on Huffington Post, Marijuana Policy Project’s Rob Kampia reports that with the recent passage of Illinois’ medical marijuana law, most of our nation’s...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Montel Williams joined Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Piers Morgan Live to continue the discussion of the federal government’s hypocrisy regarding medical marijuana. Dr. Gupta has been on...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

Seattle Police to Distribute Bags of Chips at Hempfest

This weekend at Hempfest, the Seattle Police Department will be giving away bags of chips. The chips will have stickers on them reminding Hempfest attendees that while...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
CNN Reports Changing Attitudes on Marijuana Policy

CNN Reports Changing Attitudes on Marijuana Policy

CNN reports today that it’s not just the network’s medical expert, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who has come around on marijuana policy reform. The nation has moved from the abstract matter of...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
John Liu Wants to Legalize Weed in New York City

John Liu Wants to Legalize Weed in New York City

Facing lagging poll numbers just a month out from primary elections, NYC Comptroller and 2013 mayoral candidate John Liu just played a political wildcard. Yesterday, he said he’d...
By: Andy Cush
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Marijuana in the Race for New York City Mayor

Marijuana in the Race for New York City Mayor

The race to become the next mayor of New York City is one of the most publicized and followed of 2013 and the issue of marijuana has...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber today signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Mexico Cannabis Legalization on the Bubble

Mexico Cannabis Legalization on the Bubble

Mexico, the next Latin American country on the brink of legalization. Mexico City bustles with fluid nightlife. In the Zona Rosa, gay, bisexual and straight bounce around...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
MPP’s Worst State Legislators of 2013

MPP’s Worst State Legislators of 2013

MPP  released a video last week listing the country’s “Worst State Legislators of 2013″ on marijuana policy issues. The seven state representatives and one state Senator were selected based on...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Patrick Leahy Blocks Release of Some Mexican Drug War Aid

Patrick Leahy Blocks Release of Some Mexican Drug War Aid

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, last week blocked the release of $95 million in funds destined to help Mexico prosecute its war...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.13)

There’s trouble down South, and more out-of-control NYPD narcs cost the taxpayers. Let’s get to it: In New York City, NYPD narcs run amok in Queens have cost...