Robin Room, the director of Australia’s leading alcohol research center, has released a statement calling for the legalization of marijuana for adults. His support is based on...
The US government has approved a prisoner transfer application for Marc Emery, the Canadian marijuana activist serving a five year sentence in the US for selling marijuana...
Here is the full text of my planned comments during Friday, The Science of Medical Cannabis panel at ASA’s National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, 2/22-25/13, Washington, D.C. now published in Frontiers in...
After all the controversy caused by the judge’s decision to allow testimony about the levels of cannabinoids in Trayvon Martin’s system, the defense decided not to even...
District of Columbia Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) filed a marijuana decriminalization bill for the nation’s capital Wednesday. Wells is chairman of the council’s Committee on the...
The “Freedom of Choice” campaign kicked off in New Mexico Tuesday to protect veterans access to medical marijuana. PTSD is a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in...
Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008, by James Mills (2013, Oxford University Press, 292 pp., $58.50 HC Amazon) Marijuanamerica: One Man’s Quest to Understand America’s...
Judge Debra Nelson, the Florida judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin case, has ruled to allow jurors to hear evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin’s system. The...
GW Pharmaceuticals has launched their Sativex cannabis extract spray in Italy for use by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Beware of GW’s creeping monopoly on medical marijauna in...
Hydro World, a medical marijuana service center in Jackson, Michigan, was raided by police on July 1. After receiving word that the center was back in operation,...
At a meeting with drug reform advocates in San Francisco, former Mexican President Fox expressed support for California’s efforts to legally regulate cannabis, medical and otherwise. He...
Leadership is defined by dictionary.com as “the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group,” “ability to lead [defined as “to conduct...
The Washington State Liquor Control Board released its final proposed regulations for the state’s adult marijuana industry on July 3. Among the proposed rules are requirements that the industry ensure public...
In a great article on Salon, Kristen Gwynne first examines the shady practice of asset forfeiture, then describes 4 shady drug bust tactics used by police: fake...
Members of the Oregon House and Senate have given final approval to House Bill 3460, which licenses medicinal cannabis dispensaries statewide. Senate members approved an amended version of the bill by...
Massachusetts is looking for IT consultants to determine the cost of creating the “single electronic system” required by the state’s medical marijuana law to track medical marijuana...
Last month, on June 11th, Michigan medical marijuana patient Jerry Duval surrendered to federal authorities to serve a whopping 10-year prison sentence, even though he was never in violation...
Last year, the Oklahoma legislature passed and Gov. Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill mandating drug screening for welfare applicants. The bill was designed to...
Last week, the Pennsylvania NAACP endorsed a pending marijuana legalization bill. And on the 4th of July, the civil rights group stepped up that support, holding a press conference...
