Tag: North Dakota

(10 posts)
May 9, 2014
05/09/2014
Chronicle Book Review: Hemp Bound

Chronicle Book Review: Hemp Bound

Hemp Bound: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution by Doug Fine (2014, Chelsea Green Publishers, 145 pp., $12.16 PB Amazon) Hemp shouldn’t have anything...
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April 11, 2014
04/11/2014
Tennessee: Lawmakers Approve Measures Reclassifying Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

Tennessee: Lawmakers Approve Measures Reclassifying Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

State lawmakers have signed off on legislation, Senate Bill 2495/House Bill 2445, to reclassify and regulate industrial hemp. The legislation now goes to Republican Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature....
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November 1, 2013
11/01/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

A Michigan couple get their child back, New Jersey gets its second dispensary, and Washington regulators get an earful over moves to do away with patient home...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

A bill that would have required welfare recipients to undergo drug testing died Friday in the North Dakota House. It was defeated soundly on a 72-19 vote....
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September 20, 2012
09/20/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.09.19)

Initiative Watch (2012.09.19)

07:49pm Three marijuana legalization initiatives, two medical marijuana initiatives, and one sentencing reform initiative are on state ballots this year. We’ll be running a feature story...
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September 7, 2012
09/07/2012
Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives

Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives

10:28am The Labor Day weekend has passed, summer is behind us, and the November elections are just two months away. When it comes to drug policy...
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Measure Expands Health Department Duties

North Dakota Medical Marijuana Measure Expands Health Department Duties

The North Dakotan medical marijuana measure puts the Health Department in charge of vetting the business plans of dispensaries, checking home pot gardens and reviewing the drug’s labeling and potency.
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

05:52pm, (Issue #746) The end of dispensaries in LA looms, more federal threat letters in Colorado, and a medical marijuana initiative in North Dakota!? That’s just...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Petitions Handed In

North Dakota Medical Marijuana Petitions Handed In

04:57pm North Dakota could be voting on medical marijuana in November. Proponents of a medical marijuana initiative there handed in about 20,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Proposal Likely to Be Debated

North Dakota Medical Marijuana Proposal Likely to Be Debated

North Dakota voters are likely to have a chance this fall to decide whether marijuana may be used legally as a pain reliever, an option the Legislature...
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