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Why decriminalize marijuana when drugs are central to many of the problems relating to gangs, teenage suicide, teenage violence and low academic achievement?
Anyone close to the issue — teachers, police officers, counselors, and parents — can speak to this with certainty: Kids have been reaching out for guidance and direction for [...]
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:59
LOS ANGELES — James Gray once saw himself as a drug warrior, a former federal prosecutor and county judge who sent people to prison for dealing pot and other drug offenses. Gradually, though, he became convinced that the ban on marijuana was making it more accessible to young people, not less.
“I [...]
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:37
Washington, D.C. — From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, state laws restricting marijuana use are slowly going up in smoke, a newspaper review indicates.
Advocates of legalizing marijuana say shifts propelled by culture, politics and generational attitudes have moved the United States to the point that could see the relaxation of 40 years of tough [...]
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:19
Marijuana Is Becoming Part of Our Culture.
Hope for marijuana supporters and consumers in California has reached an all time high with the “Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act” initiative on the path for the November ballot.
The first step in ending the ban on marijuana, which is getting the required amount of signatures, has almost reached [...]
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:18
Oxford, Mississippi — It is the smell — pungent and slightly citrusy — that first greets visitors to Mahmoud ElSohly’s office on the University of Mississippi campus.
Next are pictures lining the hallways of the bright green plants ElSohly has spent the past 35 years researching as chief cultivator of the nation’s only federally sanctioned marijuana [...]
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 19:19
Sen. Ed Harbison ( D-Columbus ) plans to introduce a bill next week that would make synthetic pot — known as K2 or “spice” — illegal.
The substance, which like potpourri and is marketed as incense, is sold in smoke shops. It mimics the affects of THC, the chemical in marijuana that gives users a high.
But [...]
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:59
Medical marijuana legislation pending in the state legislature could legitimize hundreds of dispensaries, and we don’t think that honors the intent of voters who approved narrowly drawn access for sick people.
While state lawmakers may believe they have the authority to create a dispensary system for medical marijuana — that is, we think, a debatable legal [...]
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 20:01
LOS ANGELES – With a 13-year head start on Michigan, California’s efforts to transform marijuana from illicit to prescription drug offers a clear lesson: It ain’t easy.
The conflict has flared in recent weeks with a new Los Angeles ordinance aimed at hundreds of marijuana dispensaries, many that [...]
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 17:58
The smell of sweet skunk and sounds of cannabis coughing were tell-tale clues for the location of the 11th-annual Victoria Cannabis Convention.
Many members of Victoria’s cannabis community gathered this past Sunday, Feb. 28, in UVic’s David Strong Building, to celebrate and educate people about marijuana’s benefits.
The [...]
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 16:58
BOULDER — More than half of Boulder County’s cities and towns have enacted moratoriums on approving any more medical marijuana businesses, as local governments wait for guidance from the Legislature.
They’re not alone, according to Michelle Krezek, the county commissioners’ intergovernmental relations coordinator.
During a Wednesday night Boulder County [...]
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 08:28
Los Angeles — With a 13-year head start on Michigan, California’s efforts to transform marijuana from illicit to prescription drug offers a clear lesson: It ain’t easy.
The conflict has flared in recent weeks with a new Los Angeles ordinance aimed at hundreds of marijuana dispensaries, many that operate more like drug dens than pharmacies. Michigan [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 22:01
According to a recent Associated Press article, gang-controlled marijuana farms are increasing in number and sophistication throughout the U.S.
The March 1 article states that Mexican gangs have taken over these mass marijuana-growing operations. It also states the gangs are extorting and threatening migrant laborers in order to secure a cheap labor [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:57
Bar Owner Wants To Open Dispensary In Livingston.
LIVINGSTON — Mike Sperry Jr. is the man with the pot plan.
The 38-year-old owner of Mike’s Cozy Corner bar stepped out of the shadows Wednesday as the person who approached Livingston wanting to open a medical marijuana dispensary in town.
He never hid his plans, but [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 19:55
Marijuana activists and law enforcement officials sparred Thursday as the bell rang on the fight over medical-marijuana dispensary regulations at the state Capitol.
The first committee hearing on House Bill 1284 — which would require dispensaries to be licensed by both state and local governments and is the more controversial of the [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:54
Honolulu — Licensed medical marijuana users in Hawaii are allowed to smoke and even grow the drug, but they can’t buy it unless they do so illegally. Since Hawaii became the first state to approve medical marijuana legislatively a decade ago, its law hasn’t changed, meaning registered patients can only get weed by growing it [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 08:18
WINDSOR, Colo. ( AP ) – Lazarus Pino’s interest in opening a medical marijuana dispensary dates back decades, when his great-grandmother became one of the best-known curanderas in New Mexico.
Curanderismo is Spanish for a faith-based healing practice founded on a knowledge of plants. A curandera is a female healer. Curanderismo has been practiced since the [...]
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 06:10
The supporters of “the compassionate use of marijuana” for the sick and dying have numerous stories of cancer-stricken family members who received some benefit from using marijuana. Those stories tug at your heart leaving you with the idea that if it makes them more comfortable before they die, then what is [...]
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 16:59
Seattle, WA — Patients who qualify for medical marijuana will be able to get prescriptions for it from a wider range of health-care professionals, under a bill that appears headed to the governor’s desk. Under Senate Bill 5798, it won’t just be doctors who can get sick people access to pot.
The bill expands the list [...]
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 13:52
Colorado — A state bill that would place more limits on Colorado’s sprouting medical marijuana industry got its first hearing at the state Capitol yesterday.
House Bill 1284 would give local municipalities the right to ban dispensaries from operating within city limits and require all medical marijuana grown and sold to be linked to a dispensary. [...]