In a unanimous decision the California Supreme Court ruled on May 6, that city and county governments have the legal authority to ban cannabis care centers. The CSC ruled that local governments even retain the right to use zoning laws and other bureaucratic tactics to wipe care centers out of existence within their respected jurisdictions. [...]
Even better than the real thing? Not in Maryland. Maryland’s medical cannabis bill has a clause within it that criminalizes synthetic cannabis, otherwise known as “incense” or “spice,” while allowing medical cannabis to researched academically and prescribed to patients by a doctor or a nurse. The measure, part of a move to stem public outcry [...]
Massachusetts Department of Public Health issues new proposed medical marijuana regulations By David L Tamarin, Esquire In the November 2012 elections, Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question that would legalize marijuana in Massachusetts for medical purposes. The measure passed with over 63 per cent of voters supporting it, and the new law went into effect [...]
State #19 On the Way Both houses of the Maryland state legislature have approved a bill to allow medical marijuana for limited purposes. On Monday, the state Senate approved the bill by a 42-4 margin; Governor Martin O’Malley is expected to sign it. Instead of allowing dispensaries as other states (most recently Massachusetts) have done, [...]
52% urge full legalization; 72% say prohibitions “cost more than they’re worth” A Pew Research poll released this week has registered the highest-ever support for cannabis legalization, with a solid majority (52% to 45%) favoring the end of the drug’s 75-year prohibition in the US. The recent numbers represent a dramatic shift in public opinion [...]
Colorado’s Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force, a hodgepodge of qualified experts and well-positioned bureaucrats, has fired its last volley. When the panel convened with its final recommendations on February 28th, there was something for everyone to hate: high taxes for the anti-government brigade, outdoor cultivation bans for the environmentalists, and promotion of cannabis tourism for [...]
“Weed Country” Star Matt Shotwell Has Charges Dropped By Toby Rogers Matt Shotwell, the star Discovery Channel’s reality show “Weed Country,” had charges -three violations of California law- the transportation, distribution or possession of narcotics; two counts of cannabis cultivation, and [...]
By Charles S. Johnson Montana medical marijuana advocates push final bill aimed at 2011 law. Sen. Dave Wanzenried, D-Missoula, recently introduced Senate Bill 377 for a group called Montana Association for Rights. No hearing date has been set yet. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Business and Labor Committee, but he hopes to [...]
Eight Former DEA Chiefs Want Obama To Crack Down On Colorado and Washington’s Cannabis Reform Former DEA head Peter Bensinger and the seven other DEA top heads slammed the Obama administration for not taking steps to dismantle the movement before states make cannabis legal. “My fear is that the Justice Department will do what they [...]
Obama administration close to responding to legalization initiatives – four months later The question was posed, perhaps inevitably, by John Suthers, the state Attorney General of Colorado. It was directed toward Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States. It was a question both men had been asking themselves for a long time. [...]
