By Kris Hermes | February 29, 2012 Second District Court of Appeal rejects Attorney General’s argument that all collective members must participate in cultivation The California Court of Appeal issued a landmark published decision last week affirming the legality of storefront dispensaries and rejecting the argument that every member of a collective or cooperative must participate in the [...]
Rarely do competing camps in a political arena join forces, but to address the larger goals of ending marijuana prohibition, the legalization efforts in California have united behind a singular message. On the eve of the University of California chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s marijuana ballot initiative forum, key members from each of [...]
In an effort to unite the competing 2012 California cannabis ballot initiatives, the University of Southern California Chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has announced a statewide forum this Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 12:00pm. The event is scheduled for three hours and aims to seek unification behind the various initiatives as time [...]
By Steve Collett | Published in ElectCollett2012.com On February 21, 2012 I had the honor of joining Bill Panzer, Dale Gieringer, Buddy Duzy and a lively crowd for the Cannabis Community Summit held at the scenic Community Center in Mill Valley, California. The forum was hosted by the Law Offices of Scot Candell and featured presentations followed by a [...]
By Steve Collett | Published in RegulateMarijuanaLikeWine.com Regulate Marijuana Like Wine, California’s “Like Wine” initiative, which is supported by retired law enforcement officers, judges, doctors, medical marijuana patients and taxpayers, is seeking contributions which will result in a 115 to 1 return to California on the first $2,000,000 contributed. Like Wine prohibits sales to minors [...]
By Adam Mintz | Steep Hill Lab Company CEO, AnnaRae Grabstein, “Steep Hill Lab loves to solve problems. Utilizing available science and technology, with collaborations from the industry, we have created a great solution to the inherent obstacles of cannabis testing and made it readily available to everyone in all compassionate states.” Steep Hill Lab became [...]
In a Recent Letter, the Originator of SB 420 Clarifies that Medical Cannabis Providers Can Make a Profit. By Robert A. Raich | February 12, 2012 There is a widely held misperception that businesses in the California medical cannabis industry are prohibited from making a profit. In reality, no California law prohibits cannabis-related businesses from [...]
Study Shows 62% of California Voters Polled Favor Marijuana Legalization By LIKE WINE | Published in RegulateMarijuanaLikeWine.com In November, 2010, a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana was narrowly defeated (53-46) in California. Convinced the time has come to legalize cannabis, activists are collecting signatures to place the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012 (RMLW) [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | February 7, 2012 Freedom Watch’s Judge Napolitano had DPA’s Ethan Nadelmann on his show tonight and Regulate Marijuana Like Wine (LIKE WINE) was highlighted, along with the poll numbers that show it has a very good chance to passing this November. As Nadelmann tells Napolitano, “these initiatives were written so that [...]
By Steve Collett | Congressional Candidate A group of Californians, led by members of an organization called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) are offering voters a unique opportunity. For a one time charge of $1,500,000 we can save California from paying for the cost of 71,000 marijuana arrests, plus related costs of prosecution, courts and [...]
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