Three experts explain everything you need to know about the battle to legalize marijuana By Paul Armentano, Neill Franklin, Mason Tvert | Published in AlterNet.org PBS recently ran a Need to Know segment on marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado. The episode featured interviews with three prominent marijuana policy reform activists: Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML;Major [...]
By Paul Armentano | Published by NORML Adults with a history of marijuana use have a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes and possess a lower risk of contracting the disease than those with no history of cannabis consumption, according to clinical trial data published in the British Medical Journal. Investigators at the University of California, Los Angeles [...]
The Senator seeks assurances from the Obama Administration that State Officials will not be prosecuted for implementing new laws By Ethan Nadelmann | Published by The Drug Policy Alliance In a letter to U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) asked how the federal government intends to deal with states like [...]
By NORML | December 12, 2012 United States Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled Substances Act to provide that federal law shall not preempt state marijuana laws. The measure is sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado, and [...]
Fans of Roseanne Barr celebrate her return to Television, Los Angeles, and hopefully radio, where she and her partner, Johnny Argent, had a phenomenal show on Pacifica Radio’s KPFK, in Los Angeles. The Domestic Goddess recently talked to Democracy Now!‘s Amy Goodman about John Goodman, George Clooney and other projects past and present, and where [...]
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The Associated Press | May 12, 2011 HONOLULU (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union says Hawaii ‘s government has answered its demand to change ”heavy-handed” medical marijuana policies. The ACLU of Hawaii announced Tuesday that the Department of Public Safety will no longer prohibit physicians who prescribe marijuana from performing house calls. The group [...]
This weekend is the Million Marijuana March across the World! The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is an annual rally held at different locations across the planet. It refers to cannabis-related events that occur on the first Saturday in May, or thereabouts, and may include marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals and information tables. The Global Marijuana March [...]
Published in Billboard Some say that weed and music go together like … well, weed and junk food. Hard to get high without a solid soundtrack, and through the years, we’ve found that the artists behind those smokin’ tracks know how some of their fans feel. But despite the prominence of marijuana in today’s music [...]
Within the birth of a new industry, ‘No Taxation without Representation’ is a message that must reach our elected officials now that states and local governments are taxing medical marijuana patients and providers. At the cost of defunding the drug war, how much will the Feds give up without looking like they are giving in? [...]
Police take 1 1/2 hours to respond to a 911 call for help, then blame the patient By Thomas | Published in Hawaii News Daily On December 28, 2010, in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision, medical marijuana patient Brad Snow caught a man in his yard stealing his medical marijuana plants. He immediately called 911, and [...]
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