With its decision, the Court has ensured that the debate over the medical use of marijuana will continue to take place through political battles rather than through scientific research. By Brad Burge | Published in MAPS.org The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected University of Massachusetts-Amherst Prof. Lyle Craker’s lawsuit against [...]
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Over 1,600 attendees from 33 countries are gathering in downtown Oakland to demonstrate the successes, the strength, and the spirit of the new wave of psychedelic science and medicine. By Brad Burge | Communications Director, MAPS Psychedelic Science 2013 starts tomorrow. It is a genuinely historic moment. At Psychedelic Science 2013, over 100 of the [...]
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By Peter Schworm and Kay Lazar | Published in Boston.com The state attorney general’s office struck down a medical marijuana dispensary ban out of Wakefield, Massachusetts, ruling that towns can regulate, but not prohibit the centers under state law. Such bans would frustrate the purpose of the medical marijuana law, passed by referendum last fall, [...]
By Hunter Hollman | Published in Americans for Safe Access One of ASA’s Board Members, Dr. Karen Munkacy, is working hard on making sure that implementation of Massachusetts’ medical cannabis program goes smoothly. Of course, Massachusetts scored a huge victory for safe access when they passed their initiative last November, but few people understand that [...]
With the help of the Massachusetts Department of Health, the Drug Policy Alliance’s Jessica Gelay, and Americans for Safe Access, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is moving medical marijuana in the right direction. By Karen Munkacy | Published in Americans for Safe Access As most of you know, Massachusetts passed a ballot initiative to legalize medical [...]
Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association, the only national trade association that is focused primarily on herbs and botanicals and herbal products, issues regulatory recommendations for state officials. By Americans for Safe Access | January 27, 2013 The Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) issued recommendations this week to regulators of [...]
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After returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. veterans are increasingly become casualties of the country’s longest war: The War on Drugs By Daniel Robelo | Published in Huffington Post Last Friday, the Drug Policy Alliance released an updated and revised edition of its seminal 2009 report, “Healing a Broken System.” The report examines the plight of veterans [...]
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LEAP’s Neill Franklin underscores parallel between prohibition of alcohol and prohibition of pot, highlights same patterns of ending it and same methods to regulate marijuana like alcohol By Kristen Gwynne | Published in AlterNet.org The Rachel Maddow Show, former Baltimore cop and 32-year law enforcement veteran Neill Franklin spoke to Maddow about drug policy, but [...]
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By Law Enforcement Against Prohibition In a historic night for drug law reformers on Tuesday, Colorado and Washington passed measures legalizing and regulating marijuana, Massachusetts became the 18th state to allow medical marijuana, and six localities voted to modernize policies on marijuana. “Because of the victories in all of these places, we awakened this morning [...]
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Posted in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition The Boston Globe just declared the voters of Massachusetts have passed an initiative making the Bay State the 18th in the nation to enact a medical marijuana law. Here’s a quick reaction from LEAP speaker Karen Hawkes, a former Massachusetts state trooper who has used medical marijuana to ease her own [...]
