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Medical Marijuana Report Card Gives Obama Failing Grade for Broken Promises & Half-Measures

Daily Dose — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:29:23 +0000

Patient advocates protest re-election fundraiser in SF & call for comprehensive medical marijuana policy San Francisco, CA — The patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) issued a report card today giving President Obama a failing grade for his record on medical marijuana. The report card highlights broken promises, half-measures, and a general failure [...]

A Catch-22 for Collective and Patients – Unaffordable is the Same as Unsafe

Daily Dose — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:57:34 +0000

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? [...]

Nevada Legislature: Bills would create system to provide medical marijuana

Daily Dose — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:19:51 +0000

By Geoff Dornan | Published in Tahoe Bonanza CARSON CITY, Nev. — Sen. Mike Schneider, D-Las Vegas, Wednesday asked the Commerce and Labor Committee he chairs to support a bill that would create a system to provide marijuana to qualified medical patients. He said the current system allows those with a legitimate medical need to get [...]

Sarah Palin, Marijuana Law Reformer? Nevada Group Hopes $25,000 Convinces Palin To Back Reform Of Marijuana Laws

Daily Dose — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:35:11 +0000

Published in Huffington Post Could Sarah Palin become the highest profile conservative to endorse reforms to the nation’s marijuana laws? She clearly has no problem with legalized inebriation. Palin, who is scheduled to give the keynote address Tuesday at the national convention for the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, will be offered to give a [...]

Las Vegas marijuana co-operatives face legal hurdles

Medical Marijuana 411 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:35:53 +0000

Sporting shaggy hair, green sunglasses and a bright yellow T-shirt that says “Weed,” the boy chatting with two female employees in this office could have been any teenager. Except this 15-year-old hasn’t eaten in 70 days and has already endured 30 operations. Ryan has Crohn’s disease. He is the youngest medical marijuana patient at a [...]

Regulations Covering Medical Marijuana Vary in 15 States

Medical Marijuana 411 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:29:46 +0000

By Tracy Breton | Published in The Providence Journal Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia have legalized medicinal marijuana: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. But the laws allowing it in three of those locations Arizona, New Jersey and the District of [...]

Prosecutor of the Stars Arrested for Cocaine Possession

Medical Marijuana 411 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:20:08 +0000

By Sarah Jessica Snarker | Published in Deceiver.com He was the man charged with making sure hard-partying celebrities Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars paid for their drug possession crimes in the Sin City. But today, Las Vegas deputy district attorney David Schubert is finding out how it feels to be on the other side of the law. [...]

Marijuana Project – Proposition 19 in Perspective

Daily Dose — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:28:19 +0000

On Tuesday, California voters defeated Proposition 19 by a 54 to 46 percent margin. A post-election survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, however, suggests that this was not the final word on this issue in California. In fact, support for reforming the state’s laws on marijuana run well ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Our research, as well as national polls and election results over the past 10 years, show steadily growing support for reform in the state and the country.