Published in Tenth Amendment Center The Iowa Senate will consider a bill legalizing medical marijuana during the 2013 legislative session. Democratic Senators Joe Bolkcom, William Dotzler, Thomas Courtney and Jack Hatch filed (SF79) on Jan. 29. The complex bill would set up a framework legalizing and regulating the medical use of cannabis for pain management. [...]
By Eapen Thampy | Published in Americans for Forfeiture Reform Journalist Angela Bacca has a recent article in Skunk Magazine titled “Child Snatchers: How a small Northern California County has manipulated medical marijuana laws and made a lucrative business out of kidnapping children”. I’m excerpting the section where Bacca discusses both the role of asset forfeiture and the predatory [...]
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee | Published on Seattle.Gov The people have spoken. Voters have passed Initiative 502 and beginning December 6th, it is not a violation of state law for adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana (or 16 ounces of solid marijuana-infused product, like cookies, or 72 ounces of infused [...]
Over a 1,000 experts, health professionals, elected officials, students, activists and law enforcement gathered in Los Angeles over the weekend for the 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance. By Sam Sabzehzar | November 7, 2011 The list could go on and on, and the who’s who in attendance was [...]
With the West Coast Cannabis Expo bringing to light the plight of medical cannabis patients, and those who help provide them with some of their medical needs, the conversation shifted from concern to dissent, as the spirit of the Occupy Wall Street movement spread through the halls of the Cow Palace. By Sam Sabzehzar | [...]
With the economic recovery lopsided, activists from all avenues are coming together to help occupy the financial areas of more than 70 cities throughout America, and as a new system is discussed, many issues, from immigration reform to the various wars, including the war on drugs, may be resolved. By Sam Sabzehzar | October 4, [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | September 9, 2011 The medical community is in agreement that one of the biggest drivers of addictive behavior is stress. Knowing this, why would legislators want to criminally prosecute those that are stressed, upping the probability that an addict will relapse if they are clean or drive them to addictive behaviors [...]
By Paul Armentano | Published in Opposing Views The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued its final order rejecting a ruling from the agency’s own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research. The rejection preserves the monopoly [...]
When most people think of the Sixties, they are really thinking of the last smoke-filled breath exhaled by a group of people positioned to change the world, but by the time the 70′s came around, many of them were unable to catch their breath again, and in the process lost their voice. For most, the [...]
By Kandice Hawes | August 9, 2011 OC NORML’s 8 Year Anniversary Party will be held this Friday, August 12, at Giovanni’s Pizza, who have been graciously hosting the group’s monthly meetings, alongside the Orange County Chapter of Americans for Safe Access. The pizzeria will be closed for the event that will be held at 922 [...]
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