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Pro-Marijuana Legislator In Montana Targeted By DEA
Montana legislator Diane Sands has come under investigation by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and she’s not sure why. But Sands said she suspects the investigation is because she advocates liberalizing the marijuana laws.www.tokeofthetown…
NY Assemblyman Calls For Marijuana Reform To Stop NYPD
Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries wants to push ending criminal penalties for all small possession of marijuana offences as a means of reigning in the NYPD .www.hailmaryjane.com
42 Members of WA Legislature Ask DEA To Reschedule Marijuana
History was made on Wednesday as 42 members of the Washington Legislature petitioned the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule marijuana from its current Schedule I status to a less restrictive classification to allow for its medica…
Former Michigan Attorney General: I Smoked Pot, But Let’s Not Legalize
Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox admitted on Friday that he smoked marijuana in high school during the 1970s. (Hey, what a coincidence, so did I!) But during a symposium on marijuana reform, Cox said there are problems with legalizing cannabis…
Polish Politician Puffs on Pot in Parliament
As a form of protest to the idiocracy of outlawing marijuana and imposing penalties for its use, Janusz Palikot, lit up a marijuana joint in the middle of parliament. He further noted that the contents of the joint were a legal amount of cannabis.www.c…
Lawmaker To Smoke Joint In Poland’s Parliament Friday
A Polish lawmaker plans to test his country’s new marijuana decriminalization law — by firing up a joint in Parliament. MP Janusz Palikot has announced he plans to share a joint in the Parliament building on Friday as part of a campaign to legalize ma…
If Politicians Ran On Issues the Internet Cares About
Obama may be the most tech savvy president to date, but his laughter at the prospect of marijuana legalization would seem to suggest he’s not exactly worried about what the Internet thinks. We asked you to show us what elections might look like if poli…
AZ Governor Directs State To License Marijuana Dispensaries
Giving up her idea of suing the federal government over Arizona’s medical marijuana law, Governor Jan Brewer said Friday she is directing the state health department to start accepting applications for cannabis dispensaries.www.tokeofthetown.com
Signatures Turned In For Colorado Marijuana Legalization
Proponents Submit 159,000 Signatures to Put Cannabis Legalization on November Ballot in Coloradowww.tokeofthetown.com
VIDEO: Ron Paul releases anti-abortion ad
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) One of the current front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination, Ron Paul, released an ad this week touting his anti-abortion rights credentials as a former obstetrician. Paul …
Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act aims 160,000 signatures at 2012 ballot
In July, the folks behind the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 launched a petition drive to land the…blogs.westword.com
Activists Await Results One Year After CA Cannabis Decrim
On January 1, 2011, a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went into effect that removed criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana, making the violation a civil citation…
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative Gathers 20,000 Signatures
The last few months of 2011 weren’t exactly fun for advocates of medical marijuana in California. The federal government threatened to seize properties being used for illegally cultivating or dispensing marijuana, media organizations including this one…
Surprise, Surprise: Black Market Cashes In On Pot Crackdown
In a development that should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone with even a passing familiarity with drug policy and its effects, black-market marijuana growers and dealers are profiting greatly from the federal crackdown on legal medicinal canna…
Did Pot Conviction Fuel Switch From Bachmann To Paul?
People are talking about rats abandoning sinking ships. Michelle Bachmann’s Iowa Presidential campaign chairman has switched to rival Ron Paul’s camp — and the switch could be due to his conviction on a marijuana charge back when he was 20 years old…..
President Obama: An Unexpected Enemy Of Marijuana
When Obama won the Presidential election in 2008, supporters had hoped that patients abiding by state laws could use marijuana for medical purposes without fear of government intrusion. Yet the raids continue, and there is no end in sight.www.tokeofthe…
Cali AG Wants Legislature To Clarify Medical Marijuana Law
California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to get serious about clarifying the state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law, saying gray areas have left law enforcement and patients in a state of uncertainty.www.tokeofthe…
Newt Gingrich’s Letter Supporting Medical Marijuana
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