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Legalizing Marijuana: The Golden States Pot Of Gold?
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on March 27, 2010
This week, a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession by adults qualified for the California ballot. The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is coming up for a vote. It’s becoming obvious that unlike failed legalization initiatives in the past (of which CA has had at least two), the debate will this time center around money.
California Could Legalize Pot in November
Posted by admin in Travel & Places on March 25, 2010
When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again – this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.
Marijuana Legalization Officially Qualifies for CA Ballot
Posted by admin in Political News on March 24, 2010
It’s official. Tax Cannabis 2010, the most far-reaching state effort ever, which would legalize the consumption of cannabis for all adults over 21 — and would finally take the industry that serves those consumers out of a legal gray area — will qualify for the November mid-term ballot later today.
CA Pot Legalization Initiative to Put on Ballor in November
Posted by admin in Political News on March 24, 2010
Today, an initiative that would legalize personal marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana to adults will qualify for California’s November general election ballot. A win at the ballot would be a first of its kind in U.S. history. This is a remarkable moment in the struggle to change our decades-old marijuana policies.
Effort to make pot legal in Washington state begins
Posted by admin in Political News on February 23, 2010
Initiative 1068 would remove all criminal penalties for adults for growing, possessing and using marijuana. A bill that would have accomplished the same goal failed this year in the state Legislature.
U.S. will save $20 billion annually with legalized marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on February 10, 2010
How much could the U.S. save annually if marijuana were to be legalized for adults? According to this graphic, drawn from 2005 data on marijuana smokers, at least $20 billion. Could legal marijuana solve the United States’ economic woes?
Moving Forward: Cannabis Tax Act & Cannabis Tolerance Act
Posted by admin in Political News on January 21, 2010
CRRHs Cannabis Tax Acts (CTA) would comprehensively reform marijuana laws by regulating and taxing adult sales; licensing the cultivation of the drug for sale in adult-only businesses; allowing adults to grow their own and farmers to grow industrial hemp without license; and letting doctors prescribe untaxed cannabis to patients suffering fro
Marijuana Legalization Approved by California Assembly Commi
Posted by admin in Political News on January 14, 2010
The State Assembly’s Public Health Committee approved a bill that legalizes marijuana for all adults. It won’t hit the debate floor anytime soon, but it’s a step forward.
Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws proposes 2012 Ballot
Posted by admin in Political News on January 6, 2010
Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws will submit an initiative petition to the Secretary of State on Wed, Jan. 6, and discuss the details of a 2012 ballot initiative that would establish a taxed and regulated marijuana market for adults 21 years of age and older in the state of Nevada.
California: Historic Vote On Cannabis Regulation To Take Pla
Posted by admin in Political News on January 5, 2010
On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will hold a historic vote on statewide marijuana policy. Members of the Public Safety Committee will decide on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, which seeks to regulate and control the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults
Group Says it Wants to Legalize Marijuana in Nevada by 2012
Posted by admin in Political News on January 4, 2010
Dave Schwartz, the campaign manager for Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, says his group is confident that a mjaority of Nevada residents will pass a 2012 ballot initiative to establish a taxed and regulated marijuana market for adults 21 years of age and older in the state of Nevada.
Signature Gathering Success Sends Pot Legalization to Ballot
Posted by admin in World News on December 15, 2009
The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 campaign has just achieved a major victory in its efforts to legalize marijuana for all adults in California – they have gathered the signatures necessary for inclusion on the state’s November ballot.”This is the next step to sane cannabis policies and the end to the hypocrisy and unjust prohibition of cannabis”…
According to new poll, majority of Americans support marijua
Posted by admin in Political News on December 11, 2009
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many adults in the United States are willing to legalize marijuana, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 53 percent support legalizing marijuana
Medical Marijuana Does Not Equal Freedom by Sheldon Richman
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 6, 2009
“Why does marijuana — or any other drug — require a medical justification before free access can even be considered? Why aren’t adults simply free to manage their own lives in their own way? Medical marijuana isn’t a step toward legalization. It’s a reaffirmation of the paternalist principle: Government is our parent, and it will tell us when… “
Medical Marijuana: No Longer Just for Adults
At the Peace in Medicine Healing Center in Sebastopol, the wares on display include dried marijuana — featuring brands like Kryptonite, Voodoo Daddy and Train Wreck — and medicinal cookies arrayed below a sign saying, “Keep Out of Reach of Your Mother.”
Medical Marijuana – No Longer Just for Adults – NYTimes.com
Posted by admin in Political News on November 22, 2009
Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D…“It’s not everybody’s medicine, but for some, it can make a profound difference,” said Valerie Corral, a founder of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a patients’ collective in Sant
The US Towns Setting Great Examples For Marijuana Laws
Posted by admin in Travel & Places on November 17, 2009
Breckenridge, Colorado recently made national headlines after voters approved a measure to decriminalize marijuana use for adults, here are some more towns that are making big changes in the laws.
Pot Use by Dutch, Where it’s Legal, Lower than Euro Average
Posted by admin in Political News on November 13, 2009
Marijuana use among Dutch citizens is lower than the European avg, according to survey data published last week in a report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. According to the 2009 report, “The State of the Drugs Problem in Europe,” among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4% are users compared with the 6.8% European avg.
Protest in Dearborn Michigan to Legalize Marijuana:11/21/09
Posted by admin in Political News on November 7, 2009
This article describes a Protest to take place in Dearborn, Michigan. The protest demands that President Obama completely Re-Legalize the unlimited, untaxed, unregulated self cultivation of Marijuana by all adults over the age of 18. It is supported by a majority of Americans and will not cost the American taxpayer a single dime.
New Evidence Proves Legalization Won’t Increase Cannabis Use
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on November 6, 2009
AMSTERDAM, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands’ well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published on Thursday. Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 percent used cannabis, compared with the European average of 6.8 percent, according to an annual rep
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