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Is 2009 the year that New Jersey lawmakers pass the law?

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, was introduced in 2005 by state Senator Nicholas Scutari, and has since attracted several cosponsors in the Senate and Assembly. There have been two hearings but no votes.

Marcia Frellick, writing at Nurse Dot Com examines the two sides of the NJ debate. The stances of the various players (American College of Physicians, NJSNA, Drug-Free Schools Coalition) are examined. Ken Wolski, RN, MPA is the executive director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey ends the article with his view of the current situation there.

“I’d like to think we could get this done in 2009,” Wolski said. “We have 25% of the country living under a medical marijuana state, and if New York and Wisconsin agree that medical marijuana would be a good idea, that would put more pressure on New Jersey legislators.”

Mon 26 Jan 2009

Northern California’s “Emerald Triangle” is the capital of the USA marijuana industry and Trish Regan of CNBC explores the inner workings of the pot industry. The show, entitled Mariuana Inc. - Inside Americas Pot Industry airs today, Thursday the 22nd of January, at 9pm (EST) and 1AM(EST) and again on Sunday the 25th of January. Mendocino County officials estimate that marijuana may provide as much as 2/3 of the local economy.

Thu 22 Jan 2009

Hawaii became the first state to decriminalize marijuana for medical use in 2000. The Maui Weekly has a feature today that relates events since then and some problems which exist for patients that have had marijuana recommended to them by their doctor. Patients are allowed three mature plants, four immature plants and one ounce of usable marijuana for each mature plant. They can either grow their own or designate someone (a caregiver) to grow the plants for them. There is no provision in place to obtain cannabis seeds.

These people aren’t drug dealers (MCCFDIA) says Rep. Joe Bertram III, a congressman who supports marijuana law reform and who is himself a caregiver who grows for someone else.

MCCFDIA is pushing a bill for medical marijuana and a distribution system for legislative review. It proposes to create a distribution stamp system, and allow a secured growing facility to grow marijuana for no more than 14 qualifying patients.

Thu 15 Jan 2009

Hailey is a city of about 6,200 people (2000 census), the county seat of Blaine County. The city voted on three initiatives - to legalize the use of industrial hemp, to legalize medical use of marijuana and to make law enforcement of marijuana laws the lowest priority for the Hailey police department. The initiatives were pass on two occasions - November 2007 and May 2008.

Three Hailey officials - the mayor, a councilman and the police chief brought a lawsuit which seeks to have the three initiatives declared constitutionally illegal. The story is given coverage by the Idaho Mountain Express.

Wed 14 Jan 2009

Jonathan Wender has sort of gotten his job back and will receive an $800,000 settlement. Wender now teaches at the University of Washington while on a two-year paid leave from his job as a police sergeant at Mountlake Terrace in Snohomish County, Washington. While on the job he came to believe that police resources were being wasted by the jailing of addicts, joined the organization Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and encouraged discussion concerning the decriminalization of marijuana. The full story is in the SeatlePI.

Tue 13 Jan 2009

The DEA has stalled a medical marijuana research project by its rejection of the decision of Judge Mary Ellen Bittner. Director Aaron Houston of the Marijuana Policy Project said “They can delay progress, but they cannot stop it” and at the same time noting that the millions of patients who might have benefited are the true victims of a “final act of desperation” by the DEA.

An article by Bruce Mirken at MPP’s blogsite has links to further background material that is worthwhile reading - the general gist of things seems to be that the present suppliers can’t do a good enough job of growing it. Strains that would be “tailored” to alleviate a specific condition aren’t a concern of the existing producer and that they, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, could do and wanted to do a better job. The DEA’s rejection notice makes particularly fascinating reading.

Tue 13 Jan 2009

Tony Newman (communications director for the Drug Policy Alliance) published on AlterNet.com today what he sees as the “Five Essential Things” that need to be done to “Reform” the “Idiotic War on Drugs” - at least in the USA. The author lists five “opportunities” …. might as well quote him exactly

Below are five opportunities to engage our fellow citizens, discuss the enormous challenges we face, and come up with solutions to reduce the harms of both drug misuse and drug prohibition.

. The article is well worth reading (and acting to implement the intended discussions it recommends) - the reasons are the violence on the USA/Mexico border, the economic crisis of the moment, that Obama might be that rare reasonable man in the President’s Office, compassion for military veterans who are being treated wretchedly by the people for whom they sacrificed and the embarrassment of being the opposite of “home of the free” - the “Incarceration Nation” of the world.

There are some good comments on the story as well.

Mon 12 Jan 2009

Federal Heights, Colorado City Council cut the maximum fine for possession of marijuana in half and eliminated the possibility of jail time for the offense. One councilor voted against the new law as she thought the fine should be reduced even further. The previous maximum fine was $1000 and is now $500. Councilor Tanya Ishikawa thinks the fine should be set at $100 saying “… it’s not a major crime ..”. The story was first reported by KWGN TV in Denver and the Colorado Independent has a more in-depth article.

Mon 12 Jan 2009

“I don’t want to change what voters did back in November,” said Newburyport City Councilor Steve Hutcheson. His comment came after he received a copy of the outline for a state suggested ordinance that would see a marijuana specific ban on public consumption. Since the new law decriminalizing the use of marijuana came into effect Jan 2, 2009 police in Newburyport and issued 7 $100 citations.

The Newburyport Daily News quotes Lt. Rick Seimasko of the Newburyport Police Department as saying

I find it unfortunate that Massachusetts is getting soft on drugs. People smuggling drugs is a violent profession. Law enforcement officers are dying to enforce drug laws, and I find it unfortunate Newburyport is getting soft on drugs.

and Sgt. Steve Chaisson of the Newburyport Police Department as saying

The people have spoken, but I feel smoking in public is just wrong. Marijuana is a gateway drug no matter what people say.

Comments on the article run heavily in favor of the police doing what they are told and keeping their own prejudices and opinions to themself. The article makes no mention of what the police view concerning the ingestion of marijuana by eating it is, nor how they would view a bakery that sold food that contained cannabis.

Fri 9 Jan 2009

More examinations concerning Sanjay Gupta being the new USA Surgeon General with an emphasis on his various stances and statements in regard to marijuana comes from Russ Belville of NORML. The article is on the AlterNet site (alternet.org) and is entitled What the Next Surgeon General Doesn’t Know About Pot.

The article details Gupta’s willingness to parrot drug company propaganda and to make statements with no factual backing to support them. Well worth reading.

Thu 8 Jan 2009