Archive for January, 2009
Medical Marijuana - New Jersey
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 [...]
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Inside America’s Pot Industry - MSNBC
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. [...]
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Medical Marijuana - Maui County Citizens for Democracy in Action
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 [...]
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Hailey Idaho Marijuana Initiatives Hearing Feb 9, 2008
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 [...]
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Officer Targeted For Views on Drugs - Gets Settlement
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 [...]
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Medical Marijuana Research Project “Stalled” by DEA’s Rejection
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 [...]
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AlterNet - Five Essentials To “Reform” War On Drugs
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 [...]
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Marijuana Fines Too Harsh - Penalties Cut In Half
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 [...]
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Newbury Massachusetts Pot Citation Update
“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 [...]
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Surgeon General And Pot
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 [...]