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Four years, six drafts and nearly 1,000 stores later, the City Council on Wednesday will consider a long-awaited, oft-debated medical marijuana ordinance whose provisions have shifted dramatically in recent days. full story
Proponents of legislation to legalize medical use of marijuana in New York were encouraged Monday by the announcement of a shift in federal policy first promised by President Barack Obama in his presidential campaign. full story
The government's two crime bills currently held up in the Senate are "flawed," and could be unconstitutional, but the Liberals are afraid of being labelled soft on crime and Grit Senators may succumb to political pressure and vote against amending the bills, says a Liberal Senator who supports the amendments. full story
A regulated, taxed marijuana trade could help bolster the state’s economy, advocates for legal marijuana said today at a Revenue Committee hearing. full story
That proposed ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in California for people 21 and older - and let local government tax the sales - has a good chance of passing. full story
In a major victory for pot advocates, the California Supreme Court has refused to review a landmark appellate court ruling protecting the right of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers to collectively grow marijuana. full story
A legal showdown over Washington’s medical marijuana law is taking shape in Spokane. full story
Medical marijuana law passed in 1998 may finally be implemented. full story
While Congress debates health care, handles the economic downturn, and the quagmire in Afghanistan, Congressman Barney Frank is eyeing America's draconian pot policies. full story
After more than 80 years of fear, arrests and incarceration, it's time to rethink our approach to a mostly benign substance. It's time to legalize marijuana. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Conservative Justice Minister Rob Nicholson lashed out at the Senate today, accusing them of blocking the Conservatives so called “law and order' agenda. full story- Conservative Gulag Minister Rob Nicholson is pressuring the Senate to pass Bill C-15 (mandatory minimums sentences for marijuana!) before it breaks for summer. full story
The Obama administration wants to end grants for school drug programs they say are "poorly designed" and "profoundly flawed". full story
A group of Democratic and Republican members of congress will reintroduce a bill to eliminate federal penalties for minor marijuana offenses. full story
NORML's Paul Armentano on Mark Kirk, the US congressman who has proposed legislation to sentence first-time 'koosh' marijuana offenders to up to 25 years in prison full story
The ending was anticlimactic. On Monday evening, just as Canadians were sitting down to dinner, Parliament quietly enacted one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most controversial pieces of legislation. full story
In another effort to change federal policy on medical marijuana, Congressional Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced the "Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act," HR 2835, late yesterday. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activist Marc Emery thinks new drug legislation supported by Conservatives and Liberals will mean more Canadians in jail for non-violent crimes. full story
A federal bill to impose automatic jail terms for drug crimes, for the first time in Canada, is headed for passage in the House of Commons in a final vote that could happen as early as Thursday. full story
A convicted marijuana grower won't have to hand over her house to the government as crime-related property, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. full story
New federal regulations allowing designated medical marijuana producers to grow cannabis for two approved users of marijuana -- up from one -- are a "slap in the face," advocates said Tuesday. full story
Canadians who have permission from the federal government to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes are now facing impending restrictions about where they can light up. full story
Two "party" drugs linked to the death of young people will be banned under plans unveiled by the Home Office. full story
Landslide veto-proof vote will ensure increased access for RI patients full story
The U.S. Supreme Court handed medical marijuana patients and advocates a resounding victory on Monday, refusing to hear a case brought by San Diego County, which has long chafed at implementing statewide medical marijuana laws. full story
