BC Medical Marijuana Advocates Stage Protest in Surrey
Medical marijuana advocates are planning a demonstration in front of MP Russ Hiebert’s Surrey office today (Thurs) to protest proposed changes to federal medical marijuana laws.
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Liberal Leadership Hopeful Joyce Murray Campaigns on Marijuana Policy Reform
Today you have a time-sensitive opportunity to support federal Liberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray, a determined ally for the cannabis legalization and regulation movement – with a “cooperation” plan to defeat Stephen Harper in 2015! (video below).
Bipartisan Hemp, Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Congress
It's a marijuana policy trifecta on Capitol Hill now: recreational marijuana, medical marijuana, and hemp.
Another BC Medical Marijuana Grow-op Busted for Too Many Plants
A legal medical pot grow-op that has raised the ire of a Port Coquitlam neighbourhood has been shut down indefinitely by the city.
Doctors Debate Telling Patients to Smoke Marijuana
Perhaps you know whether you’d want to use marijuana to relieve severe pain or nausea. But if you were a doctor, what would you tell patients who asked about taking something that’s against federal law?
Why the Pot Business Needs Unions to Survive
Quick, name the one interest group that would love the most to partner with marijuana distributors! Did you say snack food companies? The Comedy Central network? Well, you would be wrong, fictional straw man who obviously doesn’t read article headlines before reading them. It’s labor unions! And it has been a great match, so far.
The War on Drugs Is a War on Kids
On a warm spring afternoon at American colleges, the intoxicating aroma of surely medicinal marijuana will be floating like a soft caress in the breeze, and hard-working students will be stocking up on amphetamine cocktails to sharpen their overstressed young minds for the coming exams.
Marijuana Triggers License Confusion For Doctors, Cops in Massachusetts
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents could be at risk of losing their jobs if they use marijuana for medical relief, as government agencies work to balance the new state medical marijuana law with federal law, which says the drug is illegal under all circumstances.
Supreme Court Upholds Drug Dog Search of Truck
The US Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the use of police dog's sniff of a truck, arguing that training and testing records indicated the dog's reliability and gave police probable cause for the search. The high court in 2005 upheld the legality of highway drug dog searches; in this case, the court focused on the reliability of drug dog searches.
Medical Marijuana Supported by Former Anti-Drug, Reagan-Appointed U.S. Attorney
On the list of people we'd probably never expect to come out in support of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, we'd probably put an anti-drug crusader U.S. Attorney who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan somewhere near the top of the list.
