In a rare show of cooperation during a generally divisive legislative session, lawmakers on the Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a proposal to expand access to marijuana under the state’s medical marijuana program.
Citing recent action in Washington state and elsewhere, The American Civil Liberties Union is urging Attorney General Eric Holder to re-emphasize that his federal prosecutors will not go after medical marijuana patients who comply with state law.
Two medical marijuana providers are suing the government over what they are calling unconstitutional raids of their Montana businesses as federal prosecutors threaten to crack down on medical marijuana operations across the nation.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The date May 10, 2011 marks one year since "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery was ordered extradited to the United States by the Canadian Conservative government.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Global Marijuana March is a worldwide phenomenon that shows the tremendous support cannabis legalization receives in many countries across the planet.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Downtown Toronto was flooded on May 7 with tens of thousands of pot-smoking protestors during the 2011 Global Marijuana March and Toronto Freedom Festival, which combined is one of the largest annual gatherings of marijuana users in the world.