Health Canada Mails Details of Marijuana Users
A privacy breach on the part of Health Canada has landed personal information in the hands of a medical marijuana patient in Toronto.
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Initiative 1149 Seeks to End Marijuana Prohibition in Washington State
Sensible Washington is pleased to announce a petition drive to put Initiative 1149 before the voters this November in order to end adult marijuana prohibition in Washington State. I-1149 seeks to eliminate state penalties for responsible adult use of cannabis by removing “marijuana” from the list of controlled substances.
Could Hemp Help Nuclear Clean-up in Japan?
I've been glued to the television and internet reports about the unfolding disaster in Japan. First an 8.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near the island nation, then a tremendous tsunami washes ashore and leaves an estimated 10,000 dead and thousands more missing. Now the failure of power and back-up cooling units has led to potential meltdowns in the country's nuclear reactors.
Feds Raid Montana Medical Marijuana Businesses
Federal agents with guns drawn raided up to a dozen medical marijuana operations across Montana on Monday, the same a day that a bill to repeal the state's medical marijuana law stalled in a Senate committee.
Rhode Island Lawmakers Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana
Rhode Island may soon decriminalize possession of marijuana under legislation pending in the General Assembly.
Is Hawaii One Step Closer to Legalizing Marijuana?
After Tuesday's state Senate session, we are arguably five steps closer. On March 8, 2011, the Senate voted to pass five medical marijuana-related bills on to the House.
Publishers High on Marijuana Books
Former actresses are doing it. New York Times journalists are doing it. Screenwriters are doing it. Writing about marijuana, that is. With the changing legal times, and the jaw-dropping reality that pot has become a $35 billion legal industry in the U.S., the subject is drawing a motley crew of authors exploring everything from agriculture and big business to socioeconomic norms and the joys of toking.
Connecticut Lawmakers To Discuss Legalizing Marijuana
Lawmakers in Hartford were scheduled to hold a public hearing Monday morning to discuss several bills that would push to legalize marijuana in Connecticut.
IRS Tells California Medical Marijuana Dispensary it Owes Millions in Unpaid Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service has notified the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Fairfax that it owes millions of dollars in unpaid back taxes, according to the alliance's founder and director, Lynnette Shaw.
Support for Marijuana Legalization Creeping Up
Public support for marijuana legalization continues its upward trend and has "never been higher," according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The poll had support for marijuana legalization at 45%, up four points from the same poll a year earlier.
