Blocking Arizona Medical Marijuana is Pure Hypocrisy
I watch with interest -- and some mistrust -- as two men I admire fight a battle they won't win.
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New Maine Medical Marijuana Proposals Criticized as Burdensome, Self-Defeating
Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1995, Falmouth resident Kelly Irwin found that marijuana worked better to treat her pain, fatigue and nausea far better than the opiates she was prescribed.
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Group Submits Signatures
Backers of an initiative that would legalize the use of medical marijuana in Arkansas submitted more than 74,000 additional signatures Monday to the secretary of state's office, though only about a quarter of them need to be valid to get the issue on the November ballot.
Marijuana Crackdown Staged to Distract From “Fast and Furious” Scandal, Author Says
Turns out the federal Justice Department's almost-yearlong crackdown on state-legal medical cannabis has nothing to do with hard-line drug warriors, forfeiture numbers, President Barack Obama's reelection effort -- or even marijuana itself.
Ten Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Trial of Aaron Sandusky
"This is a Constitutional battle, and we're going to defend our rights," says Aaron Sandusky, the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Upland, California who now faces federal drug trafficking charges even though he was operating within California state law.
Proposed Denver Medical-Marijuana Advertising Ban Set for Public Hearing
A proposal to ban billboard, bus-bench and sidewalk sign-twirler advertising by Denver medical-marijuana dispensaries has pitted the state's two most prominent cannabis trade groups against each other.
Montana Medical Marijuana Under Fire From Feds
The Department of Justice's crackdown on California medical marijuana might be the most well known in the country, but it's worth paying attention to legal developments in Montana, where U.S. Attorneys are also doing battle with dispensaries.
Feds Show Little Interest in San Jose, Where Dispensaries Are Illegal
Aside from strikes at the medical marijuana industry's most vocal, visible, and influential leaders, little rhyme or reason has accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California cannabis.
New Bill Could Finally Legalize Hemp in the US
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana. The bill, if passed, would get around the DEA's refusal to differentiate hemp from marijuana and could result in American farmers being allowed to grow the industrial crop.
How Legalizing Drugs Would Strengthen Democracy From Afghanistan to Mexico
The UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) has thoroughly documented the violence, crime, and corruption linked with the worldwide heroin and opium trade.
