Let The States Decide Their Own Marijuana Policies
A bill to repeal marijuana prohibition and end the federal criminalization of personal marijuana use is introduced in Congress for the first time in US history.
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Reefer Madness: Alive And Well In The Federal Government!
Almost as if on cue from a movie director, the head of the Judiciary Committee in the US House of Representatives, ‘conservative’ Republican from Texas Lamar Smith, has provided both cannabis law reformers and the general public a typical up-close view of why the US Congress—the creator of Cannabis Prohibition laws in 1937 and later the Controlled Substances Act of 1970—rarely seems to work the way it was intended.
First Charges Handed Down After Medical Pot Raids
Three medical marijuana providers were arraigned Thursday in the first criminal case stemming from a series of federal raids that placed a chill over a once-booming pot industry and preceded sweeping changes to Montana law.
Synthetic Marijuana Returns, Circumvents Law
Synthetic marijuana products side-step US federal law and continue to sell in all 50 states, but unlike the real thing, overdoses leading to death can and do occur.
Eight States Have Banned Tylenol In Anti-Marijuana Hysteria
It’s called the Law Of Unintended Consequences, also known as “what happens when a bunch of ignorant legislators try to interfere with people’s lives without having a clue.”
Police Shut Down ‘Paraphernalia’ Vendors at Tacoma Hempfest
CANNABIS CULTURE - In what organizers are calling "an absolute travesty of police fuck-upery", several glass vendors at the Tacoma Hempfest were shut down and given paraphernalia citations by off-duty police officers hired by the city to work security for park events.
Marijuana Bill Officially Introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, Barney Frank
Marijuana laws should be set at the state, not federal, level, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank argued in a bill they introduced Thursday.
Reps. Frank, Polis Urge DOJ to Leave Medical Marijuana to States
Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) are urging the Obama administration this week to reiterate earlier vows to leave the enforcement of medical marijuana laws up to states.
Colorado Board of Health Makes Controversial Changes to Medical Marijuana Rules
The state Board of Health on Wednesday adopted significant new rules for Colorado's small-scale medical-marijuana providers, over the objections of cannabis advocates who said the rules are too harsh.
40 Years of Drug War Hasn’t Worked; “Time for a Change,” Says 9-Year Veteran
The public understands how disastrous it's been -- now it's time for the politicians and law enforcement to change course.
