Giving Americans ‘Bhang’ For Their Buck
Scott Van Rixel, an American chocolatier, is trying to do something Western businesses have often failed to accomplish: trademark a common Indian word.
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Colorado Pot Shops Face Closure Under Tough New Rules
Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.
A Federal-State Law Inconsistency Shouldn’t Stop Californians from Legalizing Marijuana
No law is infallible. As it has done in the past, California can show leadership in driving needed reforms by passing Proposition 19.
Medical Marijuana Now Legal in Washington D.C.
Medical marijuana is now legal in the District after the Democrat-controlled Congress declined to overrule a D.C Council bill that allows the city to set up as many as eight dispensaries where chronically ill patients can purchase the drug.
Federal Drug Agency Bans Pro-Legalization Police Group From Conference
A group of police officers, judges and prosecutors who support legalizing and regulating drugs is crying foul after a federal agency reneged on a contract that gave the law enforcers a booth to share their anti-prohibition views at a government-sponsored treatment conference in Chicago next week.
43% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized, 42% Disagree
Americans are evenly divided over whether marijuana should be legalized in the United States, but most expect it to happen within the next decade.
New Jersey’s Medical Marijuana Law Loses Planned Grower and Dispensers
Five months before its new medical marijuana law is set to take effect, New Jersey this week moved further away from having answers to basic questions about how the law will work — specifically, who will grow the marijuana and who will dispense it.
Law Enforcement or Reaching Quotas? Stats Show NYPD Focusing on Pot Possession, Boozing in Public
Pot possession and boozing in public are the top reasons New Yorkers get arrested or ticketed by the cops, new statistics show.
V.A. Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana
The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, a policy clarification that veterans have sought for several years.
Marc Emery’s US Federal Prison blog #7: Letter to Jodie
Dear Jodie: What a wonderful day-after-our-4th anniversary visit! After we kissed goodbye, I went into the anteroom where I get stripped down and take all my clothes off, I'm asked to riffle my fingers through my hair, open my mouth, move my head from side-to-side and bend my ears, show my underarms, lift up my “sac”, turn around and show the bottoms of my feet and – there's no other way to say it – spread my ass cheeks, to make sure I have not taken any contraband from you (though it would be impossible).
