Month: August 2013

  • Delaware governor renews medical marijuana effort

    Delaware governor renews medical marijuana effort

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    DOVER, Del. — Gov. Jack Markell said Thursday that he is moving forward with a medical marijuana program in Delaware after halting plans last year over fears that state officials could be subject to federal prosecution. Markell signed a medical marijuana bill in 2011 but halted implementation after federal officials indicated that people involved in
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  • Lawyers Debate Best Ways To Sell Marijuana–No Joke

    Lawyers Debate Best Ways To Sell Marijuana–No Joke

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    No joke. At the recently concluded American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco–as at most other gatherings–lawyers like to talk. They may be contentious or cooperative, but they do like to talk. Especially about something controversial, and especially about outsmarting the government. From that viewpoint, medical marijuana is a perfect storm. And the lawyers
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  • Ohio Attorney General Rejects Proposed Marijuana Legalization Amendment

    Ohio Attorney General Rejects Proposed Marijuana Legalization Amendment

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    COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio’s Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana saying the language in the bill was not “fair and truthful” and omitted key information. The petition for the proposed amendment, the End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 [sic], was submitted by Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis on August 2, with 2,304 signatures from registered
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  • Wet vs. Dry Cities for Weed in Washington

    Wet vs. Dry Cities for Weed in Washington

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    BELLINGHAM, WA — Last night the largest city in Whatcom County repealed a moratorium on legal pot stores enacted last month. In a 6-0 vote, the Bellingham City Council reversed course and approved zoning for legal pot, according to theBellingham Herald. The move comes as the Washington State Liquor Control Board plans to accept marijuana business
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  • Medical Marijuana Companies Will Conduct Research CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Now Endorses

    Medical Marijuana Companies Will Conduct Research CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Now Endorses

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    08/13/13 — Dr. Sanjay Gupta may be best known for his work as CNN’s chief medical correspondent, but after his documentary Weed aired on the network this past Sunday night, he may now be best known for changing his mind. The good doctor was once an opponent of using marijuana for medicinal purposes, but now
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  • Alaska, Rhode Island Will Legalize Marijuana Next, Federal Pot Law Will Change In 2019: MPP’s Rob Kampia

    Alaska, Rhode Island Will Legalize Marijuana Next, Federal Pot Law Will Change In 2019: MPP’s Rob Kampia

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    As support for marijuana legalization continues to grow, Rob Kampia, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, believes that momentum will drive two more states to follow Colorado and Washington in legalizing recreational weed in 2014. In a recent interview with Reason, Kampia made several legal pot predictions. “I think the next state to legalize will
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  • Americans skeptical of value of enforcing marijuana laws

    Americans skeptical of value of enforcing marijuana laws

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    Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal to rein in mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenders comes at a time when American attitudes toward marijuana use are the most lax they’ve ever been and Americans are highly skeptical of the value of enforcing marijuana laws. A March Pew Research Center survey onchanging attitudes about marijuana found that nearly three-in-four
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  • Effort to legalize cannabis in Ohio up in smoke as DeWine rejects ballot issue

    Effort to legalize cannabis in Ohio up in smoke as DeWine rejects ballot issue

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — An effort to put a constitutional amendment before voters that would make marijuana legal for adult use and clear the way for a hemp industry in Ohio suffered a setback today when Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected the group’s summary language for the ballot. DeWine rejected a petition for the proposed
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