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Department Of Justice Considering Lifting Bank Ban on MMJ Business

September 2, 2013 at 8:45 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The Department of Justice is “actively considering” how to regulate interactions between banks and marijuana shops that operate within state laws and don’t violate other federal law enforcement priorities, Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of Washington and Colorado in a joint phone call Thursday, according to a DOJ official. Holder laid out eight priorities that would be the aim of federal marijuana policy in his conversation with the governors, in which he told them his Justice Department would [...]

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BREAKING: Department of Justice Announcing Marijuana Guidelines for the States Today?

August 29, 2013 at 3:38 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The Department of Justice is expected to announce guidance Thursday on how it will handle disparities between federal and state drug laws nine months after Colorado and Washington state voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana, sources on Capitol Hill told The Denver Post. Since last year, state officials and lawmakers have begged for guidance from the feds on how to handle new state recreational marijuana laws that are at odds with federal law, which considers possession, cultivation and distribution [...]

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Cancer Gate: News Stories Covering Cannabis Curing Cancer [VIDEO]

August 25, 2013 at 3:20 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

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Groups Organize to Legalize Marijuana in Texas

August 24, 2013 at 2:29 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The debate is reaching an all time high in Lubbock. The Hub City NORML group is wanting to legalize marijuana by weeding out the skeptics. They want the old laws to go up in smoke. For Colt Smith it’s more than a t-shirt, but a belief and message. “We hope to see people using cannabis responsibly, and not have to be in fear of handcuffs,” he said. Smith is Executive Director of Hub City NORML. It is a marijuana rights [...]

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Which State Will be Next to End Marijuana Prohibition?

August 15, 2013 at 5:20 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

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 be Alaska, through a ballot initiative that we’re running in August of 2014,” Kampia said to Reason. “Through state legislatures, I think the [...]

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House Approves Amendment for Nationwide Hemp Research

August 13, 2013 at 12:32 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, the Farm Bill, that would allow colleges and universities to grow and cultivate industrial hemp in states where it is already legal without fear of federal interference. The amendment passed today by a vote of 225 to 200. “Industrial hemp is an important agricultural commodity, not a drug,” said Rep. [...]

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A Century Ago: Marijuana was Banned in California

August 11, 2013 at 11:43 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Stevie Zee awkwardly lights up a bong with his spastic hands. Stricken with cerebral palsy after almost being strangled in the womb by his umbilical cord, the 41-year-old Valley Village resident takes a few puffs of medical marijuana and immediately feels relief. “Weed works,” he says simply. The “Diablo Kush” and “Velvet Kush” strains from Reseda Discount Caregivers dispensary relax his stiffly contorted muscles and stave off the severe depression that prompted him to make several suicide attempts over the [...]

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We Need to Look at Things Differently…

August 11, 2013 at 1:21 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

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New Special Documentary Sheds Light on Medical Marijuana

August 7, 2013 at 6:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Is marijuana bad, or could it be good for some? CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spent a year traveling around the world to shed light on the debate. Catch his groundbreaking documentary “WEED” at 8 p.m. ET August 11 on CNN. (CNN) — By most standards Matt and Paige Figi were living the American dream. They met at Colorado State University, where they shared a love of the outdoors. After getting married, the couple bought a house and [...]

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