Cannabis Laws - Weed Finder News

Home » Posts tagged 'cannabis laws'

Legalization of Marijuana Movement is Taking Over the U.S.

November 9, 2016 at 3:16 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Recreational marijuana measures passed Tuesday in: California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine. Medical cannabis has been legalized in North Dakota, Arkansas, Florida and Montana (again). The only “L” that was taken occured in the state of Arizona. Although there are already healthy medical marijuana laws in place, voters opted “no” on any further marijuana legislation. This brings the new total of recreational states to 8, plus DC, and raises the total number of medical marijuana states within the US to [...]

Continue reading »
Three New Marijuana Reform Bills to be Filed in Texas

October 24, 2014 at 3:35 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

As part of the Marijuana Policy Project’s multi-year legislative campaign in Texas, we are developing bill proposals to address decriminalization, as well as allowing marijuana to be used for medical reasons and eventually regulating it similarly to alcohol for adults. According to Heather Fazio, Texas Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project, the group will be pre-filing the three bills this November, in anticipation of the 84th Texas Legislative Session, starting in January. “We are working with a diverse coalition [...]

Continue reading »
These 5 Groups Are Standing in the Way of You and Legal Marijuana

August 8, 2014 at 11:27 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

A new OpenSecrets report has revealed some of the biggest donors to anti-marijuana legalization campaigns and politicians — and there’s serious money involved. When marijuana reform laws are on the ballot in your state, you should know that people with a financial interest in keeping marijuana illegal are bankrolling those scare ads and anti-pot PSAs. Here are the five biggest groups OpenSecrets thinks have ulterior motives in mind for backing the War on Drugs. 1. Police unions Police unions are major donors to anti-legalization efforts, probably because a [...]

Continue reading »
D.C. Voters to Decide on Marijuana Use in November

August 6, 2014 at 6:43 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

D.C. residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana use in the nation’s capital after elections officials decided Wednesday to place the question on the ballot. The three-member D.C. Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday morning to approve the ballot initiative, certifying that activists gathered the tens of thousands of voter signatures necessary to qualify for the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Several of those activists attended Wednesday’s meeting and cheered the vote, which moves the District closer to [...]

Continue reading »
Since Marijuana Legalization, Highway Fatalities in Colorado are at Near-Historic Lows

August 5, 2014 at 7:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Since Colorado voters legalized pot in 2012, prohibition supporters have warned that recreational marijuana will lead to a scourge of “drugged divers” on the state’s roads. They often point out that when the state legalized medical marijuana in 2001, there was a surge in drivers found to have smoked pot. They also point to studies showing that in other states that have legalized pot for medical purposes, we’ve seen an increase in the number of drivers testing positive for the drug who were involved [...]

Continue reading »
California Hemp Gets Rolling

July 29, 2014 at 6:49 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Green, twenty-foot-tall fields of research hemp might be waving in the Davis breeze by the next year in a startling breakthrough for California hemp advocates who have been working for decades to grow the plant. The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 combined with the 2014 federal farm bill has unlocked the possibility of legally growing the ancient food, fuel, and fiber crop. “It’s remarkable. I’m quite thrilled,” said longtime San Francisco hemp lawyer Patrick Goggin. “We had no [...]

Continue reading »
Joel Naselroad: In Prison And Brutally Shot By Police For 3 Cannabis Plants

July 27, 2014 at 8:00 am / Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

Joel Naselroad may be in jail today but his tragic story exemplifies the police state that countless Americans are fighting against. As Naselroad suffers in jail, Americans all over the nation are wondering why a judge would still find reason to imprison Naselroad for the tragic event that happened on October 8th, 2013. An article posted just a few days ago in the Kentucky Free Press on July 18th gives details to the events that led to the shooting of Naselroad. The [...]

Continue reading »
3 More Jurisdictions That Could Legalize Marijuana By The End Of The Year

July 25, 2014 at 5:19 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

This week a marijuana legalization initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably) the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three more jurisdictions could join Colorado andWashington in allowing recreational use of cannabis. The differences among the five measures illustrate the advantages of federalism, which allows policy experiments that will help chart the course to the end of marijuana prohibition in America. Oregon The Oregon initiative, known as the Control, Regulation, [...]

Continue reading »
Marijuana Legalization Initiative Qualifies for Oregon Ballot

July 22, 2014 at 7:10 pm / Cannabis News, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Oregon voters will get to decide this November whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 or older. The New Approach Oregon campaign announced Tuesday that the initiative cleared the Secretary of State’s signature hurdle, earning the measure a place on the November ballot. “This is our moment to be part of history and lead a movement,” Dominique Lopez, metro regional organizer for New Approach Oregon, said in a statement. “Treating marijuana use as a crime has failed, but together we can [...]

Continue reading »