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New Hampshire Medical Marijuana Bill Gets Senate Hearing

April 13, 2013 at 2:35 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Sensing greater support from lawmakers to legalize marijuana for people with serious illnesses or chronic pain, medical marijuana opponents suggested at a Senate hearing Thursday that the drug be allowed in the context of a clinical study. Dr. Seddon Savage of the New Hampshire Medical Society said collecting patient data could improve treatment. The state could potentially get approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration for such a study, she said, removing the conflict with the federal prohibition on marijuana. Richard [...]

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Proposed Bill Protects Marijuana Users From Federal Law

April 13, 2013 at 10:30 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

SEATTLE — A bill introduced in Congress on Friday would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use. California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said his bill, which has three Republican and three Democratic sponsors, would ensure that state laws on pot are respected by the feds. The measure would amend the Controlled Substances Act to make clear that individuals and businesses, including marijuana dispensaries, who comply with state marijuana laws [...]

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NY Medical Marijuana Bill Debated on Long Island

April 12, 2013 at 7:30 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A renewed push by New York State lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana has revived the debate on Long Island, with local anti-drug advocates opposed and patients suffering from serious diseases in favor. Substance abuse treatment providers aired their concerns at the Long Island Marijuana Summit on Monday at the Seafield Center, a rehab facility in Amityville. But not everyone in attendance was against the idea. “Isn’t it fair that I should be able to get something that’s regulated, something that’s [...]

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Vermont House Votes To Decriminalize Marijuana

April 12, 2013 at 11:53 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

After three hours of debate, the Vermont House votes 98-44 to make it a civil offense to possess one ounce or less of marijuana. *** Supporters of decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana appear poised to clear a major hurdle. The Vermont House is set to vote today on a bill that would make it a civil offense – rather than a criminal one – to possess one ounce or less of the drug. If the bill is [...]

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Czech Republic Pharmacies Begin Selling Medical Cannabis

April 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Medical cannabis has officially been made available in pharmacies throughout the Czech Republic effective April 1, 2013, and no we aren’t foolin’. The miraculous substance will be available for those individuals that have been authoritatively diagnosed with one or more of the numerous ailments designated via the government’s rubrics and regulations. Unfortunately, the Czech Republic’s governmental officials don’t foresee the substance in question being covered under health insurance policies regardless of its worthiness of a pharmacopeia listing. For the first year of [...]

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North Carolina Bill Could Decriminalize Marijuana

April 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A bill introduced by State Rep. Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D-Mecklenburg) to downgrade the penalty for simple possession of marijuana in North Carolina passed first reading Wednesday and was referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. House Bill 637 is being co-sponsored by Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg), Rep. Beverly Earle (D-Mecklenburg), Rep. Susan Fisher (D-Buncombe), Rep. Susi Hamilton (D-Brunswick, New Hanover), Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Rodney Moore (D- Mecklenburg), and Rep. Bobbie Richardson (D-Franklin). HB 637 would replace criminal penalties for [...]

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New Poll Says 81% in Oregon Believe Marijuana Legalization Inevitable

April 11, 2013 at 9:35 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Recently lawmakers approved a measure legalizing marijuana for adults, sending it through its initial committee with a strong 6-3 vote. New polling released Friday indicates that the public is in support of such a move, and the majority of those who aren’t still see it as an inevitability. The polling, which was conducted by DHM Research and initiated by New Approach Oregon, found that 50%, compared to 45%, support the idea of legalizing marijuana for adults. House Bill 3371 would do just that, including legalizing the [...]

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As marijuana goes legit, investors rush in

April 9, 2013 at 8:29 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Brendan Kennedy and Michael Blue are nice boys. Really. They’re bankers. Yale MBA classmates. Wearers of ties. And, if luck and changing laws cooperate, they’ll be drug barons of a certain kind. Kennedy, 40, and Blue, 34, are in the vanguard springing up to seize the market for legal marijuana, which is accelerating with last fall’s legalization of most personal pot consumption in Colorado and Washington state. They’re running a Seattle private-equity fund, Privateer Holdings, designed to buy up the [...]

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HR 499 Pot Bill Could Finally Legalize Marijuana In America

April 9, 2013 at 3:13 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The long, hard fight by marijuana advocates to make some headway toward legalizing, or at least decriminalizing, pot at the federal level is experiencing a glimmer of hope this year in the U.S. Congress in the form of the HR 499 bill, which is gaining supporters by the week. The proposed legislation, officially known as the Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013, proposes a range of changes to federal law regarding marijuana, including directing the federal government to decriminalize weed and remove it [...]

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