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Marijuana Law Would Create California Pot Police

September 12, 2013 at 1:35 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A state law proposed this week would protect marijuana dispensaries “already operating legally under city or county laws” from local cops while creating a statewide police and regulatory agency that would oversee the pot shops. The legislation by California state Sen. Tom Ammiano mirrors a failed attempt to put a similar law before voters last year. We noted at the time that the cannabis-friendly ballot initiative sought to “create a new statewide police department strictly to keep an eye on pot shops:” [...]

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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

Follow us: @weedfinder420 on Twitter | WeedFinder on Facebook for more cannabis industry related news! (Cancer Gate: News Stories Covering Cannabis Curing Cancer [VIDEO] / Credit: WikiLeaks)

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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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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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The Hemp Takeover of Colorado

August 6, 2013 at 4:32 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. — Along the plains of eastern Colorado, on a patch of soil where his father once raised alfalfa, Ryan Loflin is growing a leafy green challenge to the nation’s drug laws. As part of regulation, Colorado will be able to randomly test hemp crops to ensure that they have only trace amounts of THC, a chemical in marijuana. His fields are sown with hemp, a tame cousin of marijuana that was once grown openly in the United States [...]

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Obama Squanders $300 Million to Eradicate Medical Marijuana

August 3, 2013 at 3:31 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

An analysis from pro-medical marijuana group Americans For Safe Access found that President Barack Obama’s administration has spent nearly $300 million on combatting medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug. The report calculates the total amount of federal spending on medical marijuana intervention at $289 million over Obama’s four-and-a-half years in the White House. According to the analysis, the Drug Enforcement Administration alone spent 4 percent of its budget in 2011 and 2012 cracking down on medical marijuana [...]

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US Conference of Mayors Demand Feds Respect State’s Marijuana Laws

July 1, 2013 at 12:47 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The US Conference of Mayors unanimously approved a resolution this morning that calls on the federal government to respect local marijuana laws. Resolution No. 32 “reaffirms the USCM’s support of fair and effective criminal justice and drug policies, states that federal laws, including the Controlled Substance Act, should be amended to explicitly allow states to set their own marijuana policies without federal interference; and that until such time as federal law is changed, The United States Conference of Mayors urges [...]

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90% of Americans Want No Jail Time for Marijuana Possession

June 8, 2013 at 11:18 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Princeton, NJ: More than nine out of 10 US adults say that people who possess or consume small quantities of cannabis should not face jail time, according to a May 2013 nationwide Reason Magazine-Rupe poll of 1,003 adults, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. According to the poll, only six percent of respondents favor jailing convicted minor marijuana offenders. Thirty-two percent of those polled favor a fine-only penalty, while 20 percent of respondents prefer that offenders receive substance abuse [...]

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