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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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Colorado marijuana tourism company launches after pot legalization

April 9, 2013 at 3:00 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Welcome to canna-ful Colorado. Two Denver entrepreneurs with ties to the medical-marijuana industry have started the nation’s first marijuana tourism company. For several hundred bucks — prices vary betweenVIP and economy levels— My 420 Tours will pick visitors up at the airport, connect them to a pot-friendly hotel, set up hash-making demonstrations and dispensary-grow tours, and provide them with tickets to cannabis-themed events and concerts. The company’s first package is built around April 20, a date cannabis enthusiasts regard as [...]

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Maryland Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana

April 8, 2013 at 8:40 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The Maryland legislature approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes on Monday, and Governor Martin O’Malley has said he would sign the measure and make Maryland the 20th state to legalize medicinal cannabis. The Democratic-controlled state Senate passed the bill by a 42-4 vote. The House of Delegates had approved it last month. The measure allows seriously ill residents to obtain medical marijuana via state-regulated programs administered by academic medical centers. O’Malley, a Democrat and seen as a potential [...]

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Marijuana Super PAC Started By Brothers To Push Weed Legalization

April 5, 2013 at 3:11 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Super PACs, independent-expenditure committees that can raise unlimited campaign contributions, conjure up images of political heavyweights like Karl Rove and the Koch brothers. But two marijuana-growing brothers from Eugene, Ore., have decided to use the fundraising platform to fight to legalize weed. They’re accepting donations now at theLegalize Marijuana Super PAC.com. Mark and Dennis Rogers submitted a super-PAC application to the Federal Election Commission on March 11 and were approved on March 25, Mark Rogers told The Huffington Post. “We do a [...]

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Do New Medical Marijuana Laws In Michigan Clear Up Any Confusion?

April 4, 2013 at 11:43 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Some new medical marijuana rules took effect earlier this week in Michigan, rules that lawmakers hope will further clarify the state’s medical cannabis law. Among the new rules are provisions that: 1) extend the life of medical marijuana cards from 1 year to 2 years; 2) say those with felonies on their records in the last ten years are no longer allowed to be caregivers; 3) require face-to-face doctor visits with medical marijuana patients, as well as follow-up visits. “A lot [...]

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Breakthrough Pew Poll: Marijuana Legalization Wins Majority Support Nationwide

April 4, 2013 at 7:25 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Article via www.drugpolicy.org 72% Say the Federal Government’s Efforts Against Marijuana “Cost More Than They are Worth” For the first time in more than four decades of polling by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Americans supports the legal regulation of marijuana. According to thenationwide poll of 1,500 Americans, 52% back marijuana legalization, reflecting majorities of Democrats, independents and liberal and moderate Republicans almost uniformly across every region of the country. Majorities of Americans no longer consider marijuana consumption immoral, nor [...]

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Two medical marijuana bills introduced in New York legislature

April 3, 2013 at 10:40 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

Article via Toke of the Town Identical medical marijuana bills were introduced into both the New York General Assembly and the Senate on Tuesday. If either Senate Bill 6357or Senate Bill 4406 pass, it could make New York the 19th state to approve medical marijuana. The bills, introduced by Manhattan Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Staten Island Senator Diane Savino, would allow patients to possess and use up to two and a half ounces of marijuana at a time. The program would be governed [...]

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