Cannabis Events | Weed Finder News - Part 4

Follow @weed_finder

Home » Cannabis Events (Page 4)

California: Demand for Recreational Cannabis Reaches All-Time High

June 10, 2015 at 12:59 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Support for the legalization of recreational marijuana use by adults has reached an all-time high in California, a state whose pot-friendly reputation precedes it but that has failed to get residents to approve full legalization in the past. A record 54 percent of potential California voters said they favored legalizing weed this year, a 3 percent increase in support from 2014, according to a June poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. While the poll wasn’t the first to [...]

Continue reading »
2,400 Year Old Gold Bongs Discovered in Russia

May 30, 2015 at 11:11 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Recreational Marijuana

The “once-in-a-century” discovery of a set of solid gold bongs has offered a glimpse into the little-understood lives of Scythians, who ruled vast areas of Eurasia for a thousand years 2,400 years ago. Ornately embellished with depictions of humans and animals, archaeologists found the golden vessels in a vast grave mound in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia, where the Scythians ruled between 9th century BC and 4th century AD. They were discovered inside a chamber lined with stones and [...]

Continue reading »
Louisiana: Governor Vows to Change Marijuana Laws

May 29, 2015 at 12:06 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday said he plans to sign legislation that would change the state’s medical marijuana laws and soften penalties for marijuana offenders. There are three bills moving through the state legislature affecting Louisiana’s marijuana laws. Two of them (SB 241) and (HB 149), which are nearly identical, would reduce the tough sentences judges are allowed to hand down for repeat marijuana offenses; reduce a second marijuana offense from felony to misdemeanor; and allow first-time convictions for simple possession [...]

Continue reading »
Veterans Equal Access to Marijuana Amendment Passes Senate

May 28, 2015 at 11:54 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

The US Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the 2016 budget for the Veterans Administration (VA). This landmark amendment would end the current gag order that prevents VA doctors from recommending or even discussing medical cannabis with veterans in states where it is legal. There is now real chance that federal law will change and veterans who depend on the VA for health care will finally be able to discuss medical cannabis with their [...]

Continue reading »
Missouri Man’s Life Sentence for Marijuana is Commuted

May 23, 2015 at 9:51 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Jay Nixon commuted the sentence for Missouri’s only man serving life in prison for non-violent marijuana-related offenses. Jeff Mizanskey, now 62, was arrested during an undercover drug bust in Sedalia in 1993. He was sentenced in 1996 under the state’s Prior and Persistent Drug Offender Law, which is a three-strike system. FOX 2 Now reported that at the time of Mizanskey’s arrest, police were after a drug dealer who hired two men to smuggled more than [...]

Continue reading »
Texas: Historic CBD-Only Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Legislature

May 19, 2015 at 4:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Update (1:13 p.m. Tuesday): The legislation officially passed a third reading and now the bill officially heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. The original story continues below. ******** Medical marijuana could be legal in Texas, sort of. The Texas House of Representatives voted 96 to 34 to approve the second reading of a Senate bill that would allow limited use of Cannabidiol oils, a marijuana derivative, Progress Texas said in a press release.. And the proposals authors are Republican! Crazy. [...]

Continue reading »
Medical Marijuana Bill Overwhelmingly Passes Pennsylvania Senate

May 13, 2015 at 1:42 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed the latest version of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana bill Tuesday afternoon. The vote was 40-7 for the bill that would make it legal in the state for marijuana to be used to treat certain serious illnesses when prescribed by a doctor. The bill known as SB 3, sponsored by Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon), would allow edible forms of marijuana and vaporization, but smoking would not be allowed. Patients would have to get the cannabis from [...]

Continue reading »
Puerto Rico Legalizes Medical Marijuana

May 4, 2015 at 2:00 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The governor of Puerto Rico signed an executive order Sunday to permit the use of medical marijuana in the U.S. territory. “We’re taking a significant step in the area of health that is fundamental to our development and quality of life,” Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said in a statement. “I am sure that many patients will receive appropriate treatment that will offer them new hope.” Padilla noted that research supports the use of marijuana to relieve pain and symptoms from [...]

Continue reading »
Will Louisiana be the Next State to Legalize Medical Marijuana?

May 1, 2015 at 1:42 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

The odds of medical marijuana legislation surviving the Louisiana Legislature with the spurs of the sheriff’s lobby dug into the bill were bad, the bill’s sponsor said. But something happened over the last year that prompted the powerful Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association to not only lift its opposition — but to speak favorably during a debate on the bill Wednesday (April 29) about the benefits of making the drug available for Louisiana patients who need it. Legislation legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Louisiana then got the full backing of the [...]

Continue reading »