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Vermont Governor Supports Legalization of Cannabis

January 9, 2016 at 2:41 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said on Thursday he would seek to legalize marijuana through the legislative process, instead of through the ballot box, for the first time in the United States. In his State of the State address, the Democratic governor said more than 80,000 Vermonters reported using marijuana last year, contributing to a black market. He said legislators needed to proceed step by step to regulate marijuana. “That’s why I will work with you to craft the right bill [...]

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Cops Face Charges for Eating Marijuana Edibles During Dispensary Raid

October 7, 2015 at 1:37 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

At least three Santa Ana Police officers allegedly did partake of medibles during a dispensary raid at Sky High Holistic. After failed attempts from the Santa Ana Police Department to hide a surveillance video, an Orange County Judge ruled that the video can and will be used. The video shows at least three cops eating cannabis edibles in the shop without doctor’s recommendations and needlessly taunting patients that were present. The Santa Ana Police Officers Association recently filed a restraining [...]

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National Cancer Institute Confirms Cannabis Kills Cancer

August 23, 2015 at 12:19 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Everyone who has been relentlessly fighting for marijuana to be legalized in US can celebrate. Following numerous studies, scientists from the National Cancer Institute have confirmed that cannabis does kill cancer cells. The National Cancer Institute (NIC), one of the many arms of the US Department of Health, has confirmed on its website that “cannabis and cannabinoids may have benefits in treating the symptoms of cancer or the side effects of cancer therapies” and also that “cannabis has been shown [...]

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How Many UFC Fighters Actually Smoke Marijuana?

August 19, 2015 at 2:41 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes there is a “tremendous” amount of UFC fighters who smoke marijuana. Several months ago, the UFC announced a new out-of-competition testing program that would include a minimum of 2,750 drug tests per annum, as well as dramatically increased punishments for positive tests. While the main intention of such significant change was to undercut potential rampant use of performance enhancing substances in the UFC, the USADA program will also target other recreational marijuana, and other [...]

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D.A.R.E. Accidentally Supports Legalization of Cannabis

August 1, 2015 at 2:10 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

The controversial substance abuse prevention group D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) appeared to have made a surprisingly progressive change in its ideology Monday when it published a letter to the editor endorsing marijuana legalization. It turns out it was an accident. The post, titled “Purchasing marijuana puts kids at risk,” was published in The Columbus Dispatch earlier in the day. Its author, Carlis McDerment, is a former deputy sheriff who works with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an international nonprofit devoted to opposing the [...]

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UK Police Now Allowing Citizens to Grow Marijuana

July 21, 2015 at 12:24 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Cannabis users in County Durham who grow the drug for their own consumption will no longer be targeted by the police after the force declared the illegal activity was not a priority. In a move, which will be seen as a further step towards decriminalization, Durham Constabulary declared it would only go after people using the drug if there was a complaint or if they were being “blatant”. While the force insisted it would continue to tackle commercial cannabis farms [...]

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Massachusetts Opening First Medical Cannabis Dispensary

June 23, 2015 at 12:21 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

More than two and a half years after Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, and a bureaucratic rollout full of controversies and missteps, the historic city of Salem is set to make some modern history as it becomes the first Bay State community with a medical pot dispensary Wednesday. Alternative Therapies Group at 50 Grove Street has surveillance cameras galore, highly secured entrance including what appears to be a bulletproof reception window, and is in an out-of-the-way mostly ex-industrial area with [...]

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Delaware Decriminalizes Cannabis

June 19, 2015 at 1:14 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Voting along party lines, Senate lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Thursday to a measure that decriminalizes the possession and private use of up to an ounce of marijuana, and Gov. Jack Markell signed the legislation into law almost immediately. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington, allows Delawareans to possess up to an ounce of marijuana and use the drug privately without facing criminal sanctions, although police can confiscate the drugs. Criminal penalties for simple possession will be [...]

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Majority of New Hampshire Supports Legalization of Marijuana

March 6, 2015 at 12:13 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

CONCORD, N.H. —New Hampshire may soon join other New England states in loosening the law when it comes to marijuana possession. The Committee on Criminal Justice voted overwhelmingly Thursday to support a measure making it a violation, rather than a criminal offense, to possess a half-ounce or less of marijuana. Under current law, possession of an ounce of marijuana or less is a Class A misdemeanor that carries with it a possible year in jail, but some believe that when [...]

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