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Federal Ruling Protects Medical Marijuana Dispensaries That Follow State Law
In Precedent-Setting Case, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Rules Justice Department in Violation of Federal Law and Lifts Injunction Against Medical Marijuana Dispensary Judge Cites Recent Congressional Reforms, as Support for Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Continues to Grow in Congress Yesterday, a federal judge lifted an injunction against one of California’s oldest medical marijuana dispensaries. […]
Uncle Sam to Release 6,000 Federal Drug Offenders
In an effort to deal with prison overcrowding, as well as liberate some of those people serving unjust sentences for non-violent drug crimes, the Department of Justice announced earlier this week that it plans to spring around 6,000 prisoners from the joint. Read article here: High Times
Federal Authorities Raid Rash of Illegal Colorado Pot Grows
Colorado's high-country chill makes it a tough place to grow marijuana outside. But federal authorities say legalization has emboldened pot growers into planting weed on the state's sparsely populated federal lands, often for shipment to other states. Read article here: High Times
NY Senator Gillibrand Challenges Cannabis Industry to Support Federal Reform
It’s time for the federal government to unleash marijuana laws in the United States. That was the overall message U.S. Senator KirstenGillibrandsent to members of the National Cannabis Industry Association earlier this week in New York City. Read article here: High Times
Federal Lawmakers Demand DOJ Investigate Continued War on Medical Marijuana
Although the federal government implied that it had “ended the war against medical marijuana,” in 2014 with the passing of a omnibus spending bill, the true meaning of this three-legged amendment has been swimming for dear life in a cesspool of skewed perspect… Read article here: High Times
New York’s Senator Schumer Throws Weight Behind Federal Medical Marijuana Legislation
Senator Schumer Joins NY Senator Gillibrand in Sponsoring the CARERS Act, a Bill that Would End Federal Prohibition of Medical Marijuana New York Patients and Families Applaud Schumer for His Support New York – Today, Senator Schumer (D-NY) added his name to the Senate’s sweeping medical marijuana bill. The CARERS Act, introduced in March by […]
10 Reasons Why Federal Medical Marijuana Prohibition Is About To Go Up In Smoke
When I first opened the D.C. office for Americans for Safe Access (ASA) in 2006, to bring representation of medical marijuana patients to our nation’s capitol, I was told by many it was not worth the effort. A quick skim of the political landscape back then showed we would be facing a steep slope. Sure, […]
Obama Calls for Fairer Justice System with First-Ever Presidential Visit to a Federal Prison
As part of a weeklong focus on inequities in the criminal justice system, Obama was to meet separately Thursday with law enforcement officials and nonviolent drug offenders who are paying their debt to society at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-secu… Read article here: High Times
Federal Marijuana Research Bill Creates ‘Schedule I-R’
Federal lawmakers believe they may have devised a master plan to help facilitate the research of medical marijuana. Earlier this week, a proposal was submitted to Congress, which aims to create a new sub-category within the Controlled Substances Act that would simplify th… Read article here: High Times