Historic Breakthrough in Struggle to End Marijuana Prohibition Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado today that the Department of Justice will allow the states to implement their ballot initiatives that legalized the production, distribution, and sale of marijuana for adults. Deputy Attorney General James Cole also issued a memo to […]
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White House Declines Comment on Gupta Pot Apology
A White House spokesman offered little when asked for an official reaction to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s new stance on marijuana. Earlier this month, Gupta publicly apologized for misleading Americans about medical marijuana’s harms and explained his change of heart i… High Times
House OKs Hemp Research
The U.S. House of Representatives pass a farm bill that includes an amendment allowing hemp research. High Times
Bill To License Dispensaries Clears Oregon House
The House narrowly passed a bill Monday that would license and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a proposal that some lawmakers argue would allow more patients to safely access the drug but others worry could heighten abuse of the program. The state currently allows patients with certain debilitating medical conditions to grow their own marijuana or […]
Colorado House Gives Initial Approval to Marijuana Tax Measure
The Denver PostBy John Ingold Colorado lawmakers spent Monday afternoon trying to find the Goldilocks level for recreational marijuana taxes — an amount neither too high to discourage voters from approving it nor too low to pay the costs of pot legalization. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
White House Rejects Medical Marijuana For Soldiers’ PTSD Treatment
Marijuana ruled hazardous to your health, war not. Adding to the hypocrisy is the fact that our president was once a legendary stoner who during his teen years invented new methods of getting high and cruised around Hawaii in a mobile drugmobile called the Choomwagon. Higher Thinking Primate writes: Despite evidence that medical marijuana can […]
Ethan Nadelmann: The White House Experiments With Weed
Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, explains that recent marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington isn't simple. The Federal response (or lack thereof) will determine how the policy is actualized. Drug Policy Alliance – Medical Marijuana
Kentucky’s Industrial Hemp Measure Passes The House And Senate
Today the Governor of Kentucky stated that he will let the state’s industrial hemp measure become law without his signature. Gov. Beshear had expressed concerns that marijuana growers may try to hide their illegal growing operations with hemp plants. But despite his concerns, he allowed the measure to become law and did not veto the […]