Medical marijuana may soon be available for patients in Ireland after the minority government approved Thusday a new amendment allowing use of the plant. The bill, drafted by Ireland’s People Before Profit group, still has another round of approval by the government before it can become law. The bill, which was presented to the Dáil […]
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Lawmakers Want To Defund The DEA’s Marijuana Eradication Program
In 2015, the Drug Enforcement Administration gave $ 20,000 to the state of New Hampshire to eradicate marijuana plants, according to federal documents. But the Granite State’s law enforcement agencies didn’t have much luck finding any weed to pull that year – their efforts uncovered a single outdoor grow site with a grand total of […]
Colorado Cops Beg State Lawmakers to Stop Changing Marijuana Laws
In a recent letter unearthed byThe Denver Post, Colorado’s leading prosecutors and police officials are demanding that state lawmakers put a temporary hold on any additional legislative revisions to the state’s marijuana laws because they simply “c… Read article here: High Times
Conservative Utah Lawmakers Show Progressive Leanings
Utah's staunchly conservative legislature came close to eliminating the death penalty and gave serious consideration to setting up a system to grow and distribute medical marijuana – making the 2016 session a surprising one that may foreshadow future traction for prog… Read article here: High Times
Connecticut Lawmakers ‘Pushing Hard’ for Legal Marijuana
A group of Connecticut lawmakers have banded together in an iron pipe swinging effort to end prohibition in the Land of Steady Habits. Read article here: High Times
Kansas Lawmakers Reviewing Bill to Ease Marijuana Punishment
Kansas lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would lessen the state's penalties for marijuana possession and allow the limited use of marijuana for medical purposes. Read article here: High Times
Despite Staggering Public Support for Medical Pot, Illinois Lawmakers Continue to Restrict Usage
Exceeding national polls, a staggering 80 percent of Illinois voters said that they support allowing patients to use medical marijuana as recommended by a doctor. Read article here: High Times
Federal Lawmakers Concerned the FDA Is Sustaining a Painkiller Epidemic, Pot Prohibition
Federal lawmakers are concerned that the United States painkiller epidemic is destined to continue driving tens of thousands of citizens every year into an early grave because the national agencies responsible for controlling this madness are being paid by the very indust… Read article here: High Times
Vermont Governor Tells Lawmakers to Legalize Marijuana
With near breakneck speed, Vermont Governor PeterShumlinwent from saying earlier this month that he was “still struggling” with whether support legislation to legalize a recreational cannabis industry in 2016 to calling for lawmakers toget to… Read article here: High Times
Federal Lawmakers Apply Pressure to Eliminate DEA Funds
Days after a legion of activists and federal lawmakers petitioned to have DEA acting chief, Chuck Rosenberg, tarred and feathered in the streets of Washington D.C. for calling medical marijuana “a joke,” a mob of influential bruisers on Capitol Hill have stepp… Read article here: High Times