While the fight to drag California out of the clutches of prohibition has been ugly and borderline slanderous,a recent editorialby Lieutenant Governor GavinNewsomsuggests the “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA) is the smartest approach … Read article here: High Times
Tag: Marijuana
Radical Rant: Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana, The Latest Journey into the Box Canyon
There were three major news stories last week that provided more evidence to bolster theMedical Marijuana Box Canyon theoryI’ve advocated since 2009. (Simply stated, the theory is that continuing to advocate solely for medical marijuana access for some, … Read article here: High Times
More Blacks Still Going to Jail for Marijuana Despite Legalization
While some advocates of the drug policy reform movement have made it their lifelong mission to convince the population that legalizing the leaf is the only way to end the racial disparity that exists in relation to marijuana-related arrests, a recent study shows that lega… Read article here: High Times
New Zealand Has No Plans to Close 40-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Loophole
Last month, a New Zealand attorney was able to help her client avoid a lengthy jail sentence after exposing a loophole in New Zealand's law, which allows patients to import a one-month supply of medical marijuana into the country. And on Thursday, Peter Dunne, the cou… Read article here: High Times
NOLA Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
While Louisiana continues to have some of the fiercest penalties against marijuana possession in the United States, the City of New Orleans hopes to become a positive influence on this antiquated system by showing the rest of the state that it's no longer necessary to… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Teenage Girl Dies in Her Father’s Arms, Killed by Marijuana Prohibition
It is far past time to end this prohibition at the federal level and to free doctors in every state to pursue research and treatment of disability and disease with cannabis. Read article here: High Times
Irish Are Emigrating in Search of Medical Marijuana
This is the story of Irish people who regard themselves as the first “international medical cannabis refugees” seeking treatment in Colorado. Read article here: High Times
Bill Passes To Allow Medical Marijuana Oil In Virginia
Big news today for children and adults hoping to get a form of medical marijuana to treat epilepsy. The General Assembly has passed a bill allowing cannabidiol, or CBD, to be produced and distributed in Virginia. Senator Dave Marsden said, “Marijuana is a plant and there is a process by which you can derive these […]
More On Bringing Medical Marijuana Into New Zealand
Apparently Peter Dunne thinks I’m wrong about bringing medical marijuana into New Zealand. Here’s a longer discussion of why I don’t think I am. Yesterday I wrote this post, leveraging off a RNZ story about a judge discharging a woman without conviction for mailing herself medical marijuana from the US. In it I claimed that, […]
Pennsylvania Could Become the Next State to Legalize a Medical Marijuana Program
Pennsylvania may be well be on its way to becoming the next state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. Read article here: High Times