As medical marijuana advocates try to expand research and use of pot in the U.S., some are taking the case to the United Nations. Read article here: High Times
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Canada and Mexico Must Prove Case With United Nations Before Legalizing Marijuana
Before Canada, Mexico or any other country can legalize marijuana across their respective nation, governments must first show the United Nations General Assembly later this year how they plan to make it happen while remaining in compliance with several international drug … Read article here: High Times
Judge: Pot Credit Union Can’t Access Nation’s Banking System
A judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought federal approval for a credit union aimed at serving Colorado's marijuana businesses, saying pot is still illegal under federal law. Read article here: High Times
Pot Bank Begs for Access to Nation’s Banking System
A Colorado credit union designed to serve the pot industry – Fourth Corner Credit Union – was challenging a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to keep the pot bank from accessing the nation's financial system. The feds' rejection earlier this… Read article here: High Times
Northern California Indian Nations Protest Pot Raids
Tribal authorities in Northern California are reacting angrily to a July 8 raid on two cannabis grows on tribal lands in Modoc County. The operations were owned by the Alturas Indian Rancheria and the Pit River Tribe. Read article here: High Times
United Nations Asked to Change International Drug Laws
While the United Nation prepares for the first time in nearly two decades to examine the staleness of international drug law, advocates from all over the world have joined forces in an attempt to persuade the global governance to reform the policies that bind individual n… Read article here: High Times
New York State Officials Ignore Patients, Providers and Industry Experts to Instead Pursue One of the Nation’s Most Unworkable Medical Marijuana Programs
Advocates: Final Regulations to Leave Thousands of Patients to Suffer Needlessly Abandoned by Cuomo Administration, Critically Ill Patient and Families Vow to Return to the Legislature to Fix New York's Broken Medical Marijuana Program New York – Last night the New York State Department of Health (DOH) released the final regulations for New York’s medical marijuana […]
DC Measure Would Legalize Recreational Pot in Nation’s Capital
District of Columbia pot advocates plan to submit the official language of a ballot initiative to the DC Board of Elections that, if passed by voters in November, would legallyallow adult DC residents to possess and transfer up to one ounce of marijuana&n… High Times
Visiting the nation’s Capitol? You better hide your stash.
Washington DC residents face the greatest statistical likelihood of being arrested for pot possession. That’s according to a new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland. Authors of the report reviewed 2010 data provided by the Federal Burea… High Times
Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users Named By the Nation’s Largest Marijuana Policy Organization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A list of the “Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users” in the United States was released Wednesday by the nation’s largest marijuana policy organization. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz