Delays Violate State Law and Put Patients at Risk of Criminal Prosecution SANTA FE— New Mexico’s Department of Health administrative shortfalls are leaving medical cannabis patients without access to medicine and unprotected from criminal liability for purchase, possession, and cultivation across New Mexico. According to law, the Department of Health (DOH) is required to process […]
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Medical Marijuana ‘Joke’ Comment Leads To Thousands Calling For DEA Chief’s Firing
More than 36,000 people had signed a petition as of Friday morning asking President Barack Obama to fire Drug Enforcement Administration head Chuck Rosenberg over comments he made on medical marijuana. Rosenberg said Nov. 4 that smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes “is a joke,” CBS News reported. “What really bothers me is the notion that […]
Cannabis Parade Draws In Thousands For ‘Joint’ Effort In Berlin
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Berlin to advocate the legalization of cannabis. The 19th annual “Hanfparade” (hemp parade) has also found support among some politicians. Berlin police estimate that roughly 8,000 people came together for the “Hanfparade” march (hemp parade) in Berlin on Saturday, moving from the central train station to […]
Thousands Gather in Portland as Oregon Eases into Legal Weed
Oregon began easing into an era of legal marijuana Wednesday after an early morning pot celebration at the center of Portland. A few thousand people jammed a sidewalk and bike lane on the Burnside Bridge at midnight Tuesday and counted down the moments until July 1—… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Thousands Celebrate Oregon Marijuana Freedom with a #BurnsideBurn
I’m still recovering from the events of early yesterday morning as marijuana possession and cultivation became legal for all adults at midnight, July 1, in my home state of Oregon. I was one of thousands who gathered on the Burnside Bridge, the major arterial avenue… Read article here: High Times
Drug Lab Misconduct Leads to New Trials for Thousands
Tens of thousands of prisoners across the state of Massachusetts who were convicted as a result of drug tests overseen by one state scientist may soon challenge these convictions in court. Read article here: High Times
Thousands Rally For Legal Weed In The Holy Land
In a part of the world famous for its divisiveness, could weed be a force of good bringing together politicians from opposite sides of the political spectrum? High Times
Legal Marijuana Created Thousands of Jobs in Colorado
Marijuana dispensaries characterize it as a bit of a gold rush: the sudden swarm of thousands of people from in and out of Colorado trying to get into the state’s new recreational marijuana industry. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Thousands Cited for Having Pot on Federal Land
Karen Strand didn’t think she’d get in trouble for having a small container of medical marijuana when she went hiking in Olympic National Park this summer. President Barack Obama, she remembered, had said the federal government had “bigger fish to fry” than people who follow state marijuana laws, and Washington state had just legalized pot. […]