Parkersburg – The half-acre plot of fledgling plants along a hillside at Cedar Lane Farm puts into perspective the return of hemp to West Virginia soil – a resistance-riddled movement struggling to rise out of infancy. Owner Dave Hawkins arrives with a few signs to post around the plot warning trespassers that the area is […]
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Chile Moves Toward Cannabis Decriminalization
Cheers broke out in the public gallery Tuesday as Chile's Chamber of Deputies voted 68 to 39 with five abstentions to decriminalize cannabis—including a provision for cultivation. Read article here: High Times
Pennsylvania Moves Toward Medical Marijuana Legalization
As the Pennsylvania state Senate is set to reconvene on Sept. 15, a hotly contested national issue sits near the top of its agenda: medical marijuana. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1182, titled the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, passed the Senate’s Law and Justice Committee unanimously on June 27. When state senators return from […]
Feds Make Step Toward Hemp Legalization
The United States federal government may not be ready to sanction marijuana use, but a new agriculture bill is set to legalize preliminary stages of hemp production in states that allow the practice. A new farm bill, passed by Congress on Tuesday, would allow universities and state agriculture departments to establish industrial hemp growing programs. […]
Uruguay Takes Step Toward Full Pot Legalization
Uruguay’s unprecedented plan to put the government at the center of a legal marijuana industry has made it halfway through congress, giving President Jose Mujica a long-sought victory in his effort to explore alternatives to the global war on drugs. All 50 members of the governing Broad Front coalition approved the proposal in a party […]
Marijuana’s March Toward Mainstream Confounds Feds
It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of “Just Say No.” The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton, who famously “didn’t inhale,” to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did. And now, in […]
NY Takes First Step Toward Legalization
The New York State Assembly votes to okay personal possession. High Times
Vermont Moves Toward Decriminalizing Marijuana
Vermont’s legislature on Monday approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, a measure the state’s governor expects to sign into law in the coming weeks. The move sets up the New England state to be the 17th in the United States to remove criminal penalties for having small amounts […]
Lottery Winner Puts $1-Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana
National PostBy Sarah Boesveld Bob Erb has been playing the lottery since he was a young pothead in the 1970s, smoking 15 joints a day. Today, Mr. Erb is still crushing 15 joints a day — except now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz