The big debate on marijuana, for both medical and non-medical use, is heating up all around the nation – perhaps nowhere more so than here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I know how I feel, but I am interested to see how others from all corners of the nation – or [...]
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Posted in Time to Consider Legalizing Marijuana
February 3, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
I don’t know what it is with Maui legislators and marijuana, but in the past, it was state Rep. Joe Bertram III who tried to have the state all but roll joints for the pot smokers, and this year it’s state Sen. J. Kalani English. English wants the state to go beyond legalizing marijuana for [...]
Duo Pushes Rhode Island To Decriminalize Pot
February 2, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Providence, R.I. — A retired police officer and the proprietor of an organic eatery make an odd couple when it comes to trying to overturn marijuana laws in this tiny state, but Jack Cole and Josh Miller are giving it their best shot. Mr. Cole, 71 years old, is a veteran of decades with the [...]
Senate Should Back Off Medical Marijuana
February 2, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Michigan — It’s not unheard of for a voter-ordered change in state law to require additional work by the Legislature. Constitutional amendments and initiatives do leave strings dangling, details missed. But the move afoot at the Capitol now to tinker with the state’s new medical marijuana regime has a different feel to it. This seems [...]
Cities Rush to Limit Medical Marijuana
January 31, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Christopher Frizzo of Royal Oak said marijuana helps him battle symptoms of his multiple sclerosis. But during a routine traffic stop Jan. 11, police took his medical marijuana and refused to return it, said Frizzo, 47. Although he was approved by the state to use medical marijuana, he didn’t register for a state-approved caregiver [...]
Judge Orders Dispensary to Stop Selling Medical Pot
January 31, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday ordered an Eagle Rock dispensary to stop selling medical marijuana in a decision city prosecutors believe is the first to conclude that state law does not allow collectives to sell the drug. Judge James C. Chalfant’s preliminary injunction applies only to Hemp Factory V, [...]
