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A reform of Indiana’s marijuana laws, considered to be among the toughest in the nation, was supported by a majority of speakers at a hearing at the Statehouse on Thursday. Suggestions included legalizing the medical use of marijuana and reducing…

A year after the District legalized medical marijuana, nobody is legally growing or selling it. Patients once thought they would be receiving the drug by early 2011, but bureaucratic delays and the city’s caution in implementing its drug law have cau…

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July 28, 2011
Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Burnaby Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided by RCMP

Almost 4 months after it opened without RCMP complaint, the Metrotown Medical Marijuana Dispensary was raided today by Burnaby …

A state panel heard from a parade of experts Thursday as it began studying whether to legalize marijuana in Indiana or reduce criminal penalties on small amounts of the drug. The experts shared a common message: The prohibition against marijuana use in…

Spokane Medical Marijuana Despensary Owners Indicted

The debate over the legality of medical marijuana heats up with a federal grand jury indicting dispensary owners in Spokane and Loon Lake. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted five local di…

A District Court judge has scheduled a hearing for Aug. 5 to consider the validity of an emergency ordinance passed by the city of Billings that prohibits the storefront sales of medical marijuana. Judge Gregory Todd set the hearing after granting a te…

CANNABIS CULTURE – Listen up: Cannabis Culture editors Jodie Emery and Jeremiah Vandermeer joined radio host Casper Leitch on his syndicated show TIME 4 HEMP yesterday to discuss Marc Emery and the fight for marijuana legalization in Canada.
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[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.]
The consumption of cannabis, even long-term, poses few adverse effects on cognitive performance, according to clinical trial data to be published in the scientific journal Addiction.
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Medical marijuana advocates in Connecticut have been looking at New Jersey and Rhode Island as potential models for how to create a state-regulated system for growing and dispensing pot to patients in need. Both states’ programs have been in hold…

Airing and online 9:00pm (eastern) on July 26th on PBS
The Pot Republic
FRONTLINE’s primetime monthly newsmagazine returns with three new stories, leading with a timely report from the frontlines of marijuana legalization in California. The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, [...]