A petition filed with the Missouri secretary of state’s office could be the first step toward the legalization of marijuana if it garners enough support. Show-Me Cannabis is an initiative organized by a group of Missourians and businesses that be…
A petition filed with the Missouri secretary of state’s office could be the first step toward the legalization of marijuana if it garners enough support. Show-Me Cannabis is an initiative organized by a group of Missourians and businesses that be…
For years now, some veterans groups and marijuana advocates have argued that the therapeutic benefits of the drug can help soothe the psychological wounds of battle. But with only anecdotal evidence as support, their claims have yet to gain widespread …
In October 2009, medical marijuana advocates celebrated a U.S. Department of Justice memo declaring that federal authorities wouldn’t target the legal use of medicinal pot in states where it is permitted. The memo from Deputy U.S. Attorney Ge…
The City Council voted on Monday to establish a municipal licensing and regulation system for medical marijuana distribution in Seattle under a new Washington state law that takes effect later this week. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has indicated he will …
Today’s New York Times City Blog features an article about a court settlement between New York City and Jamie Rutkowski. Who is Jamie Rutkowski? Until New York City police decided to arrest her for minor cannabis possession—in a city that is supposed to be issuing civil tickets— locking her up in police detention, creating a [...]
A new law would allow once-banned hemp grows just miles outside downtown Sacramento. So why are cannabis cultivators opposed to hemp’s big breakthrough? California’s cannabis growers are on a collision course with legalized hemp. A new bi…
Irvina Booker makes a most unlikely criminal. She lives in constant pain, disabled by multiple sclerosis and arthritis, a grandmother whose limited mobility depends on her walker, her daughter and marijuana. “I never smoked it before I got sick, and …
by Byron Andrus, NORML Foundation legal intern and second year law student at George Mason University School of Law
Recently, NORML supported the efforts of Congressmen Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) in their sponsorship of H.R. 2306, ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011’, a House bill which seeks to remove federal penalties for [...]
Michigan’s medical-marijuana law has created a pipe-full of legal confusion. The vaguely worded law has led to a contradictory tangle of local ordinances, law-enforcement policies and lawsuits in response to a statewide explosion of marijuana dis…