Delaware: Federal Threats Halt Plans To Implement State’s Nascent Medicinal Cannabis Law

Delaware: Federal Threats Halt Plans To Implement State’s Nascent Medicinal Cannabis Law

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] Democrat Gov. Jack Markell has abruptly halted plans to implement legislation passed in 2011 that allows qualified patients to obtain marijuana from state-licensed facilities. Governor Markell had initially signed the law, Senate Bill 17, The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act, last May. Under the law, patients with a qualifying illness may legally possess up to six ounces of cannabis, provided they [...]

Struggling Cities Turn To a Crop for Cash

Struggling Cities Turn To a Crop for Cash

As the stubborn economic downturn has forced this city to take painful steps to balance its budget in recent years, it has increasingly turned to one of its newer industries to raise much-needed revenues: medical marijuana dispensaries. The city has raised taxes on marijuana dispensaries several times in the past few years, and last year [...]

Identify Legal Marijuana Grow-op Sites, Calgary Asks Ottawa

Identify Legal Marijuana Grow-op Sites, Calgary Asks Ottawa

CBC News

Calgary officials are asking to be kept in the loop about medical marijuana being grown in the city.

A motion passed by council last week asks Health Canada to disclose the locations of licensed growing operations.

Currently, neither c…

A Dying Medical Marijuana Patient in a Wheelchair Fighting LA City Council on Closing Dispensaries

A Dying Medical Marijuana Patient in a Wheelchair Fighting LA City Council on Closing Dispensaries

a dying medical marijuana patient in a wheelchair fighting LA city council on closing dispensaries

im back, the hypocrisy ends LA wants to shut down all the places i can access my medicine.. watch them try lawsuit from hell.. my medicine: medical ma…

Initiative To Legalize Marijuana Will Go To Voters

Initiative To Legalize Marijuana Will Go To Voters

An initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters, Washington state lawmakers said Thursday. If passed, Initiative 502 would make Washington the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. It would place the state at odds with federal law, which bans marijuana use of all [...]

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