Dutch Judge Paves Way To Turn Coffeeshops Into Private Clubs For Dutch Only

April 27, 2012   |   3 views   |   No Comments
Dutch Judge Paves Way To Turn Coffeeshops Into Private Clubs For Dutch Only

While Amsterdam coffeeshop owners hope to be able to work out a political compromise to remain open for non-Dutch, it looks like the rest of The Netherlands will quickly move to embrace these court-ordered changes to their business model. Let’s hope that this past High Times Cannabis Cup Awards will not be the last! From the Huffington Post – THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Long famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke. A judge on [...]

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Dutch Judge Paves Way To Turn Coffeeshops Into Private Clubs For Dutch Only

April 27, 2012   |   2 views   |   No Comments
Dutch Judge Paves Way To Turn Coffeeshops Into Private Clubs For Dutch Only

While Amsterdam coffeeshop owners hope to be able to work out a political compromise to remain open for non-Dutch, it looks like the rest of The Netherlands will quickly move to embrace these court-ordered changes to their business model. Let’s hope that this past High Times Cannabis Cup Awards will not be the last! From the Huffington Post – THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Long famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke. A judge on [...]

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Obama Explains Increasing MMJ Crackdowns

April 26, 2012   |   4 views   |   No Comments
Obama Explains Increasing MMJ Crackdowns

Amid an increased crackdown on medical marijuana producers across the nation, including a recent high-profile raid on a California training school, President Barack Obama faced questions in a new interview with Rolling Stone about the seeming disconnect between his 2008 campaign rhetoric and his administration’s actions since he took office. “I’m not going to be [...]

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NEW POLL: 74% of Americans Support Alternative Penalties for Marijuana

April 26, 2012   |   1 views   |   No Comments
NEW POLL: 74% of Americans Support Alternative Penalties for Marijuana

A new poll, published today by Angus Reid Public Opinion, looks at the changing attitudes towards marijuana possession penalties in the UK, Canada, and the United States. The poll surveyed 1,011 Americans, 2,015 Britons, and 1,005 Canadians during March of this year. The results show that an overwhelming majority of citizens in these countries no longer believe marijuana possession should result in jail time. From Angus Reid: Majorities of respondents in the three countries (Britain 56%, Canada 68%, United States 74%) welcome the concept of using alternative penalties—such as fines, [...]

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City of Miami Beach Settles False Arrest Case with Marijuana Rights Activist

April 26, 2012   |   5 views   |   No Comments
City of Miami Beach Settles False Arrest Case with Marijuana Rights Activist

A staple joke from late night comedians, going back to George Carlin in the 1970s, is about how cannabis law reformers are too stoned to gather signatures and turn them in, when, ironically, or not, it is usually agents of the government who more often than not interfere with the democratic process of citizens gathering signatures in public to petition their government for grievance. A case example from a local effort in Miami Beach to reform the city’s cannabis laws has resulted in NORML-affiliated lawyers procuring a monetary settlement with [...]

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