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Medical Marijuana Turns 15 Years Old – Has It Reached Its Zenith?
Tomorrow, November 5th, 2011, marks the fifteenth anniversary of California’s passage of Prop 215, The Compassionate Use Act. The Act passed with 55.58% of the vote and remains the greatest achievement in marijuana law reform in the “War on Drugs” era.
The successes of Prop 215 are well documented. Two years following its passage, the [...]
Compromise on Medical Marijuana
Keep rules tight to minimize abuses, but make sure patients will actually use the program. Upon further thought, Gov. Chris Christie said Monday he won’t allow for any easing of the proposed restrictions the state Department of Health and Seni…
Snuff Out Pot Measure
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States. Seventy years of criminal prohibition, “Just Say No” sloganeering and a federal drug war that now incarcerates 225,000 people a year have not diminished the availability o…
New Jersey Patients Fume Over Medical Marijuana Law Delays [FEATURE]
One of outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine's last acts before leaving office in January was to sign New Jersey's Compassionate Use Act Medical Marijuana Act, allowing qualified patients in the Garden State to use me…
California Supreme Court to Take Up Medical Marijuana Limits Issue
The California Supreme Court agreed to revisit the question of how many plants and how much marijuana medical marijuana patients may legally possess. It did so by taking up a prosecutor’s appeal of a May California Appellate Court decision that found a 2003 law designed to make the state’s medical marijuana law operational conflicted with [...]
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