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I don’t know what it is with Maui legislators and marijuana, but in the past, it was state Rep.  Joe Bertram III who tried to have the state all but roll joints for the pot smokers, and this year it’s state Sen.  J.  Kalani English. English wants the state to go beyond legalizing marijuana for [...]

Michigan — It’s not unheard of for a voter-ordered change in state law to require additional work by the Legislature. Constitutional amendments and initiatives do leave strings dangling, details missed. But the move afoot at the Capitol now to tinker with the state’s new medical marijuana regime has a different feel to it. This seems [...]

The United States imports it, but it’s illegal for American farmers to grow it. Wisconsin farmers could soon have the option to grow industrial hemp under a proposal that has cleared the Assembly Committee on Agriculture. read more

California — It’s ironic that the straightest path toward clarity in laws surrounding marijuana may just be through the initiative process. By now, it’s no secret that various groups have put forth ballot measures this election year to completely legalize the drug, which until now has only been legal as medicine. But that current qualified [...]

Colorado’s public policies regarding the use of medical marijuana are a complete mess — and as the medical director of a busy adolescent substance abuse treatment program in Denver, I get to contend with this mess every day.Take, for example, the 19-year-old whom I have treated for severe addiction for several months. He recently showed [...]

Former President Urges New Scheme on Tahiti Former President Oscar Temaru Claims Cannabis Should Be Legalised On Tahiti The French paradise island of Tahiti could be set to legalise cannabis – so that jobless youngsters can earn money selling it to tourists. The controversial scheme is aimed at reducing soaring unemployment in France’s overseas territory [...]

Denver — Colorado lawmakers have an unlikely ally in their first attempt to curb the state’s booming medical marijuana industry: owners of the some of the shops that sell pot. Many dispensary owners say they’re on board with regulations if they give them uniform guidelines and avert a more severe crackdown like one approved this [...]

While Debate Over Medical Marijuana Continues, Jackson County Sees And Increase In Cardholders Next to the federal courthouse in downtown Medford, medical marijuana patients pass in and out of a nondescript building where cannabis is smoked, grown and exchanged between patients. In the lobby, something that looks like driftwood sits on a desk.  It’s the [...]