Colorado lawmakers are taking up marijuana regulation proposals for the first time since receiving a federal warning about state pot laws.
The Senate Finance Committee planned to start work on a medical marijuana bill Monday that changes rules for …
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Colorado Senate Gets To Pot Bill After Fed Warning
May 2, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsMontana Law Is Harsh, Sentences Vary For Marijuana Use
April 27, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
The amount is so little, the potential penalty so very big.
Get caught passing marijuana to a friend in Montana – as Matthew Otto did last November – and you could end up facing life in prison.
In theory, at least. And in law, too.
Otto …
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Marijuana Advocate
April 20, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
“I was not one of the ’60s radicals,” says Dale Gieringer ‘68 of his time at Harvard. “I was pretty libertarian and sort of Republican-leaning. Definitely in the political minority.”
Despite this, he has gone o…
Posted in NewsAs Smoke Clears, Tories, Liberals React To Pot Ruling
April 16, 2011 | 2 views | No Comments
A day after an Ontario court stayed charges of growing and possessing marijuana against him, Matthew Mernagh wasted no time exercising his newly acquired freedom to consume medicinal cannabis, setting some seeds germinating in a paper towel and paying …
Posted in NewsPot Laws Ruled Unconstitutional
April 13, 2011 | 6 views | No Comments
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that the federal medical marijuana program is unconstitutional, giving the government three months to fix the problem before pot is effectively legalized.
In an April 11 ruling, Justice Donald Taliano found tha…
Posted in NewsOntario Court Strikes Down Marijuana Ban
April 13, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments
Ontario is one step closer to the legalization of marijuana after the Ontario Superior Court struck down two key parts of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that prohibit the possession and production of pot.
The court declared the rules that go…
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