Steele Smith is the central figure in what could be the most significant Federal Marijuana case in US history, the first allowing a medical defense based on State law.
A Medical Marijuana patient and his wife face ten years in Federal prison in a figh…
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 [...]
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For years, there have been regular pushes in the Legislature and at the ballot box to legalize or decriminalize marijuana consumption, possession and cultivation. This year was no exception: Earlier this month, legislation aimed at allowing local autho…
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Despite legal protections for qualified medical patients who possess a physician’s recommendation for cannabis being the law in fifteen states and the District of Columbia since 1996, there is still a tremendous gray area in the law for patients, physicians, lawyers and providers.
In response, NORML Foundation has just published a new book entitled ‘Medical [...]
Posted in News“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 News California voters rejected marijuana legalization last November, and now a state senator is attempting to pass a piece of the initiative through the legislature.
Senate Bill 129 — introduced by Sen. Mark Leno (D- San Francisco) — would restric…
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