Cannabis Fantastic

United States Attorney General, Eric Holder said that the Obama administration is only targeting dispensaries that have exceeded state laws and that he is still trying to find accountability in the errors under Operation “Fast and Furious”.

Democrat Bob Kerrey says it’s time the nation considered allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana, especially to returning veterans with mental health issues. While Senator Kerry said he doesn’t support full legalization of marijuana Kerry says the he believe that returning veterans who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or other mental trauma should be allowed to use marijuana as long as their doctors agreed it would help alleviate symptoms. Kerry said at the very least, the Department of Veterans Affairs should be allowed to study whether cannabis could help veterans returning from combat as anecdotal evidence shows.

Washington DC’s Mayor, Vincent Gray has let officials know in his city, he is ready for them to concentrate on implementing the medical marijuana program in DC, but he also wants DC officials to keep their options open when it comes to dealing with recreational use of marijuana.

Sadly, the first major American city to decriminalize marijuana back in the 70’s is also the marijuana arrest capital of the world today. New York City has an ugly history of arresting people for small amounts of marijuana by stopping them and asking them to empty their pockets. The practice has become known as the [Read on . . .]

2012-06-06 – An article came out in the Washington Post this week about the legalization question that has qualified on the ballot in Colorado. Colorado may be one of the battle ground states when it comes to the presidential race come November. Voters in Colorado will decide whether or not to legalize marijuana in their [Read on . . .]

It was after a screening in Helena that Rep. Millburn made his comments. He was met with boos from the crowd as he explained how he felt the legislature got even further than they thought they could with reigning in the state medical marijuana program, adding “I can’t say I would change anything. What we set out to do, we did”. Through the heckling crowd, Milburn remained unapologetic, even as someone asked if the cancer patient that was portrayed in the film should have access to medical marijuana. He said he did not know. He explained that it was only just prior to the 2011 session that he found out how out-of-control the medical marijuana industry had become. He said that “the drug” was reaching schools. Parts of the law the legislature passed has been blocked by a judge, and the new law is facing both a court challenge and a voter referendum come November.

The small country town of Rasquera, in Catalonia, Spain is seeking to put a dent in their unemployment crisis and their town debt by leasing out some land the city owns for the purpose of growing marijuana. The town hall council voted to sign a $1.7 million dollar agreement with a cannabis users association in [Read on . . .]

New York City was the first major city to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. What could have been a proud history of progressive and rational cannabis laws has become a history of racism leading to New York City having become the world capitol of marijuana arrests, with the most people going to jail over [Read on . . .]