Cannabis Fantastic

A judge on Friday has ruled that Montana’s medical marijuana law does not protect those that provide medical marijuana to other from federal prosecution. In the continuing assault, US District Judge, Donald Malloy dismissed a civil lawsuit that was filed by 14 individuals and businesses that were part of more than two dozen medical marijuana [Read on . . .]

Senate Bill 6265 got a hearing yesterday. The bill is sponsored by Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle, a long time proponent of common sense cannabis law reform. Senate Bill 6265 would legalize nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries, but kick the regulation aspect to the cities of Washington. If passed, the bill could clear up what has been a legal limbo for dispensaries in the state that are left alone in parts, and prosecuted in others.

The California Supreme Court decided today to review two lower court rulings that would look again into the legality of regulating dispensaries in the state. During a weekly closed-door session, the judges decided unanimously to hear the cases that deal with dispensaries suits in Long Beach and Riverside.

A new poll in Washington state shows that voters are evenly split on the question of legalizing marijuana for all adults.  The poll published this week was done by Elway Research, 1`that asked 411 randomly selected voters about legalization this way: “Washington voters may be asked this fall to vote on an initiative to legalize [Read on . . .]

The state of Colorado has been very progressive when it comes to medical marijuana regulations. They have pages and pages of codes that describe every process from growing to transporting to processing and distributing. Now, the agency that oversees much of that regulation, the Colorado Department of Revenue, has asked the DEA change the definition of Marijuana.

There is a case before the Supreme Court that includes a question about drug sniffing dogs. The case comes out of Florida, and the question is whether a police dog’s behavior outside a house gives the officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs inside the home, or does a dogs sniff [Read on . . .]

Darren Richardson was pulled over in his 2004 Black BMW 325i for what police said was them witnessing Mr. Richardson nearly cause a traffic accident after he narrowly avoided hitting another car. Police pulled him over, and according to police documents of the encounter, they say that Richardson began arguing with them immediately. The dispute continued between Richardson, two police officers at the scene, and Mr. Richardson’s passenger. In a matter of minutes, both men were in handcuffs while they waited for a K-9 unit to come check out the car since the officer on the scene reported the smell of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle.

The Directors of the American Society for Addiction Medicine had a meeting on Sunday in Washington to discuss their recent California chapter. The California Chapter of the American Society for Addiction has been considering supporting a legalization measure in the state. The report from three of their top California members says they would like to [Read on . . .]