Category Archives: Cannabis and the Law
Colorado Allowing Cities to Ban Dispensaries Gets Challenged

The controversial HB 1284, the bill that regulates Colorado’s dispensary industry has a provision that allowed municipalities to ban dispensaries. Some cities in Colorado have done just that. Aurora and Broomfield Colorado are two cities where there is a ban on dispensaries, and there are others considering such a ban. Many activists have speculated that the ban provision in the bill would be challenged in court some day.
California’s Prop 19 Initiative Is Looking for a Sugar Daddy

How much does it cost to put a ballot initiative like proposition 19 on the ballot, or the original prop 215 that came before it? The answer to that question is a lot. The first time around, the 1996 medical marijuana initiative had many big donors, such as George Soros, but this year Proposition 19 has attracted few large donations outside of Richard Lee, the dispensary entrepreneur who sponsored the trail breaking initiative.
Montana Medical Marijuana Program Has a Wild Week

Montana announces new change in proof of residence policy for medical marijuana applicants and in the legal review process find a loophole in the state law. The new policy was set to go into effect on Monday. On Friday, the new announcement was that the applications process will remain as it is, meaning that out-of-staters may qualify for the Montana medical marijuana program.
Low Level Cannabis Criminals Equal Big Bucks for Drug Treatment Centers
According to Armentano, given America’s current underfunded drug treatment resources and our inability to meet demand, it is shocking and shameful that so many drug treatment facilities are being used to warehouse minor marijuana offenders who have run afoul of the law. In 2007, almost 40 percent of the estimated 288,000 people who entered drug treatment for cannabis use hadn’t even used it in the 30 days previous to their admission with another 16 percent reporting they used marijuana fewer than three times in the month before admission to treatment, hardly pot addicts worthy of drug rehab.
Legal Immigrants Face Deportation for Low Level Cannabis Crime
Mr. Lemaine, whose father is a United States citizen, faced an immigration judge in Harlingen, Tex., almost 2,000 miles from his home. The judge decided that under Fifth Circuit rulings, two marijuana violations made Mr. Lemaine a “recidivist felon” ineligible for bond or for any relief from deportation, even though his first marijuana offense had been dismissed, was for a very small amount of marijuana and happened when the now 28 year old was a teenager.
New York Senate Considers Medical Marijuana
After years of lobbying in the Empire state by activists including patients, physicians and medical marijuana advocate groups, New York may soon join fourteen other American states with medical cannabis laws. A senate budget resolution that passed on Monday includes a provision that supports considering the legal sale of medical marijuana in the state budget. [...]
Idaho Hemp Resolution Falters in Committee with 5-5 Tie Vote

Idaho- A resolution supporting industrial agricultural hemp production failed in the House Agricultural Affairs committee on February 17th, despite claims from the bill’s sponsors that hemp production could lead to an increase in jobs and tax revenue for the state.Republican representative Tom Trail, who helped sponsor the bill says that the multi-million dollar industry could [...]

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