Medical Marijuana info

Concord, NH — A conservative watchdog group called upon Gov. John Lynch on Monday to veto a bill legalizing medical use of marijuana on financial grounds. Cornerstone Policy Research said a 20-page compromise (HB 648) approved by lawmakers would require an “overly cumbersome and expensive bureaucratic response.” The bill calls for ...

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Although some states are openly debating the legalization of marijuana, Alabama does not appear ready to take that step just yet.  Still, there are some advocates for legalization, such as former gubernatorial candidate Loretta Nall.  Brian Schoenhals In a sluggish economy, as states are struggling to keep the books balanced, ...

A city inspector dropped by the Bulldog Cafe Collective on Melrose Avenue last week to see if it was still in business.  It was.  Inside the spare, modern interior, dusky green marijuana buds were still displayed in plastic jars.  An owner who is often at the store ...

So far this year, London police and RCMP officers have conducted more than 80 raids on illegal marijuana growers within the city, and seized tens of millions of dollars worth of plants.  Other municipalities across the province are in the throes of a similar law-enforcement struggle. Is ...

Washington, D.C. — House appropriations subcommittee has lifted a long-standing budget rider banning the District government from spending any money to decriminalize marijuana. The Financial Services panel, which has oversight of D.C., has removed from the 2010 budget 11-year-old language outlawing the District’s use of federal or local funds to legalize ...

A note from one America’s soldiers (and a NORML member) serving in Iraq, along with some comments I saw over the weekend on NORML’s blogs, sharply reminded me of the need to post the final results from the NORML Foundation’s ‘4/20′ nationwide TV ad campaign, as well as the fundraising ...

FLINT, Michigan — Ronald Higgerson has his own cure-all solution for Flint’s ills — marijuana. But he doesn’t want everyone smoking it — just growing, harvesting and selling tons of it as part of a local medical marijuana industry. If Flint voters elect him mayor in August, Higgerson plans to make the ...

Los Angeles, CA — A city inspector dropped by the Bulldog Cafe Collective on Melrose Avenue last week to see if it was still in business. It was. Inside the spare, modern interior, dusky green marijuana buds were still displayed in plastic jars. An owner who is often at the ...

War is an awful thing.  Yet, to show they are serious, politicians constantly use the “war” analogy.  A “war on poverty.”  An “energy war.”  The “drug war.” Yet militarizing these and other issues is precisely the wrong way to deal with them.  So it is with the drug war, which has ...