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A quiet victory for medical marijuana patients
May 20th, 2009 – Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate today that sought to undermine the 13 state medical marijuana laws. Coburn’s legislation was defeated in committee (13-10) on a party-line vote. Offered as an amendment to the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act, Coburn’s legislation would have placed state medical…
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Arizona – Medical Marijuana to be on November 2010 Ballot
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 – On May 14, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP) filed language with the Secretary of State’s office with the intent to place the issue of medical marijuana on the November 2010 ballot. AMMPP’s initiative would make the possession of a limited quantity of marijuana and its use legal under…
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Government runs nation's only legal pot garden
May 18th, 2009 – OXFORD, Mississippi (CNN) — Here, in what could be called the Fort Knox of dope, Mahmoud ElSohly waits patiently as an assistant unlocks the stainless steel door to a climate-controlled vault. Mahmoud ElSohly oversees the nation’s largest legal marijuana garden at the University of Mississippi. Once inside, under the gaze of…
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Talking About Legalization, Part II: Legalizing in Order to Regulate
May 15th, 2009 -This second part of COHA Research Fellow Rachel Godfrey Wood’s essay on drug legalization deals with the possible ways in which drugs could be decriminalized, and how the Government could do this while exercising greater control over the industry. It highlights Francisco Thoumi´s “naïve proposal” of creating an “insurance against drug addiction”…
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Changing federal view of medical-marijuana laws creates opportunity
The Obama administration seems to be softening the federal government’s view of the use of medical marijuana, writes guest columnist Ronald Fraser. That means opportunity for states with medical-marijuana laws, such as Washington, to develop policies surrounding the issue.
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Talking About Legalization, Part I: The Legalization Debate and Drug Consumption in Colombia
May 14th, 2009 – This first part will ask what the implications of legalization of drug use would be for Colombia, with a particular focus on domestic consumption. It starts off by reaffirming the need to legalize marijuana and cocaine in order to significantly reduce drug-related violence in Colombia and throughout the entire region. It…
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Zogby Poll: Majority Support for Taxing and Regulating Marijuana on the West Coast
58% of West Coast respondents agreed that marijuana should be “taxed and regulated like alcohol and cigarettes.” Support for taxing and regulating marijuana has climbed above 50% on the West Coast, according to a national poll of 1,053 registered voters. The poll was conducted by Zogby International and was commissioned by California NORML and Oakland’s…
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Ex-presidents of Latin America urge legal marijuana
February 11th, 2009 – RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (via CNN) — Former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called Wednesday for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics on the war on drugs, a Spanish news agency said. Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique…
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Hemp Revolution part 2 of 2
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A Overview of the MERP Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization
February 12, 2009 – Re-Legalize Marijuana Now, Obama (1) The time has come for the People of Planet Earth to rise up and demand the Re-Legalization of Marijuana. My name is Bruce Cain and I am the current editor of the website “New Age Citizen.” I am an expert on drug policy issues and used…