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States Where Pot is a Slap on the Wrist
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2010 – In case you forgot American Government 101, the U.S. has a federal system in which states can make their own laws. Nowhere is that more evident than with marijuana policy. Laws differ drastically state-to-state, and certain states are significantly more progressive than others. Here’s a look at some of the…
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As Attitudes Shift, Marijuana Classes Roll
Feburary 9, 2010 – LOS ANGELES — This school doesn’t have a problem with students not paying attention. “They’re paying us to come, and our classes are full,” says Jeff Jones, chancellor of the Los Angeles branch of Oaksterdam University, where students learn the business of marijuana from seed to ash. Attitudes are changing as…
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Marijuana legalization initiative headed for 2010 ballot, organizers say
December 14, 2009 – Supporters of an initiative that would legalize marijuana in California say they have collected enough signatures to ensure that it will be on the November 2010 ballot. The petition drive, which was run by a professional signature-gathering firm, collected more than 680,000 signatures, 57% more than the 433,971 valid signatures needed…
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana in N.J.: What Life Will be Like in the Marijuana Garden State
December 03, 2009 – The latest reports out of Trenton are that by the time the current governor leaves office, New Jersey is likely to have a law authorizing medical marijuana. So on a recent trip to California I decided to check out a marijuana clinic to see what the future will be like. I…
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Cannabis Colleges Crop Up: New Institutions for 'Higher' Learning
Thousands Learn How to Grow Legal Medical Marijuana November 30, 2009 – Don’t expect to pull an all-nighter at Med Grow Cannabis College. Michigan’s first training center for medical marijuana education doesn’t ask students for their homework. There are no final exams. “We’re more of a trade school,” said Nick Tennant, Med Grow’s 24-year-old founder.…
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Medical Marijuana Business is Growing … Up
November 12, 2009 – The U.S. Justice Dept., at the direction of the Obama Administration, last month announced that it would no longer direct federal investigative resources to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana clinics, providing they are operating lawfully. The policy represents a major shift in tactics from the Bush Administration, which had federal…
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Welcome to Potopia – How Oakland, Calif., Became a Model for the Pro-Pot Movement
October 16, 2009 – A nine-block section of downtown Oakland, Calif., has become a modern marijuana mecca—and a model for what a legalized-drug America could look like. Why the stars are aligning for the pro-weed movement. On the corner of Broadway and 17th Street in downtown Oakland, nudged between a Chinese restaurant and a hat…
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EVENT NOTICE: This Friday in Los Angeles & Next Monday in Oakland: Taking Cannabis Reform to the Next Level
September 10, 2009 Dear Friends of Oaksterdam University….. I wanted you to be the first to know that we are about to take our cannabis reform movement to the next level: legalizing, taxing, and regulating cannabis in California. This month we will start gathering signatures to place an initiative on the November 2010 California ballot…
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The Political Drive to Legalize Marijuana rolls on in California
July 28, 2009 – OAKLAND, California (CNN) — Richard Lee greets students, shopkeepers and tourists as he rolls his wheelchair down Broadway at the speed of a brisk jog, hailing them with, “Hi. How ya doin’?” In this nine-block district of Oakland, California, called Oaksterdam, Lee is a celebrity. Oaksterdam is Lee’s brainchild, a small…
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California High Stakes: A Call to Legalize Marijuana
California Desperately Needs Tax Revenue, Prompting Some to See Green in Making Grass Legal July 13, 2009 – (CBS) A high-stakes political battle is underway in the cash-strapped state of California. At issue is the narrowly-defined liberty people have there to grow and sell a certain plant . . . and the desire of some…