By TMC Staff The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference is taking place in Los Angeles, California from Wednesday, November 2 through Saturday, November 5 at The Westin Bonaventure. The Reform Conference is a biennial event that brings together people from around the world who believe that the war on drugs is doing more harm [...]
By TMC Staff Columbus, Ohio—Lake Erie Correctional Institution in northeastern Ohio’s Ashtabula County has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company. The prison is the only one of five state prisons up for sale that will be sold, state officials said on September 1. Corrections Corporation of [...]
Sign on San Diego.com SAN DIEGO — The City Attorney’s Office filed civil complaints on September 21 against a dozen medical marijuana dispensaries it says are operating within 600 feet of schools, a violation of state law. City Attorney Jan Goldsmith is seeking injunctions against the collectives for allegedly flouting city zoning laws “in a [...]
By TMC Staff Five months into the voter-approved medical marijuana program, more than 13,000 Arizonans have the state’s legal permission to use medical marijuana. State Health Director Will Humble said that the cards are good for only one year and with an annual $150 fee, some people may decide not to renew. In some cases, [...]
By TMC Staff The Traverse Narcotics Team and Michigan State Police raided the Bay Medical Collective in Traverse City Thursday, September 22. The law enforcers told Northern Michigan 9 and 10 News that the investigation began a day earlier when downstate authorities intercepted a mailed package of processed marijuana from Hillman, for an address in [...]
By TMC Staff KALAMAZOO — “Shall the Kalamazoo City Charter be amended to such that three (3) medical cannabis dispensaries are permitted within the city limits?” This is the question that Kalamazoo voters were suppose to be able to vote on in the upcoming, November election. Kalamazoo Coalition for Compassionate Care, headed by Chris Chiles, [...]
By TMC Staff Big Daddy’s Management Group emptied the firm’s Oak Park headquarters on September 15 and left Oakland County. The county is well known to be one of, if not the, most hostile location for medical marijuana in the state. “We’re going from five locations in the state to four” said Big Daddy’s spokesman [...]
By Charmie Gholson After two unsuccessful attempts, Richard C. Clement of Lansing has been approved by the Midland County Election Commission to circulate recall petitions for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. Since taking office, Schuette has declared the medical marijuana program, “hijacked by dangerous criminals,” and a threat to public health and safety. The Commission [...]
By Eric Dolen, The Raw Story Researchers hoping to study the medical benefits of marijuana are taking the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to federal court for blocking access to the plant. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has received free legal representation in a lawsuit against the DEA over a license to grow marijuana [...]
By Steve Green, Vegas Inc. A Nevada woman sued the federal government October 18 in hopes of overturning its ban on medical marijuana users buying and possessing firearms. Represented by Henderson attorney Charles Rainey, S. Rowan Wilson of Carson City filed suit in U.S. District Court for Nevada against Attorney General Eric Holder and the [...]
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