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CA Supreme Court Grants Review to Pack and Riverside, Local Lawmakers Should Take Note

The California Supreme Court has made a move that should improve safe access by granting review for two controversial medical marijuana cases decided by lower appellate courts in 2011. As a result of this move, both Pack v. City of Long Beach (link to ASA blog on Pack), and Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness [...]

Speaking out, but still silenced: Anonymous cop criticizes War on Drugs

This post is the first in a new blog series by an anonymous police officer who wants to join LEAP in publicly speaking out against the “war on drugs” but is afraid to because he fears being punished by his department.

As an active dut…

Cops and Judges Applaud Canadian Liberal Party’s Marijuana Legalization Resolution

Current and former law enforcement officers offer to meet with party officials

VANCOUVER, BC — An international organization of police officers, judges, prosecutors and drug enforcement agents welcomes the approval of Resolution 117 at the Liberal Bi…

Gov. Brewer Orders Arizona to Start Processing Dispensary Applications

The good news that came out last week for Arizona medical cannabis patients got even better today. Having a week to digest the impact of having her lawsuit thrown out of federal court on Jan. 4th, AZ Gov. Jan Brewer has announced she will not re-file. More significant (and quite a pleasant surprise) was the [...]

Some changes for the New Year

First, regular viewers of the Mapping Project will notice the addition of a new marker on the maps: an outline of a male or female figure in white. In the western legal tradition, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law a…

CN ON: Looking For An Answer

Standard Freeholder, 09 Jan 2012 – Medical Marijuana CORNWALL – Rodney Primeau is in pain so bad, that some days he has to stay in bed. In 2003, Primeau was told he had spinal stenosis. Although he has had an operation, the deteriorating disk means he …

US ME: Doubts Heard About Medical Marijuana Operation

Kennebec Journal, 09 Jan 2012 – AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the p…

US MI: Medical Marijuana Supporters Push To Legalize Drug As

Detroit Free Press, 08 Jan 2012 – Narrowing access to medical marijuana is leading Michigan’s registered patients, supporters and lawyers to a new strategy: a campaign to gain limited legalization of marijuana in Michigan for all uses. Access to the dr…

US MI: Clinics Fill Need For Medical Pot Approvals

Detroit Free Press, 08 Jan 2012 – At MMM Patient ID Centers in Mt. Clemens and Royal Oak, walk-in clients pay $99, show a doctor their medical records and confer in a private office before they can get the doctor’s signature on their applications to us…

US CO: Editorial: Pot Question Is Right Step

The Steamboat Today, 08 Jan 2012 – A campaign to legalize marijuana in Colorado appears headed to the November ballot, representing the logical next step in getting clarity on what state residents truly want when it comes to the availability and enforc…

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