By Charmie Gholson Doctor, my eyes, tell me what is wrong Was I unwise to leave them open for so long? Not even 24 hours after my friend Chuck Ream told me I should take better care of myself I had a total meltdown. “Charmie you simply cannot do everything yourself,” he said, “because, [...]
Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in way that allows doctors to prescribe it as a medical treatment. Marijuana is currently a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substance Act, meaning it has a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use and is unsafe. Following [...]
Ben Palosaari Following Missouri’s statewide war on synthetic pot, which saw a law passed to ban the products, the state is now potentially on its way to having the nation’s most lax genuine-pot laws. The secretary of state’s office announced on Monday that Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, a marijuana legalization advocacy group, has been granted permission [...]
Alternet Proponents of a Colorado marijuana legalization initiative turned in more than 159,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office January 4, nearly twice as many as the 86,500 required for the measure to be approved for the November ballot. The state has 30 days to verify the signatures and approve the measure for the [...]
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, [...]
LA Times June 24 2011 Marijuana laws should be set at the state, not federal level, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank argued in a bill they introduced June 23. The goal of the bill, HR 2306, is not to legalize marijuana but to remove it from the list of federally controlled substances while [...]
Times of Trenton Editorial Board June 23, 2011 About a year and a half after then Gov. Jon Corzine signed New Jersey’s medical marijuana law, it still awaits implementation. Since former Gov. Corzine signed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, the Christie administration has imposed restrictions and regulations that muffle the simple legislative intent [...]
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