As we approach the late summer/early fall festival season, I wanted to take a moment…
Year: 2014
Tomorrow’s Sunday New York Times’ editorial calling for an end to cannabis prohibition in America,…
Oregon voters will decide this November in favor of a statewide initiative to regulate the commercial production and retail sale of marijuana.
Now that America has some form of legalization in 23 states and the District of…
A new District ordinance reducing marijuana possession penalties to a fine-only violation goes into effect on Thursday, July 17. The measure amends District law involving the possession or transfer of up to one ounce of marijuana from a criminal misdemeanor (formerly punishable by up to 6 months incarceration and a maximum fine of $1,000) to a civil violation (punishable by a $25 fine, no arrest, no jail time, and no criminal record).
This afternoon, the House of Representatives voted 231 to 192 in favor of the Heck-Perlmutter-Lee-Rohrabacher…
Sixty-one percent of Americans – including 68 percent of Democrats, 60 percent of Independents, and 52 percent of Republicans – say they “support” Colorado’s efforts to regulate the commercial cannabis market.
In a Statement of Administration Policy, released today, President Obama’s administration took a firm stance…