17 Aug 2012

L.A. Pot Shop Owners Vow To Overturn Ban

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Medical marijuana dispensary owners across Los Angeles will be receiving glum news in the mail this week: a letter from the city telling them it’s time to shut down. But despite threats of fines and jail time, some dispensary owners have vowed to stay open. They say they are working hard to qualify a ballot measure to overturn the ban on storefront sales of medical marijuana passed last month by the Los Angeles City Council. The letter from the city, … Read More

14 Aug 2012

Legalizing Marijuana Could Bring Windfall To State

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The initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Washington was estimated on Friday to raise up to $1.9 billion in new tax revenue over five years — or zero. The wild swing, included in an analysis by the state Office of Financial Management, reflects broad uncertainty about the potential federal intervention in an initiative that would set up the nation’s first regulated market for recreational marijuana use. The sky-high revenue estimate, which was previously disclosed in March, is based … Read More

14 Aug 2012

Activist Gets House Arrest After 37 Lbs Of Pot Found

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The medical use of marijuana was on trial Friday at the Sudbury courthouse. David Sylvestre was sentenced to 10 months under house arrest after pleading guilty to production of a controlled substance — cannabis and cannabis resin — he said he uses to treat severe diabetes.  Sylvestre, 54, was also charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime in February 2009, after a search warrant executed at his St.  Charles home turned up … Read More

11 Aug 2012

MJ Ballot Measure Favored By Colorado Voters

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A new poll released this week by Public Policy Polling shows that likely voters in Colorado are in support of Amendment 64, the ballot measure that seeks legalization and regulation of marijuana similar to that of alcohol — and that support appears to be growing. The survey of 779 likely Colorado voters conducted between the dates of August 2nd and 5th shows 47 percent would vote for Amendment 64 if the election were held right now and only 38 percent … Read More

6 Aug 2012

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Sponsors Legislation

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California Rep. Barbara Lee won’t be spooked by the Justice Department’s aggressive curtailing of medical marijuana dispensaries in her own backyard. Lee, a top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the States’ Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act in Congress this week, which she says would curb the Obama Administration’s efforts to intimidate state medical marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop. “The people of California have made it legal for patients to have safe access to medicinal marijuana and … Read More

4 Aug 2012

MMJ Rescheduling To Be Heard In Federal Court

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Medical marijuana advocates will get their day in court later this year, when they argue the therapeutic value of cannabis. The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed late last week to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, a case that could have major implications for the rescheduling of marijuana out of Schedule I, a category that also includes heroin and LSD. Schedule I drugs are described as substances that have … Read More

2 Aug 2012

Amsterdam’s Evolving Relationship With Weed

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Dutch pot smokers are complaining that the generation that was running around Amsterdam’s Vondelpark in the Sixties naked and on acid is now threatening the well-established, regulated marijuana trade in the Netherlands. Responding to international pressure and conservatives in rural and small-town Holland, the federal government is cracking down on the coffeeshops that legally sell marijuana. But big-city mayors, like Amsterdam’s, will fight to keep them open. Amsterdam’s leaders recognize that legalized marijuana and the Red Light District’s prostitution are … Read More

31 Jul 2012

Indoor Pot Farms Pose Risks

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Despite indoor marijuana-growing operations having been the source of numerous local fires in recent years, city efforts to create an ordinance regulating these gardens have died due to the ongoing conflict between state and federal law. While the state of California allows the use of medicinal marijuana and the cultivation of the plant, the federal government still classifies marijuana as an illegal drug.  Because of this, public safety officials have realized that regulating marijuana cultivation is not currently possible. Petaluma … Read More

28 Jul 2012

L.A.’s Medical Marijuana Mess

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The Los Angeles City Council is plainly out of its depth when it comes to regulating medical marijuana. This was already clear after years of fumbling and court-delayed attempts to limit the number or locations of cannabis dispensaries, but it became painfully obvious Tuesday when the council approved a ban on all dispensaries — along with a separate motion to draft an ordinance that would allow well-established pot shops to stay open, partially defeating the council’s own purpose. Not that … Read More

23 Jul 2012

Medical Marijuana: The Facts

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Christie Administration Has Been Responsive on Issue I was surprised and saddened to see the editorial Wednesday titled “Med marijuana: What’s the deal?” The Asbury Park Press’ editorial board is typically thorough and factually accurate, but in this instance it couldn’t be more off the mark. While this program appeared to get off to a slow start, we have seen real, and substantial, progress over the past year, particularly the past few months. The problem right now isn’t the program … Read More

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