California: San Diego Mayor Calls For Jury Nullification In Medical Marijuana...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSan Diego Mayor Bob Filner on Monday took on the federal government and its crackdown on medical marijuana. Filner held a press conference in support of medical marijuana...
View ArticleU.S.: Drug Czar Claims Marijuana Is Drug Most Often Linked To Crime
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSure, he's required by law to oppose marijuana legalization. And of course, being put in such an untenable and nonsensical position requires one to lie one's ass off on a...
View ArticleTexas: Group Hosts Conference Aimed Towards Ending Marijuana Prohibition
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, held its first ever conference in downtown Fort Worth over the weekend. DFW...
View ArticleSurvey: Americans Skeptical of Value of Enforcing Marijuana Laws
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's proposal to dial back mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenders will likely find a receptive audience among Americans, whose...
View ArticleU.S.: Feds Announce It's OK For Banks To Work With Marijuana Dispensaries
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsBanks and other financial institutions that do business with marijuana dispensaries that are in compliance with state laws are "unlikely" to be prosecuted for money laundering...
View ArticleU.S.: DEA Phone Call Surveillance Database Bigger Than NSA's
Did Anybody Ever Really Believe They'd Only Spy On Terrorists?By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe United States federal government has access to a massive database containing 25 years of AT&T phone call...
View ArticleU.S.: Federal Government Report Shows Marijuana Prohibition Has Failed
Usage rates remain relatively unchanged despite hundreds of thousands of arrests and billions of dollars spent to reduce marijuana supply and demandBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe annual National Survey...
View ArticleU.S.: Rep. Earl Blumenauer to Hold Press Conference to Decry Unfair Marijuana...
Event coincides with Americans for Tax Reform release of white paper on the need to reform Section 280E of the Internal Revenue CodeBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsRep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans...
View ArticleMassachusetts: Doctors Advised Not To Authorize Patients For Medical Marijuana
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsMassachusetts has a new medical marijuana law, approved by a vast majority of voters last November. But doctors at community health centers have been advised not to authorize...
View ArticleD.C.: Marijuana Likely To Be Decriminalized In Nation's Capital
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsFiring up a joint in the U.S. capital may soon get you in less trouble than a parking ticket.Mayor Vincent Gray and 10 of 13 members of the D.C. Council have endorsed a plan...
View ArticleU.S.: President Obama Says Marijuana Is No More Dangerous Than Alcohol
President Calls New Laws Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado and Washington ‘Important’In an interview with the New Yorker published on Sunday, President Barack Obama spoke about his past drug use, said...
View ArticleU.S.: Nearly 200 Members of Congress Tell V.A. To Let Doctors Recommend...
Amendment would have prohibited VA from spending federal funds to prevent its doctors from recommending medical marijuana to veterans suffering from debilitating conditionsNearly 200 members of...
View ArticleU.S.: DEA Wants More Than 30x The Amount of Research Marijuana It Originally...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Monday said it needs hundreds of pounds of marijuana for research this year, more than 30 times the amount of cannabis it...
View ArticleU.S.: 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Serving Life Sentence For Marijuana
Racing fans might wonder whatever happened to one the world’s most exciting young stars, 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Randy Lanier. These days, Lanier can be found at Coleman Federal Prison in...
View ArticleU.S.: House To Vote Again On Amendment To Defund Marijuana Raids
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsGOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Rep. Sam Farr, both of California, are once again offering a bipartisan amendment on the House floor to protect states' rights when it...
View ArticleU.S.: 1,100 Clergy, Religious Leaders Call for Sentencing Reform in Federal...
Leaders Point to Racial Injustices, Overcrowding of Prisons Due to Nonviolent Infractions, Urge Congress to Pass Smarter Sentencing ActFueled by the failed "War on Drugs" and extreme, inflexible...
View ArticleU.S. Atty. Gen. Holder Urges Reduced Sentences For Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Follows on Footsteps of White House’s Recent Call For Clemency CandidatesThe U.S. Department of Justice has thrown its support behind an initiative from the federal Sentencing Commission that would...
View ArticleU.S.: Federal Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Prohibition Increases...
Biennial CDC survey finds rate of current marijuana use among U.S. high school students remained flat despite state marijuana policy reforms and significant increase in public support for making...
View ArticleU.S.: 30 Members of Congress Call On Secretary of Health To Remove Roadblock...
Bipartisan letter urges HHS Secretary Burwell to eliminate ‘unnecessary additional review process’ that often prevents scientists from obtaining marijuana for medical researchIn a letter sent on...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate To Vote On House-Approved Amendment To Protect Medical Marijuana...
The Senate is expected to vote — possibly as soon as Thursday night or Friday — on a measure that is intended to shield medical marijuana patients and providers from enforcement of federal laws in...
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