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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national coalition of medical marijuana advocates is renewing their demand to the Drug Enforcement Administration to act on an eight-year-old petition to reschedule marijuana for medical use as the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee holds confirmation hearings for interim DEA administrator Michele Leonhart this Wednesday, November 17,( )2010. The rescheduling petition offers a unique opportunity to narrow the ever widening gap between...
Professional web development and internet marketing company, Internet LAVA, sponsors NORML's Legal Seminar in Key West Florida, December 2-4. The seminar discusses issues related to marijuana, criminal defense, and legal reform. Houston, TX (PRWEB) November 11, 2010 Internet LAVA, a Houston-based web development company, is proud to announce their sponsorship of the 2010 NORML Key West Legal Seminar. As a company that actively supports the overall goals of NORML and provides their...
BOSTON, Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's General Election agenda marks a pivotal date in the move forward to make California the fist U.S. state to legalize marijuana, as voters step up to the ballots to decide on Proposition 19 - or, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Not only is the Golden State pushing for more accepted use, but Arizona, South Dakota, and Oregon will be voting on the legalization of medicinal marijuana, while other states drive for legislation. In...
WASHINGTON, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by DrugScience.org: As scientists and researchers from Israel, Brazil, Canada and the US participate in the Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, a coalition of medical marijuana advocates is calling on the Obama administration for prompt action on an eight-year-old petition to reschedule marijuana for medical use. The petition, filed in 2002, argues that marijuana should be classified...
A new study reveals that a growing trend among the baby boomer generation is to take part in the country's most popular illicit drug. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said people born in the 1960s and 1970s that reported using marijuana went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent in just six years. The most dramatic rise was between the age range of 55 to 59-years-old, in which the use of the drug tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent in 2008. Researchers...
By Natalie Singer, The Seattle Times Jul. 31--One week after Seattle police returned hundreds of patient files and a computer hard drive taken in a raid from a University District medical marijuana cooperative and local prosecutors declined to press charges, federal drug agents have gotten involved in the case. Drug Enforcement Administration agents on Friday took control from Seattle police of about 12 ounces of medical marijuana and about 2 pounds of less-potent leaves seized from...
SEATTLE _ Martin Martinez says the small, private collective and outreach group he runs from a storefront are legal, a place for medical-marijuana patients to get help growing the medicine they need to manage their pain. One of the earliest advocates for what became a voter-approved state medical-marijuana law 10 years ago, Martinez says he hasn't handed out pot, nor grown any in his cramped office. But Tuesday afternoon, Seattle police, armed with a search warrant, carted away marijuana...
By Brandon Lowrey Like other universities, Oaksterdam offers wide-eyed pupils an enlightening classroom experience to spark their curiosity. But at Oaksterdam, the homework assignments involve baking the perfect pot brownie, the lessons teach students how to greet DEA agents who've just kicked down the front door, and the diploma confers the status: certified budtender. In a squatty building in the shadow of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, marijuana devotees pack classes at the unique trade...
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana and the first since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law.The House overrode a veto by Gov. Don Carcieri, 59-13, allowing people with illnesses such as cancer and AIDS to grow up to 12 marijuana plants or buy 2.5 ounces of marijuana to relieve their symptoms. Those who do are required to register with the state and...
WASHINGTONÂ -- Anyone who lights up a joint for medicinal purposes isn't likely to be pursued by federal authorities, despite a Supreme Court ruling that these marijuana users could face federal charges, people on both sides of the issue say. In a 6-3 decision, the court on Monday said those who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 10 states. While the justices expressed...
