Denver (CNN) — A Colorado advocacy group is spending thousands of dollars to convince people that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol. It’s an attempt by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to rally support for a vote in November that would legalize the drug for recreational use. Colorado legalized marijuana for medical [...]
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told a constituent in favor of legalizing marijuana that he doesn’t support the idea because drugs like pot lead to death. In a Feb. 14 letter to his constituent, McConnell said he has “serious concerns” about legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, a topic that the constituent had written [...]
MILAN, Mich. (WTW) — A Michigan medical marijuana grower has been charged with manslaughter after authorities say he chased and fatally shot one of two men who tried to rob him. AnnArbor.com reports (http://bit.ly/wB7eaV ) 50-year-old Robert Goupill of Milan, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit, was arraigned Monday in Monroe County. He’s charged in [...]
DENVER—Marijuana legalization activists find out Monday whether Colorado will be the second state to have a question on ballots this fall.A legalization initiative is working on its second try at having the mandatory number of signatures to ask voters whether pot should be legal for adults over 21 even without a doctor’s recommendation. Washington state [...]
DENVER—Driving while high is illegal in Colorado, but state lawmakers are again entering a hazy debate over how to measure whether medical marijuana patients are impaired behind the wheel. A bill up for a Senate hearing Monday would say that drivers would be considered impaired if they test positive for 5 nanograms or more of [...]
In the ongoing stare-down between state-legal medical-marijuana dispensaries and federal law-enforcement officials, today is the day somebody blinks. Letters sent last month to 23 dispensaries near schools in Colorado gave the businesses until today to either move or shut down. If they do not, the U.S. attorney’s office has vowed to take criminal or civil [...]
A pair of House bills that seek to dramatically reform the state’s marijuana laws are pending votes on the House floor. On Tuesday, members of the House Criminal Justice Committee voted 9 to 7 in favor of HB 1526, which reduces the penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses (up a half ounce) from a criminal [...]
Marijuana law reform legislation is pending in nearly 30 states this 2012 legislative session. Is your state among them? Find out here. More importantly, have you taken the time to call or write your state elected officials this year and urged them to support these pending reforms? If not, NORML has provided you with all [...]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Another controversial proposal is flying under the radar in Annapolis amid the flurry of the gay marriage debate – legalizing medical marijuana. The Legislature is considering three different proposals dealing with the legalization of medicinal marijuana. Read The Bills: » HB 15 – Maryland Medical Marijuana Act » HB 1024 – Medical [...]
The enactment of statewide laws allowing for the limited use of cannabis therapeutically is associated with reduced instances of suicide, according to a discussion paper published recently by the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany. Researchers at Montana State University, the University of Colorado, and San Diego State University assessed rates of [...]