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Mitch McConnell To Constituent: Marijuana Leads To Death

Posted by Jacob under U.S.A.

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 [...]

Dozens Of States Are Considering Marijuana Law Reform This Legislative Session; Is Your State One Of Them?

Posted by Jacob under U.S.A.

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 [...]

Study: Passage Of Medical Marijuana Laws Correlated With Fewer Suicides

Posted by Jacob under U.S.A.

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 [...]

27 States to Allow Medical Marijuana by 2011??

Posted by Mary Jane under U.S.A.

I read a headline similar to this (scroll down) while browsing csdp.org today.  According the the article 14 more states have some sort of medical marijuana activity going on and medical marijuana bills are expected to be popping up all over.   There’s a big green wave, can you see it?  It’s about to crash down [...]