Listen to internet radio with Cannabis Times Mag on Blog Talk Radio A native of Los Angeles, Lynne was appointed to be the California state director of the Drug Policy Alliance in 2012, after working with the civil rights organization, Advancement Project, on issues of violence reduction, community policing and criminal justice reform. Before that, Lynne … Continued
MPP and MPP Foundation envision a nation where marijuana is legally regulated similarly to alcohol, marijuana education is honest and realistic, and treatment for problem marijuana users is non-coercive and geared toward reducing harm. Here Morgan Fox, Communications Manager discuss all the events. IN CONGRESS: MPP is leading the effort in Washington, D.C. to pass federal medical … Continued
Listen to internet radio with Cannabis Times Mag on Blog Talk Radio About Jean Marlowe: Jean Marlowe is a mother and grandmother, business-owner, entrepreneur, civil and human rights advocate and nature lover. She lives in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina with her dog Foxy and cat Siley. She has been featured in … Continued
The federal government is moving to shut down the nation’s largest and highest-profile medical marijuana dispensary operation, filing papers to seize properties in Oakland and San Jose where Harborside Health Center does business. Copies of the federal Complaint for Forfeiture were taped to the front doors of the two dispensaries Tuesday, alleging that they were … Continued
Washington, DC: The federal government is continuing to target facilities that dispense cannabis to state-qualified patients, even in cases where such facilities are properly licensed by the state. On Thursday, federal authorities sent letters to multiple Colorado dispensaries stating that “action will be taken to seize and forfeit their property” if they do not cease … Continued
BENJY SARLIN Rick Santorum, who has stepped up his attacks on Rick Perry in the last two debates, now is accusing the Texas governor of being soft on drugs. In his book, Fed Up!, Perry wrote that while he did not believe drugs like marijuana should be legal, he emphatically supported the right of states … Continued
By Michael Alan Goldberg Rues Road—which winds through an idyllic and remote area of Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey, past lush farm fields and the occasional McMansion set back on a sprawling parcel of land—doesn’t look much like a battlefield. But it’s become ground zero in the fight over the state’s Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana … Continued
Residents plan to fight pot factories News4 I-Team’s investigation found 24 out of 28 applications for the District?s first medicinal marijuana cultivation centers are clustered in one Northeast area. Medical marijuana is taking root in the District, and the News4 I-Team is giving you the first look at where the pot will grow. Our investigation … Continued
Legalize Cannabis WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new FBI report released today shows that there is a drug arrest every 19 seconds in the U.S. A group of police and judges who have been campaigning to legalize and regulate drugs pointed to the figures showing more than 1.6 million drug arrests in 2010 as evidence that … Continued
A district judge Monday tossed an indictment in a medical marijuana criminal case and called the state law governing distribution of the medicinal herb “mind boggling.” Judge Donald Mosley said a grand jury should have been allowed to see certain evidence before returning an indictment against Leonard Schwingdorf, including paperwork filled out by an undercover … Continued