Items tagged with legalization
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| Colorado pot collectives test limits of Amendment 64 [05.05.2013] | An untold number of recreational pot collectives have formed in Colorado since Amendment 64's passage in November, hoping to meet consumer demand bef ... |
| Legalize marijuana and other ways U.S.-Mexico can win drug war [03.05.2013] | There was a lot of drug-war hand-wringing in the U.S. leading up to President Obama’s visit to Mexico. That’s because Mexican President Peña Nieto is ... |
| Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization [03.05.2013] | With other states already starting to allow the legal use of marijuana, Maine needs to get ahead of the issue and legalize, regulate and tax the sale ... |
| NDP, Green party okay with research trial of marijuana use [02.05.2013] | B.C.’s New Democratic and Green parties say they would not oppose a research trial to evaluate the regulation of adult marijuana use, which would be ... |
| A rising marijuana reform tide at the Statehouses [30.04.2013] | In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls ... |
| DEA: Warning letters to 11 pot dispensaries don’t signal war on state law [30.04.2013] | The Drug Enforcement Administration sent cease-and-desist letters to 11 medical-marijuana dispensaries because they are within 1,000 feet of schools ... |
| The drug policy reform agenda in the Americas [30.04.2013] | Latin America has emerged at the vanguard of efforts to promote debate on drug policy reform. For decades, Latin American governments largely followe ... |
| Colorado House gives initial approval to marijuana tax measure [28.04.2013] | Colorado lawmakers tried to find the Goldilocks level for recreational marijuana taxes — an amount neither too high to discourage voters from approvi ... |
| Councils increase pressure for legal cannabis production [26.04.2013] | At least 10 of the Netherlands’ local councils have already or will soon submit plans to the justice ministry asking to be allowed to approve commerc ... |
| Colorado lawmakers discussing marijuana-legalization repeal effort [26.04.2013] | A proposal that could lead to the repeal of marijuana legalization in Colorado has gained momentum at the state Capitol. The repeal would be linked t ... |
| Marijuana legalization in Colorado may not pay for itself, study finds [25.04.2013] | Legal marijuana in Colorado may not bring in enough money to cover the societal costs of legalization, a study from a Colorado State University think ... |
| The Issue: Discord between state, federal marijuana laws just crazy [20.04.2013] | In 21 states, consumers can legally buy marijuana for legal or recreational use even though the substance still is illegal under federal law. New law ... |
| Cannabis supporters take to the streets [19.04.2013] | After a parade through Copenhagen, the deputy mayor for social affairs, Mikkel Warming, spoke to the crowd about the city's efforts to legalise canna ... |
| Alaska voters on track to decide in 2014 whether to legalize pot [15.04.2013] | Alaska voters likely will get a chance next year to make their state the third in the country to approve the recreational use of marijuana by adults ... |
| State pot-growing licenses may be delayed [09.04.2013] | Washington state may delay issuing licenses to grow pot by a couple months, according to state Liquor Control Board Deputy Director Rick Garza. In it ... |
| Colorado lawmakers may let pot growers and sellers operate separately [09.04.2013] | Colorado lawmakers stood the state's current model for marijuana businesses on its head, endorsing a proposal that would allow recreational pot store ... |
| A map that shows the dramatic spread of legal weed in the US [07.04.2013] | Looking at the recent spread of liberalized marijuana laws across the United States, it's hard not to think we're entering some kind of Weed Spring. ... |
| Is the war on drugs nearing an end? [07.04.2013] | For four decades, libertarians, civil rights activists and drug treatment experts have stood outside of the political mainstream in arguing that the ... |
| Majority of Americans support legalization of marijuana [05.04.2013] | Public support for legalizing marijuana has never been higher, but the latest studies show recreational use is linked with prescription drug misuse. ... |
| Consultant: Tax revenues on pot won’t be half of what’s projected [29.03.2013] | Washington’s new pot consultant has one overarching, discouraging message for lawmakers and state budget writers: don’t look at weed as an ATM. Poten ... |
| Scathing audit throws Colorado recreational marijuana rules into chaos [27.03.2013] | Colorado's under-construction plan for regulating recreational marijuana nearly came unglued when lawmakers questioned whether the agency that would ... |
| Yes we cannabis [26.03.2013] | Last November ballot initiatives legalizing, taxing, and regulating recreational marijuana use passed for the first time ever in Colorado and Washing ... |
| Pot is legal in Washington: Q&A with the man who is making weed legit [25.03.2013] | Washington state gets ready to regulate legal marijuana with the help of one of America’s top drug policy analysts. Mark Kleiman is professor of publ ... |
| No consensus on changes to Washington marijuana law [21.03.2013] | House Bill 2000, the bill by Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, to modify Initiative 502, marijuana legalization, offers a mix of changes that could help ... |
| Federal bill to legalize marijuana gains support in Congress [21.03.2013] | Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) joined the effort to end marijuana prohibition and start regulating marijuana like alcohol at the federal ... |
| Legal pot: worth a try [21.03.2013] | In a country that regulates the sale of over-the-counter painkillers, you’d have thought that a reasonable way to decriminalise the sale of cannabis ... |
| Colorado lawmakers question proposed marijuana business rules [20.03.2013] | Colorado lawmakers yanked and tugged at the threads of the state's proposals for regulating recreational marijuana, as one legislator hinted to his c ... |
| Portland groups push to legalize pot possession in the city [19.03.2013] | A coalition of political groups and activists say marijuana possession should be legalized in Maine’s largest city, in part because they say the drug ... |
| State chief consultant Mark Kleiman knows in, outs of pot legalization [19.03.2013] | Washington state’s chief pot consultant remains a bit mysterious, but Mark Kleiman's views on legalizing pot are no mystery. He lays them out in “Mar ... |
| UCLA expert’s team to advise state on new pot rules [17.03.2013] | Washington has tentatively chosen professor Mark Kleiman at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to be its official marijuana consultant ... |
| Support for marijuana legalization drags among state’s congressional delegation [15.03.2013] | Washington voters acted boldly last November to begin reforming our nation’s failed policy on marijuana. It was an act of leadership, in stark contra ... |
| Life after cannabis prohibition: The city announces its ambitions [15.03.2013] | The tide is turning against the criminalisation of cannabis. Copenhagen wants to join the movement with a three-year trial to decriminalise the drug. ... |
| Marijuana regulation heads to Colorado Capitol [15.03.2013] | An ad-hoc committee of 10 House and Senate members started work reviewing 165 pages of recommended regulations from a task force that worked for more ... |
| Seattle downplays likelihood of sending pot to Copenhagen [14.03.2013] | A Seattle city official has poured cold water on Co enhagen's idea of importing cannabis from the US. One of the elements of the city's proposal to l ... |
| Crack down on cannabis, world body tells U.S. [13.03.2013] | The United States must not turn a blind eye to the recreational use of cannabis in states that liberalize drug laws, the International Narcotics Cont ... |
| High-school students twice as likely to smoke pot as cigarettes [13.03.2013] | A University of Washington researcher who supported the new marijuana law said it’s a big improvement over prohibition alone, since the government ha ... |
| Holder says little about states’ pot laws; supporters buoyed [05.03.2013] | U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder declined to reveal the Obama administration’s long-awaited policy on legal recreational marijuana in Colorado and W ... |
| Ex-DEA heads, U.N. panel urge feds to nullify Wash., Colo. pot laws [05.03.2013] | Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs warned the federal government that time is running out to nullify Colorado and Washington's new l ... |
| Mayors reject legal cannabis proposal [04.03.2013] | In Copenhagen, a majority of City Council dreams of legally selling cannabis from pharmacies throughout the city to residents who are over 18 and hav ... |
| Marijuana legalization may be unstoppable [28.02.2013] | US Attorney General Eric Holder told America to expect a decision "soon" on how he'll respond to the recent legalization of pot by Colorado and Washi ... |
| Majority of California voters support legalizing pot, poll finds [27.02.2013] | A record but still narrow majority of California voters, or 54 percent, favor legalizing marijuana for personal, recreational use with age limits and ... |
| Pot purchasing limits proposed in CO [24.02.2013] | Rules for Colorado's recreational-marijuana industry have begun to take shape after a marathon meeting of the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force, ... |
| Maine, Maryland marijuana legalization bills filed [22.02.2013] | Maine and Maryland became the latest states to see marijuana legalization bills filed this year, with lawmakers in those two states rolling out measu ... |
| Towards a ceasefire [22.02.2013] | Partial reforms have their limits. Most drug crime is not cannabis-related. Moving from punishment to harm reduction may help drug users, but it leav ... |
| Will high marijuana taxes encourage black markets? [22.02.2013] | The cannabis industry is an easy target for legislatures to saddle with heavy taxes. In Washington State for instance, there is a 25% tax at three di ... |
| Our Right to Poison [21.02.2013] | German officials take a decidedly cool stance toward drug policy reform. No top politician with a major German party is about to call for a new drug ... |
| Pot on the patio? [21.02.2013] | Colorado's Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force is wading through the weeds of marijuana legalization, creating regulations to take pot from the sh ... |
| Democratic and Republican legislators unite on bill to legalize and tax marijuana [20.02.2013] | Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum unveiled a bill Thursday that would give Mainers the chance to legalize marijuana for recreati ... |
| Maine could become the next state to legalize marijuana for adult use [20.02.2013] | State Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) was joined by Rep. Aaron Libby (R-Waterboro) at a press conference to unveil the details of her new bill that w ... |
| Pot-related bills advance in Wash. Legislature [20.02.2013] | Two marijuana-related bills advanced in Olympia, with legislative committees giving their OK to one measure that would block police from arresting me ... |
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