D.C.: Washington Lawyers' Committee To Release Report On Racial Disparities...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs on Friday will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. to announce the release of a groundbreaking report on...
View ArticleD.C.: Proposed Program To Subsidize Medical Marijuana For Low-Income Patients
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA proposed program in the District of Columbia -- which would be the first of its kind in the nation -- would require medical marijuana dispensaries in D.C. to put aside two...
View ArticleU.S.: Vote Hemp Holds Briefing With Massie, Polis To Discuss State vs....
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsVote Hemp on Tuesday held an 11 a.m. briefing and press conference on the recent policy change at the U.S. Department of Justice honoring state laws regarding marijuana...
View ArticleU.S.: Rep. Earl Blumenauer to Hold Press Conference to Decry Unfair Marijuana...
Event coincides with Americans for Tax Reform release of white paper on the need to reform Section 280E of the Internal Revenue CodeBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsRep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans...
View ArticleD.C.: Marijuana Legalization Bill To Be Introduced In Council Next Week
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsBoth Washingtons could have legal marijuana soon -- both the state and the nation's capital. A member of the D.C. Council plans to introduce legislation next week that would...
View ArticleD.C.: Legislation Introduced to Tax and Regulate Marijuana
Legislation Would Make Small Amounts of Marijuana Legal to Purchase and PossessHistoric Introduction Follows U.S. Department of Justice Decision to Allow Taxation and Regulation to Proceed in Colorado...
View ArticleU.S.: ‘Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users’ Named by Marijuana Policy...
Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Colbert top list released Wednesday by Marijuana Policy ProjectA list of the “Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users” in the...
View ArticleU.S.: Senate Hearing on Synthetic Drugs Offers Failed Drug War Policies of...
DPA: Knee-Jerk Prohibition of New Drugs Out-of-Step With Momentum for Sentencing and Drug Policy ReformNew Zealand Now Implementing Regulatory System to Control New Drugs; Offers Glimpse of Pragmatic...
View ArticleD.C.: Marijuana Activists Fight For Full Legalization, Home Cultivation
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsAdam Eidinger, the co-owner of Capital Hemp and leader of DCMJ 2014, is confident that by 2016, a presidential candidate will campaign primarily on the legalization of...
View ArticleD.C.: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Say They Are Losing Money
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThree months after the District of Columbia's medical marijuana program became operational, dispensaries in the nation's capital say they are losing money."All medical...
View ArticleD.C.: Marijuana Likely To Be Decriminalized In Nation's Capital
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsFiring up a joint in the U.S. capital may soon get you in less trouble than a parking ticket.Mayor Vincent Gray and 10 of 13 members of the D.C. Council have endorsed a plan...
View ArticleU.S.: Bill to Reform Mandatory Minimums Introduced in House, As Companion to...
From White House to Congress, Drug Sentencing Reform Is One of Few Issues Democrats, Republicans Agree OnReps. Raul Labrador (R-ID) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) on Thursday introduced the Smarter Sentencing...
View ArticleD.C.: Tour Comes To Nation's Capitol To Speak Out Against Failed Drug War
At Briefings with OAS and Congress, Victims to Join Latino and Human Rights Leaders in Calling for Alternatives to Drug Prohibition and MilitarizationCoalition of NGOs to Present Comprehensive New...
View ArticleU.S.: Report Says Medical Marijuana States Already In Compliance With Federal...
Patient advocates call on Congress to adopt binding changes to new federal policyMedical marijuana advocates Americans for Safe Access (ASA) on Monday issued a report that analyzes the Obama...
View ArticleMPP Challenges Drug Czar To Explain Marijuana/Alcohol Contradiction
Organization Challenges Drug Czar to Explain the Self-Contradiction He Included In An Invitation to TODAY’s First-Ever White House Drug Policy Reform ConferenceThe Marijuana Policy Project is...
View ArticleU.S.: New Nationwide Certification Program Aims To Bring Quality Assurance To...
Independent certification will benefit patients, healthcare providers, and regulators implementing medical marijuana lawsPatient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) on Tuesday launched a new...
View ArticleU.S.: Report Expected To Show State Marijuana Laws Have Not Resulted In...
NIDA-sponsored 'Monitoring the Future' survey, which will be released Wednesday, underscores the benefits of regulation versus prohibition — teen alcohol and tobacco use have declined again while there...
View ArticleD.C.: Capitol's Strict Medical Marijuana Law Keeps Demand Low
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSince opening during the summer, Washington, D.C.'s, three medical marijuana dispensaries have served a total of only 111 patients -- and that's in a district with 600,000...
View ArticleD.C.: Nation's Capitol Takes Major Step Toward Ending Marijuana Possession...
Wednesday: Councilmembers to Vote on Decriminalization Bill that Would Reduce Racial Disparities and Re-Prioritize Law Enforcement ResourcesWith Support of Mayor and Supermajority of Councilmembers,...
View ArticleD.C.: Council Committee Expected To Approve Marijuana Decrim Bill Today
Four out of five committee members are sponsors of the measure, which would replace criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession with a $25 civil fine similar to a parking ticketA bill that would...
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