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Nevada's pot distribution law called unconstitutional

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Mayo Clinic - Cannabis Research

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Coloradans to decide marijuana legalization in November

By Eric W. Dolan
Monday, February 27, 2012 17:43 EST

Residents of Colorado will have the opportunity this November to legalize marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana in their state.

The Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Monday certified a ballot initiative for the state’s November general election after Denver-based activists gathered more than 170,000 signatures.

If approved by voters, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act would allow for the limited possession and cultivation of cannabis by adults age 21 and over. It would also allow the state and local governments to enact regulations on the commercial production and distribution of marijuana, as well giving local governments the option to prohibit marijuana sales altogether.

“This could be a watershed year in the decades-long struggle to end marijuana prohibition in this country,” said Art Way, Colorado manager of the Drug Policy Alliance. “Marijuana prohibition is counterproductive to the health and public safety of our communities. It fuels a massive, increasingly brutal underground economy, wastes billions of dollars in scarce law enforcement resources, and makes criminals out of millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens.”

Last year, Colorado became the first state in the nation to begin issuing licenses for businesses that sell medical marijuana and marijuana-infused products and also formally asked the Drug Enforcement Agency to reclassify marijuana. Currently, the DEA classifies marijuana as a schedule I drug: the most restrictive classification reserved for dangerous drugs with no real medical value.

Although Colorado has legalized medical marijuana, those who distribute the drug still risk running afoul of federal law. The Obama administration’s Department of Justice has made a practice of not prosecuting medical marijuana patients in states where the drug has been approved, but it still considers distributors to be fair game for arrest.

In January, U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, warning them that they faced legal repercussions if they did not close down within 45 days.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/27/coloradans-to-decide-marijuana-legalization-in-november/

"It's High time we Free the Weed!!!" =)By Eric W. Dolan Monday, February 27, 2012 17:43 EST Residents of Colorado will... more

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Rewritten Headlines: Genghis Khan to Xena

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Drug Cops Hatch Foolproof Plan to Arrest Every Teenager in America

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Ron Paul: Hemp is a good product

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High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide

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Hundreds flock to Oregon for medical marijuana cards

By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, February 20, 2012 15:07 EST

Authorities said this week that hundreds of out-of-state residents have flocked to Oregon in recent years to obtain medical marijuana cards, which the state will issue to anyone with a doctor’s recommendation.

Speaking to a reporter with The Oregonian this weekend, state health officials said that hundreds of people from out-of-state have made the annual pilgrimage since 2010, when they began issuing medical cards to anyone who meets their criteria. State officials finally acknowledging that the little-known loophole has sprung a leak in the law represents a unique trend that’s sure to grow — no pun intended — some additional business for the state’s dispensaries.

The practice of narco-tourism is one that U.S. officials have long warned of when critiquing other nations’ drug laws, particularly the Netherlands, but many would be surprised to hear of the practice occurring between the states. Even so, it’s not nearly at the rate some lawmakers have feared in other situations: just 600 out of approximately 72,000 Oregon medical marijuana cards issued since 2010 went to out-of-state residents.

Oregon’s policy is unique in the nation, though not widely known. For U.S. citizens, it effectively means that it’s easier for an outsider to get pot in Oregon than a coffee shop in Amsterdam, which used to be one of the best known spots in the world for narco-tourism due to its mostly libertarian drug laws. And for prohibition advocates like the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), that actuality is akin to rhetorical “proof” that medical marijuana is a sham cover for interstate drug smuggling and a hidden legalization agenda, which they’ve long argued (PDF) is the case.

On the contrary, even before the Netherlands fought back against narco-tourism by banning outsiders from purchasing cannabis, it had less than half the rate of marijuana use as the U.S. The World Health Organization found in 2008 that just 19.8 percent of the Dutch population reported past marijuana use, versus 42.4 percent of Americans.

Plus, it may not be quite accurate to describe all of the 600 as “narco-tourists.” Many medical marijuana patients have legitimate medical conditions that are alleviated by components of the cannabis plant, whereas the term “tourists” might imply that the trip was made just for fun. Oregon law further restricts doctors from giving marijuana to just anyone, unlike other states. That aside, traveling across state lines with an illegal substance is a federal crime investigated by the DEA, and each one of these individuals is now registered with the state as possibly doing just that.

Though selling marijuana is still technically illegal in Oregon even under state law, growers may be “reimbursed” by the patient for the costs of producing the drug, and caregivers may “deliver” up to 24 ounces at a time to card-carrying patients, who are also permitted to grow their own supply. Similarly, Oregon dispensaries are allowed to place street level signage, buy advertising and even offer delivery services. Conversely, the Netherlands only allows sales of up to five grams of marijuana at a time, and venues that sell the drug are forbidden from placing signage in public.

Proponents of medical marijuana reform in Oregon have argued that the drug should just be treated like any other medicine, suggesting that the awkward and porous nature of the state’s law ultimately attracts criminals from elsewhere (PDF), who can obtain multiple cards to legally transport large quantities of the drug through the state.

Despite numerous patent requests by major drug-makers and other groups, the DEA insists that marijuana should remain a Schedule 1 substance, meaning that the government does not acknowledge its medical value.

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George Washington: A Dozen Things You ‘Know’ That Aren’t True

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Polish MP smokes pot in campaign

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Haarlem Cannabis Cafes Reject Dutch-Only Member Passes

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‘Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol’ claims enough signatures for Colo. ballot

By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, February 17, 2012 15:39 EST

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol said Friday morning that it had turned in more than enough valid petition signatures to get their initiative on the ballot later this year.

The activists said they had submitted 12,000 additional signatures, on top of the 163,000 submitted earlier this year. The additional signatures were required after the Secretary of State said that a random sampling of entries found less than 50 percent were valid.

In order to secure a spot on the Colorado statewide ballot, initiatives must carry at least 86,105 valid signatures. Out of the 163,000 signatures initially turned in, only 83,696 were declared valid, forcing the campaigners to carry out an extended effort.

If Colorado voters opt to legalize marijuana in November, the law won’t exactly change: the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause guarantees that states cannot overrule the federal government.

Still, the proposed initiative calls for the law to allow adults over 21 to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home. It would also establish a regulatory framework for the sales of marijuana at storefronts, but gives local governments the opportunity to deny permits for commercial activity related to marijuana.

Campaigners and health experts insist that while it has many drawbacks, using marijuana is actually safer than using alcohol, and causes fewer health effects than smoking tobacco. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency insists that legalizing marijuana “will come at the expense of our children and public safety.”

California voters turned down a similar initiative in 2010 by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent. A Gallup poll published in Oct. 2011 found that, for the first time ever, more than half of Americans favor legalization, marking a dramatic turnaround from just15 years ago when more than 70 percent of Americans favored continuing prohibition.

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Grandpa Smokes Weed For The First Time In His Life (VIDEO)

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Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal

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Colorado medical marijuana grower sentenced to six years

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Rewritten Headlines: Marijuana to Contraception

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