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Former Prosecutor Rep. Swalwell Announces Support for Rational Federal Marijuana Policy

Kudos to Rep. Eric Swalwell, the southern East Bay’s new Congress member, for co-sponsoring the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, and other marijuana reform bills. Thanks too to our local activists and supporters who helped bring this issue to Rep. Swalwell’s attention.
– Dale Gieringer, Cal NORML

Former Prosecutor Rep. Swalwell Announces Support for Rational Federal Marijuana Policy

WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) co-sponsored several bills that treat marijuana in a rational way and allow more freedom at the state level.…

Two Industrial Hemp Bills Introduced in California

Two bills to legalize production of industrial hemp have been introduced in the CA legislature:  SB 566 by Sen. Mark Leno (D-SF) and AB 1137 by Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Huntington/Newport/Laguna Beach). Both bills would revise the definition of marijuana to exclude industrial hemp and authorize its production with the provision that its potency not exceed 0.3% THC.

The Leno bill would take effect only if hemp production is authorized by federal law. This is designed to address Gov. Brown’s objection to Sen.…

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News Archive 2012

  • CaNORML 2012 Accomplishments and Plans for 2013
    In 2012, CalNORML fought off bad bills in Sacramento, advanced good ones, protested federal involvement, and continued to work at local levels on policy. We will kick off 2013 with a conference to mark the 100th anniversary of cannabis prohibition in California and plan for the end of that failed and unjust policy.
  • Reported Drop in CA Marijuana Arrests: Less Than Meets the Eye
    December 11 – Reported marijuana arrests dropped sharply as California’s new decriminalization law took effect in 2011, but the apparent decline is deceptive because it doesn’t count thousands of minor possession offenses that are no longer reported under the new law.
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    Supreme Court Hears All Sides of Dispensary Case

    February 5 – The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center, a case determining whether or not a county may ban medical marijuana dispensaries within its borders.

    The justices, appearing at a special session at the hundredth anniversary of the UCSF law school, were equally hard on attorneys on both sides of the case.

    “The Legislature knows how to say, ‘Thou shalt not ban dispensaries,’ ” Justice Ming W. Chin told IEPHWC’s attorney J.…

    Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Tehama County Cultivation Ordinance

    February 6 – The 3rd District Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Tehama county on a challenge to their medical marijuana cultivation ordinance.

    “This isn’t the end of the battle,” said CalNORML director Dale Gieringer. “There appear to be other legal options to ensure that patients are not precluded from their access to medicine.”

    Because the court interpreted the case as a “facial” challenge, it did not look at whether or not the ordinance affected the plaintiffs individually. Further proceedings could make an “as applied” challenge, in which a patient, caregiver, collective or cooperative could argue their ability to cultivate medical cannabis is infringed upon by the ordinance.…

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    Daisy Bram’s Car Seized While in Family Court in Tehama County

    January 30 – Daisy Bram, whose children were seized in Butte county last year because of a medical marijuana grow at her home, has now had her three children taken from her by Tehama county officials. When she arrived for an appearance in family court yesterday, officers blocked her car in the parking lot and told her they were seizing it because it had been purchased with drug proceeds. They have now left the young mother without transportation, by taking her 2002 Ford Explorer, while her children are in foster care.…

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    Daisy Bram’s Car Seized While in Family Court in Tehama County

    January 30 – Daisy Bram, whose children were seized in Butte county last year because of a medical marijuana grow at her home, has now had her three children taken from her by Tehama county officials. When she arrived for an appearance in family court yesterday, officers blocked her car in the parking lot and told her they were seizing it because it had been purchased with drug proceeds. They have now left the young mother without transportation, by taking her 2002 Ford Explorer, while her children are in foster care.…

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    Daisy Bram’s Car Seized While in Family Court in Tehama County

    January 30 – Daisy Bram, whose children were seized in Butte county last year because of a medical marijuana grow at her home, has now had her three children taken from her by Tehama county officials. When she arrived for an appearance in family court yesterday, officers blocked her car in the parking lot and told her they were seizing it because it had been purchased with drug proceeds. They have now left the young mother without transportation, by taking her 2002 Ford Explorer, while her children are in foster care.…

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