Kharla Vezzetti UPDATED NOVEMBER 8, 2012 November 7 – Election day started strong for marijuana reformers when Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize medical marijuana, with 63% in favor and just 37% opposed. Arkansas nearly passed its own medical marijuana law, in a surprisingly close race from a state that went to Romney. As the polls …
November 1 – The California Medical Association House of Delegates has passed measures supporting marijuana rescheduling and decriminalization, and is considering another regarding medical marijuana use in hospital settings. Resolution 103-12 “Petition the Governor to Petition the DEA Reschedule Cannabis,” authored by Dr. Donald Abrams and Dr. Larry Bedard, passed unanimously at the 141st annual …
As 2012 began, no less than five different marijuana law reform measures were aiming for the November 2012 ballot. The plethora of proposals was due in part to the success of CalNORML’s “Next Steps” conference in early 2011. CalNORML was called on to navigate the public through the proposals. However, the funding ultimately went to …
Hal Pilotte and his wife Ann were raided by the DEA in their gated over-55 community Ocean Hills, after he was caught delivering baked goods to a collective he was a member of that was being surveilled by the DEA. The Pilottes were interviewed by host Lanny Swerdlow on KCAA 1050AM in Loma Linda on …
California NORML Release Washington DC, Oct 16th – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration’s rejection of a petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I, the most dangerous category of drugs for which no medical use is recognized. The …
October 11 – In contrasting moves, the city of Oakland has sued the federal government to stop its forfeiture actions against city-regulated dispensaries, while Long Beach has joined the feds to arrest 40 dispensary workers and is threatening to arrest more. Oakland sues feds over pot dispensary Excerpt: The city of Oakland took the unusual …
In his keynote speech at the 41st annual NORML conference, Keith Stroup, NORML’s founder, called for support for Washington’s pending marijuana legalization ordinance, up for a vote on November 6 and criticized by some for disallowing home cultivation and for its DUI provisions. “Do we really want to see 50,000 more arrests for marijuana in …
Oct. 5 – The 41st annual NORML conference is happening this week at the Omni Hotel in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles (in the same plaza as MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art and next to the historic Angels Flight cable car). A good time is being had by all, despite the hotel’s clampdown …
October 2 – After 49,000 Los Angeles voters signed a petition to repeal the city’s ban on medical marijuana collectives, forcing a repeal or a vote, the LA City Council voted 11-2 to repeal the ban. William McKenzie Smith, a patient with the Cornerstone research collective, has skin cancer he is treating with a topical …
SANTA ROSA, CA, Sep 27th: Eyewitnesses to Wednesday’s federal-led raid on marijuana growers in Santa Rosa describe a chilling, full-scale paramilitary assault on a Latino residential neighborhood. Local residents were terrified by the military-style invasion, led by 150 agents from US Homeland Security (!), FBI, DEA, CHP and Sonoma sheriff’s deputies. Invaders wore military garb …