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Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Bills
Filed
--
Medical
Marijuana
in
New
Jersey,
Decriminalization
in
New
Hampshire
1/21/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/371/mjbills.shtml
New Hampshire and New Jersey
were first out of the gate with marijuana bills this year. With two
states having passed medical marijuana laws through the legislative process
so far, Hawaii in 2001 and Vermont last year, New Jersey could become the
third state where legislators heed the will of the voters on this issue.
And in New Hampshire, whose motto is "Live Free or Die," legislators have
introduced a bill removing criminal penalties for marijuana.
In the Garden State, Sen.
Nicholas Scutari formally introduced the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical
Marijuana Act (S. 2200) on January 11, spurred by the efforts of the Coalition
for Medical MarijuanaNew Jersey.
In the Granite State, Rep.
Timothy Robertson (D-Cheshire) has introduced House Bill 0197, which removes
marijuana possession and use offenses from the criminal code, removes marijuana
trafficking from the state's definition of organized crime, and, for good
measure, strikes from state law language criminalizing "separation gins
and sifters for cleaning or refining marijuana." No word yet on hearings
for the bill.
Click
here to read the New Jersey medical marijuana bill online -- search
on S2200 -- and click
here to read the New Hampshire decrim bill online.
-- END --
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Issue #371
-- 1/21/05
Editorial:
Unfortunate
Bedfellows
|
Following
Oklahoma's
Lead,
States
Target
Cold
Remedies
in
Fight
Against
Methamphetamine
|
Mexican
Stand-Off:
Government
Sends
in
Tanks,
Soldiers
in
Effort
to
Retake
Prisons
from
Narcos
|
Blogging:
A
Stunning
Admission
by
Baltimore
Police
Officials,
and
More
|
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
German
Supreme
Court
Rejects
"Zero
Tolerance"
Drugged
Driving
Law
in
Cannabis
Case |
Newsbrief:
Mass
Arrests
of
Drug
Users
in
Iran
|
Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Bills
Filed
--
Medical
Marijuana
in
New
Jersey,
Decriminalization
in
New
Hampshire
|
Newsbrief:
Resistance
to
Methadone
Clinics
Rears
Head
in
Virginia,
Washington
State
|
Newsbrief:
King
County
Bar
Association
(Seattle)
Calls
for
Legal,
Regulated
Drug
Markets
|
Newsbrief:
Texas
Bill
Would
Ban
Drug
Offenders
from
Entering
Certain
San
Antonio
Neighborhoods
|
Newsbrief:
Last
Week's
Supreme
Court
Ruling
Pays
Off
for
New
York
Woman
|
Newsbrief:
Martha
Stewart,
Prisoner
Advocate
|
Newsbrief:
MPP
Assists
Poor
Montana
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
|
Newsbrief:
Maine
Activist
Providing
Medical
Marijuana
Indicted
for
Trafficking
and
Cultivation
|
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Week
in
History
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Calendar
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