Medical Marijuana

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Washington Marijuana Legalization Initiative Hands in Signatures

Washington state marijuana legalization initiative supporters turned in enough signatures last week to almost guarantee that the measure will be on the ballot in November. Now, we wait for the state to make it official.

Africa: Rwanda Moves to Legalize Medical Marijuana

The UN says Rwanda needs a drug law. Rwanda agrees, and it's going to include medical marijuana.

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Medical Marijuana Update

More restrictions on medical marijuana, more California dispensaries close, more Montana dispensary operators head for federal prison, and California activists file an initiative to regulate and tax the industry at the state level.

Opponents of Medical Marijuana Get Humiliated in New York Times

Last week's NYT editorial from fanatical anti-pot crusader David Evans generated some powerful responses from readers. Here's my favorite.

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Obama's Attack on Medical Marijuana Wins Endorsement from Crazy Person

[inline:medicalmarijuanawheelchair.jpeg align=right]Last month, I questioned an absurd claim from the White House that President Obama has been "clear and consistent" in his approach to medical marijuana, rather than erratic and hostile. The facts of the matter are so plain that it feels silly to even debate it further, but this quote from anti-marijuana zealot and youth drug testing cheerleader David Evans of the Drug-Free Schools Coalition got my attention:

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Medical Marijuana Update

Busy, busy, busy. Here's this week's medical marijuana news digest.

No dispensaries for Arizona if Gov. Brewer has her way. (wikimedia.org)

Arizona Governor Asks Federal Judge to Void Part of Medical Marijuana Law

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has decided the state will argue in federal court that federal law preempts the dispensary provisions in the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law.

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Medical Marijuana Update

This week's medical marijuana news from around the country.

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New Study Finds Traffic Fatalities Decline with Medical Marijuana Laws [FEATURE]

In what could be an important intervention in the debates over medical marijuana and pot legalization, the first study to examine the relationship between medical marijuana and traffic deaths found they declined in medical marijuana states.

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Bill OâReilly Thinks Medical Marijuana is a Sneaky Plot to Give People Medicine, Or Something

On the eve of their cable TV debut, Steve and Andrew DeAngelo of Harborside Health Center appeared on O’Reilly. He wasn’t very nice to them.

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