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MPP Insider Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 4

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Veterans Administration eases rules for medical marijuana patients!

vetstoryIn a historic move, the Department of Veterans Affairs has formally announced that patients being treated at V.A. facilities will be allowed to use medical marijuana if they live in one of the 14 states where it is legal. “We now have a branch of the federal government accepting marijuana as a legal medicine,” MPP’s Steve Fox told The New York Times in its front-page story trumpeting the news.Read more...

Washington, D.C. medical marijuana law clears congressional hurdle!

DC Clear WayAfter blocking implementation of a medical marijuana law in the nation’s capital for more than a decade, Congress is no longer standing in the way of D.C. patients and effective relief. Thanks in part to lobbying by MPP and our allies, Congress declined to take action against a bill that will allow the District to license between five and eight medical marijuana dispensaries.Read more...

More than 2,000 apply for marijuana business licenses in Colorado

Colorado LicenseIn another sign of the marijuana industry’s growing legitimacy, Colorado witnessed a tremendous outpouring of applicants for state licenses to run medical marijuana dispensaries and other related businesses, netting the state more than $7 million in application fees. Through taxation and licensing, Colorado is establishing what may soon be the largest regulated marijuana market in the world. Read more...

Police targeted wrong man in deadly Las Vegas marijuana raid

Trevon ColeIn June, Las Vegas police shot and killed 21-year-old Trevon Cole in front of his pregnant fiancé during a raid on their home. Police charged that Cole was a major marijuana dealer. Now it’s come to light that police meant to target another man with the same name. Their tragic mistake claimed one more needless victim in the government’s war on marijuana.Read more...

Two-thirds of Americans believe legalization “somewhat likely” in the next 10 years

two thirds mapA new Rasmussen poll shows that 65% of Americans believe it is “something likely” that marijuana will become legal in the United States in the next 10 years. Only 28% think otherwise. This is a huge sign that the movement to end marijuana prohibition is steadily moving in the right direction, but there’s still much work that needs to be done. Help us sustain the momentum by contributing to MPP today. Read more...

 

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