Marijuana

Members Of Congress Tell Obama Reschedule Marijuana

February 14, 2014 Mollie Reilly, www.huffingtonpost.com Organize! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Drug Policy, Marijuana

"Over a dozen members of Congress are calling on President Barack Obama to reschedule marijuana, with one congressman describing the drug's current classification as "arbitrary and incorrect."[..]In the letter, which Blumenauer began circulating to colleagues late last month, the lawmakers said placing marijuana at the same level as heroin "makes no sense." "You said that you don't believe marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol: a fully legalized substance, and believe it to be less dangerous 'in terms of its impact on the individual consumer,'” the letter reads, referencing Obama's recent interview with the New Yorker. "This is true. Marijuana, however, remains listed in the federal Controlled Substances Act at Schedule I ... This is a higher listing than cocaine and methamphetamine, Schedule II substances that you gave as examples of harder drugs. This makes no sense."

Legal Marijuana More Than $1 Million Sold First Day

January 3, 2014 Michelle Broder Van Dyke, www.buzzfeed.com Create! Marijuana

The first day of recreational marijuana sales in the state of Colorado was a huge monetary success, shops said, bringing in more than $1 million in recreational and medical pot sales. Many await what will happen on day two and beyond after Colorado became the first U.S. state to sell legal recreational weed. Washington has also legalized the drug, but sales will not begin until later this year. In 18 other states, medical marijuana is legal. Worldwide, Colorado is on the forefront of the legalization movement. In the Netherlands, marijuana is technically illegal, but has been widely smoked in Amsterdam and other parts of the country since 1976 when it was informally decriminalized. In December last year, Uruguay became the first country to legalizethe cannabis industry, but it has yet to implement the law.

Historic Moment: First License To Sell Marijuana Issued

December 27, 2013 Staff, www.AP.org Create! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Drug Policy, Marijuana

The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana are getting their licenses. The city is giving out licenses to the owners of 42 medical marijuana shops and growers Friday. Denver is one of 19 municipalities and seven counties in Colorado that will allow retail sales of recreational pot to those 21 and older under voter-approved Amendment 64. Only existing medical marijuana businesses in Denver are now allowed to make the transition to recreational sales. Of the 42 approved so far, eight are retail shops, 30 are growers and four are infused product manufacturers. The state has approved 348 marijuana business licenses in Colorado.

Legal Weed, One Year Later: Thousands Not Arrested, $60 Million Saved

December 18, 2013 Art Way, www.drugpolicy.org Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Marijuana

According to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, by removing criminal penalties the state has saved anywhere from $12 million to $40 million dollars over the last year. (Others have estimated the state spends over $60 million enforcing marijuana prohibition at the levels now legal, so the CCLP estimate is probably on the conservative side.) Over the last decade, the state has averaged over 10,000 arrests and citations per year for minor marijuana possession at the levels now legal in the state. Because of Amendment 64 and the simple decriminalization of marijuana in the state over the last year, 10,000 primarily young adults will likely not be hindered by the collateral consequences of a drug charge. Noxious racial disparities in marijuana law enforcement will also likely decrease dramatically. In places like Arapahoe County, whose population is 10 percent black, African Americans comprised 35 percent of minor marijuana arrests. In Denver, blacks were almost four times as likely to be arrested for low-level marijuana possession, even though they are no more likely to use marijuana than whites. In the metro area, Latinos were twice as likely to be arrested for marijuana despite rates of consumption actually lower than both whites and blacks. Nationally we average over 750,000 marijuana arrests each year -- something like one every 37 seconds -- nearly half of all drug arrests in the country. Almost 90 percent of these arrests are for simple possession for personal use, not sale or manufacture. Police make far more arrests for marijuana possession each year than for all violent crimes combined. Colorado has removed itself from this immense waste of resources, and life altering criminal justice consequences, that persistently defines marijuana prohibition. The voters of Colorado did the right thing last year.

Uruguay Becomes First Country to Legalize Marijuana Trade

December 11, 2013 Malena Castaldi and Felipe LLambias, www.reuters.com Educate! Drug Policy, Marijuana

Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization. A government-sponsored bill approved by 16-13 votes in the Senate provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana and is aimed at wresting the business from criminals in the small South American nation. Backers of the law, some smoking joints, gathered near Congress holding green balloons, Jamaican flags in homage to Bob Marley and a sign saying: "Cultivating freedom, Uruguay grows."

VIDEO: Fukushima: The Beginning of The End Of Nuclear Power | Resistance Report #12

November 9, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., AcronymTV, www.yuotube.com Resistance Report Activism, Fukushima, Marijuana, Women's Rights

The hear no evil see no evil attitude of mainstream media outlets here in the United States about the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan does not obscure the fact that, in the attempt mitigate future catastrophic damage, the global community is faced with challenges unique in the history of humankind. Members of the Green Shadow Cabinet traveled to the UN on Thursday to deliver a petition signed by 150,000 citizens of the world demanding that the government of Japan transfer responsibility for the Fukushima reactor site to an international engineering firm overseen by a civil society panel and an international group of nuclear experts. Additionally, the petition demanded that the global media be permitted around-the-clock access to accurate information throughout the entire process of removal of the spent fuel rods so that the international community can be informed of any risks to its health. Also covered this week’s episode of the Resistance Report:

Florida Veterans Medical Cannabis Whistle-Stop Tour

November 9, 2013 Michael Krawitz, www.gofundme.com Resist! Health Care, Marijuana, Veterans

Day three started out on Bob’s turf. Bob Jordan has a special role in this national battle for medicinal access as he is a caregiver for the only Florida - legal medical marijuana patient. Bob’s wife Cathy suffers from ALS however with the judicious application of cannabis has survived beyond all expectations. To be legal in Florida Cathy had to be arrested and then had to prove that she had no other viable medicinal options and even then that the benefit was so great as to outweigh the value of enforcing the law. We were one of the very few besides the police to have a chance to view her beautiful cannabis garden.

Election Victory: Pot Use Legalized In Portland, Maine & 3 Michigan Cities

November 6, 2013 Jodie Gummow, www.alternet.org Educate! Democracy, Marijuana

In a landslide victory for legalizing marijuana, voters in Portland, Maine and three cities in Michigan have shown their overwhelming support for legalizing marijuana use. The measure was passed in Portland, Maine's largest city, with 67 percent of residents voting to legalize possession of marijuana for recreational use for those aged 21 years and over, Boston Herald reported. While medical marijuana has been legal in Maine since 1999, the ordinance allows residents to now possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana. However, the new measure does not permit the recreational purchase or sale of marijuana nor its use in public places. Moreover, it will not override state or federal laws where it is still illegal. Nonetheless, supporters hope the new passage will spur further efforts to decriminalize recreational marijuana in the state as occurred in Washington and Colorado in November 2012.

Moms for Marijuana: Time to End the War on Families

November 3, 2013 Mercedys McNight, www.ladybud.com Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Marijuana, Police abuse

There are many more heartbreaking stories of children being torn from their families, their lives dragged through the hell of the family law court system, and some even lost to their families forever through forced adoption, all because family protection agencies, court systems, and specialists refuse to realize that marijuana is not dangerous and does not present the immediate harm required by law to remove a child from their family. The most heartbreaking consequence of these situations is that children are being thrown into the homes of strangers, away from everyone and everything they know and love. Immediate harm is required by law to remove a child from his or her home. The science and toxicology of cannabis have proven that cannabis is NOT harmful. But surely, ripping families apart is. This will not change on its own. It is time for us to stand together and demand change of these archaic, inhumane, and destructive policies. Numerous chapters of Moms for Marijuana International and several other local cannabis activist groups have coordinated rallies to protest against CPS involvement in the lives of cannabis consumers and demand the return of these babies to their parents. Coordinated rallies are scheduled for November 12, 2013

Hemp Returns to U.S. Soil After 56 Years

October 30, 2013 April M. Short, www.alternet.org Create! Food and Agriculture, Marijuana

The first known harvest of hemp—the non psychoactive variety of marijuana—in more than half a century in the U.S. took place September 23 in Colorado, where in the spring the passage of the state’s Amendment 64 legalized the regulated cultivation, sale and adult use of marijuana. While the federal government has said it will not interfere with marijuana in states where it is now legal, it has yet to clarify where it stands on hemp cultivation. Hemp, though non-intoxicant, is considered illegal to cultivate under U.S. drug law. Dr. Bronner’s has used imported hemp seed oil in its soaps for more than a decade, and is a dedicated supporter of drug reform, focused on ending the war on drugs. In fact, the company donated more than $100,000 to the voter initiatives in both Colorado and Washington that eventually resulted in legalization of cannabis products in those states. Dr. Bronners will be one of the first to purchase some of Loflin’s hemp seed, once they have been pressed and made into oil.

Marijuana Advocate In Philly Court Week Of ‘Smoke Down’ Protest

October 24, 2013 Brian X. McCrone, www.philly.com Resist! Marijuana

At the same time that Philadelphia's infamous monthly "Smoke Down Prohibition" protests began at Independence Mall last December, President Obama declared to ABC News that he had "bigger fish to fry" than marijuana smokers. But 10 months later, Philadelphia's pot legalization lobby has found that message still hasn't trickled down to the local feds. More than 30 citations — and a few arrests — for smoking on the federal park property at Fifth and Market street have marred Smoke Down protests since May. "I guess we are the bigger fish to fry," Philadelphia's pre-eminent pot legalization advocate, Chris Goldstein, said in an interview this week. More court hearings this week and the 10th Smoke Down protest planned for Saturday make for a contentious week ahead for the city's ongoing pro-pot campaign.

Families Losing Children For Medical Marijuana Where It Is Legal

September 19, 2013 Ken Palmer, www.freep.com Resist! Drug Policy, Marijuana

The case of a 6-month-old Lansing girl who was removed from her parents after a complaint involving medical marijuana has become a rallying point for groups aligned behind the state’s 5-year-old medical marijuana law. Holding placards and chanting, “Free Bree,” dozens of people gathered outside the Grand Tower on Tuesday to protest the state Department of Human Services’ efforts to remove Brielle (Bree) Green from parents Gordon (Steve) and Maria Green. “These are good parents, good loving parents,” said Charmie Gholson, founder of Michigan Moms United, one of several groups that organized Tuesday’s news conference. Gholson said the Green case is among dozens in which state caseworkers have disregarded protections in the medical marijuana law while trying to remove children from parents who are registered patients or caregivers

White House Empowers States On Marijuana, Transformation Coming

August 30, 2013 Dominic Holden, www.slog.thestranger.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Marijuana

Adults will be walking into stores and buying bags of marijuana, unmolested. But this is about more than Washington and Colorado: The White House is formally deferring to the states on drug policy, much like the Feds now recognize marriage equality. In doing so, Obama is acknowledging that the US drug war is not mandatory, while he also sets a bold precedent of standing back when states present superior alternatives, such as more states legalizing pot, states decriminalizing hard drugs, cities opening safe-injection sites, and other countries breaking away from the formerly Drug Free America. On the phone with governors from Colorado and Washington, AG Holder explained the US Justice Department would not sue Washington and Colorado for preempting the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Federal Government Will Not Sue To Stop Marijuana Legalization

August 29, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Marijuana

Today we received confirmation Washington’s voter-approved marijuana law will be implemented. We received good news this morning when Attorney General Eric Holder told the governor the federal government would not pre-empt Washington and Colorado as the states implement a highly regulated legalized market for marijuana. Attorney General Holder made it clear the federal government will continue to enforce the federal Controlled Substance Act by focusing its enforcement on eight specific concerns, including the prevention of distribution to minors and the importance of keeping Washington-grown marijuana within our state’s borders. We share those concerns and are confident our state initiative will be implemented as planned.

Obama Does Not Support Changes To Medical Marijuana Laws

August 27, 2013 Sabrina Siddiqui, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Marijuana, Police abuse

White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked for the second day in a row if CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta's recent reversal on medical marijuana useand apology for misleading the public had had any bearing on Obama's position on the issue. Whereas Earnest declined to answer the question on Tuesday, he confirmed Wednesday that the president does not believe any changes should be made to medical marijuana laws "at this point." The Marijuana Policy Project, the nation's largest advocacy group for marijuana legalization, said it was "encouraged" that Obama doesn't think targeting individual marijuana users should be a priority, but called on the president to reconsider the issue of legalization. "We hope President Obama will continue to examine the evidence surrounding marijuana and pay particular attention to the fact that it is objectively less harmful than alcohol. If he remains objective, he will eventually support the only logical conclusion, which is that marijuana prohibition has failed and it's time for a more sensible approach," said MPP spokesman Mason Tvert.

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