PORTLAND, OR – Oregon lawmakers should write their own legislation to legalize marijuana rather than wait for a ballot measure from proponents, a state representative says. Rep. Phil Barnhart says the Legislature has “the best shot of actually getting it right,” The (Portland) Oregonian reported Thursday. The Democratic lawmaker, head of the House Revenue, added that […]
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. . . . . READ MOREOLYMPIA, WA – Washington state regulators, aiming to limit the state’s nascent marijuana industry, want to cap the amount of space available to grow recreational marijuana at 2 million square feet (185,800 sq. meters) – the equivalent of about 35 NFL football fields. The limit was among proposed state marijuana rules released on Wednesday, roughly a […]
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. . . . . READ MOREDENVER, CO — A billboard calling on the National Football League to stop punishing players for using marijuana was posted Wednesday in front of Sports Authority Field at Mile High, just one day before the Denver Broncos host the first NFL regular season game of the year. The 48-foot-wide Broncos-themed billboard highlights the relative safety […]
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. . . . . READ MOREDENVER, CO — The city of Denver, in a first step toward regulating newly legal recreational marijuana, will ask voters to approve a 3.5 percent sales tax on pot sales in a citywide ballot measure in November, a city official said on Tuesday. The municipal sales tax, if approved at the polls, would be on […]
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. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC – Not everybody is happy with Thursday’s Justice Department announcement that it would not interfere with taxed, regulated, and legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington. While the announcement was greeted with accolades (and some questions) by the drug policy reform community, opponents of marijuana law reform were up in arms and prophesying hellfire and […]
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. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC — Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado today that the Department of Justice will allow the states to implement their ballot initiatives that legalized the production, distribution, and sale of marijuana for adults. Deputy Attorney General James Cole also issued a memo to U.S. attorneys across the country […]
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. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGON, DC — Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of Colorado and Washington Thursday that the Justice Department would not — at least for now — block their states from implementing regimes to tax, regulate, and sell marijuana. The Justice Department will take a “trust but verify” approach, a department official said. The department […]
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. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC – Federal justice officials will not challenge the implementation of laws in Colorado and Washington that allow for the production, consumption, and sale of marijuana to those over 21 years of age. Voters in both states approved initiatives in November allowing for the licensed production and retail sales of the plant, both of which are anticipated […]
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. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC – US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Monday that he would hold a hearing next month on the Justice Department’s response to marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington and legal medical marijuana in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The hearing is set for September 10. Leahy […]
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. . . . . READ MORESALEM, OR — Oregon activists organized as New Approach Oregon will try to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November 2014 ballot, the leader of the group told the Willamette Week this week. The move comes after an effort in the legislature to put the issue before voters didn’t bear fruit. “Our coalition is moving forward […]
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