WASHINGTON, DC — One in four Americans say they would occasionally buy marijuana at the store if it were legal, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll released this week. Of the 1,000 adults surveyed, 41% of adults have tried marijuana, which is lower than both alcohol (81%) and tobacco (61%). Of those who said they hadn’t tried marijuana, […]
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SOURCE: Poll: 1 in 4 Americans would Buy Marijuana if it was Legal by Thomas H. Clarke
. . . . . READ MORETEMECULA, CA – The parents of a 17-year-old special needs student arrested in an undercover police operation announced today they are suing the school district that authorized the operation. The student, who suffers from a range of disabilities, was falsely befriended by a police officer who repeatedly asked the boy to provide him drugs. After […]
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. . . . . READ MOREOLYMPIA, WA — Many banks in Washington State are willing to provide financial services to the state’s new recreational marijuana industry, but are unable to under current federal law. Reported this week in the Daily Herald: Marijuana businesses, even ones that will soon be legally licensed in this state, are considered criminal enterprises under federal […]
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SOURCE: Banks Willing to Work With Marijuana Business, But Waiting for Federal Clarification by Erik Altieri
. . . . . READ MOREBALTIMORE, MD – A federal judge in Maryland, saying public attitudes on marijuana have shifted, gave two marijuana traffickers sentences much shorter than prosecutors requested. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar said federal sentencing guidelines that treat marijuana as seriously as heroin and other hard drugs are outmoded, The Baltimore Sun reported. He cited the Obama administration’s decision […]
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SOURCE: Maryland Judge Rejects Marijuana Sentencing Guidelines, Gives Shorter Terms by UPI
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC — Support for marijuana legalization is at the highest levels ever, with 58% of Americans in favor, according to a Gallup Poll released Tuesday. That’s up an impressive eight points from 2011, when Gallup had 50% supporting legalization, and even more impressively, up 10 points from last year, when support had dipped to 48% in […]
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SOURCE: Support for Marijuana Legalization at All Time High by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC — Gallup released new polling data today that shows an overwhelming majority of Americans want marijuana to be legalized. According to their survey, 58% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, while only 39% are opposed. This is up significantly from the last time Gallup polled the question in 2012, when only 48% of Americans were in favor and […]
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SOURCE: Highest Poll Yet: 58% of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized by Erik Altieri
. . . . . READ MOREHAMILTON, BERMUDA – For Americans, mention “Bermuda” and “marijuana” and the first thing that comes to mind is a vision of vacationing cruise ship passengers arrested and fined in large amounts for carrying small quantities of the substance, like this Oakland medical marijuana patient last month or these two unfortunate tourists in April. But that could be about to […]
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SOURCE: Pressure Mounts for Marijuana Reform in Bermuda by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, D.C. — Marijuana arrests continued at near record levels in 2012, and the vast majority of them were for simple possession. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, an estimated 749,824 arrests were made nationwide for marijuana, more than 87% of which were for possession. This is a slight decrease […]
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SOURCE: FBI Study Shows Record High Marijuana Arrests Continue Despite Changing Attitudes by Marijuana Policy Project
. . . . . READ MOREWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. law enforcement agencies are in talks about steps they may take under federal law to allow legal marijuana businesses to have access to bank accounts, a Justice Department official said on Tuesday. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the existing situation of marijuana shops operating […]
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SOURCE: Feds May Help Marijuana Businesses Get Banking Services by Reuters
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