WWMT.com |
WWMT.com |
LEAP |
Skreened |
Tuesday night, November 6, will be one to remember for cannabis law reform. Measures are on the ballot in at least six states and a number of localities, including three statewide legalization measures in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.
The Med Joint Community Compassion Center |
This is the kind of arrest the medical marijuana community needs more of. Med Joint Director Kevin Spitler, above, raised $2,578 after being “arrested” by a county sheriff, taken into “custody” at a local restaurant so that he could call friends to “make bail,” and then was briefly “jailed for good.” |
Marc Ryan/The Midwest Cultivator |
Above, happy revelers at Hash Bash 2010. This year, 6,000 people are expected to attend the 41st annual smoke-in. |
Kalamazoo Gazette |
Michigan is undergoing a groundswell of activism for a statewide vote on the legalization of marijuana, and voters could get a chance to have their say in November 2012.
Chris Collins |
Official media estimates of the crowd ran as high as 1,500, but according to activist Missy Griggs of Clinton Township, who attended the rally, it may have been closer to 3,000 or even 4,000 people there. |
Greg Deruiter/Lansing State Journal |
Protesters converged on the Michigan state Capitol on Wednesday because of a recent court decision banning the sale of medical marijuana in dispensaries |
About 1,500 supporters filled the Capitol lawn Wednesday afternoon at the state capitol in Lansing, carrying signs reading “Patients Are Not Criminals” and “Weed Deserve Better” in what is being called the largest pro-medical marijuana rally in Michigan.
Photo: Holland Sentinel |
Licensed medical marijuana growers in Michigan can call upon Michigan State University Extension personnel for advice |
Inquiries on how to cultivate marijuana have slightly increased in the past few years, according to Michigan State University Extension plant experts. MSU-E, mainly involved in more mainstream agricultural pursuits, is a resource for some medical cannabis suppliers looking for good information.
Photo: 420 University |
Ed Rosenthal will present “Let’s Get Growing,” a cultivation workshop, as part of 420 University’s seminar on compassionate care in July. |
Michigan’s growing medical marijuana industry will have available an instructional series of classes on compassionate care and the cultivation of cannabis at a July seminar.
Graphic: Cures Not Wars |
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is hailing the passage of another milestone for the Global Marijuana March, with Georgetown, Guyana and Ryebrook, N.Y., as the 299th and 300th cities holding a march, rally, forum or benefit on the weekends of Saturday, May 1 and May 8.