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San Bernardino Weedorama 4/20 fest has been cancelled postponed

By William Breathes on March 28, 2013 Culture, News

Weedorama was supposed to be a daylong celebration of all things cannabis on that most stony of daze, er days, April 20. The events organizers, 420 Magazine, billed it as a celebration of “medical cannabis freedom,” a victory lap for all the “hard won victories for patient access and rights to medical marijuana for everyone in California.”
But sadly, Weedorama is not going down as planned on 4/20 and the culprit isn’t even something as nefarious as Johnny Law, or even the Obama Administration. Instead, the culprit is parking–or rather, the lack of it. The OC Weekly has the 411 on the failed 4/20 festivities.

Indiana mulls increasing marijuana penalties

By William Breathes on March 27, 2013 Legislation, News

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While the rest of the country is seemingly progressing forward with marijuana laws, a handful lawmakers in Indiana are moving backwards it seems. A proposal before the legislature currently would revamp the state’s criminal code could increase penalties for low-level marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a felony.
If approved on Thursday, the bill would make possession of about one-third of an ounce up to 10 pounds a low-level felony instead of a high-level misdemeanor. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a Republican, has said he wants to be stricter on drug possession and show drug dealers that the state is not a place for them to operate.

Missourians want marijuana legalized and regulated

By William Breathes on March 27, 2013 News

When advocates of marijuana legalization in Missouri successfully get a measure on the ballot to end pot prohibition — voters of the state will support it. So says new polling data released by advocacy group Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, which says that the legalization of pot could pass as early as 2014 in Missouri, with even better odds in 2016.
For the rest, head over to the Riverfront Times.

University of Texas student government shoots down marijuana arrest policy change

By William Breathes on March 27, 2013 Legislation, News

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Update 3/27/13: Sorry cannabis-using students at the University of Texas, your student government still thinks you should be arrested for marijuana possession. The UT Student Government last night voted down a bill 9 to 13 that would have urged police to simply ticket marijuana offenders on campus instead of arresting them.
While the bill wouldn’t have actually changed anything and was merely a symbolic bill that would have only asked police to stop arresting students, it seems that the 13 cowards on UTSG still couldn’t approve of it. If it had passed, it would have been the first of it’s kind in the country.

Washington D.C. medical marijuana dispensary opening next month

By William Breathes on March 26, 2013 Dispensaries, News

Taking over an old Curves Gym location on North Capitol Street just thirteen blocks north of the Capitol Reflecting Poool, Capital City Care is set to be the first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Washington D.C. roughly three years after medical marijuana laws were passed in the district. Capital City owners say they’ll open sometime mid-April with four strains, hash and a few accessories for patients. You read that: four strains.

More Arizona medical marijuana dispensaries opening this week

By William Breathes on March 26, 2013 Medical, News

The state-regulated medical-marijuana dispensary industry that Arizona voters approved in late 2010 is becoming a reality, with three new retail shops opening this week.Two dispensaries were slated to open today: One in Glendale (the city that already supports the only medical-pot facility in the Phoenix metro area), and another in Eloy. By next Monday, stores in Fort Mohave and Bisbee should be open.
The Phoenix New Times has the rest of this story.

Nevada lawmakers take marijuana field trip to Arizona

By William Breathes on March 25, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

Last weekend, Nevada state Sen. Tick Segerblom and five other lawmakers took a trip to Arizona for some medical marijuana. Medical marijuana education t be exact.
According to Segerblom, a Democrat from Las Vegas, if Arizona – arguably one of the most conservative states in the country – can not only pass medical marijuana laws but implement a state-regulated dispensary program, then so can Nevada. The trip is his way of convincing legislators to support Segerblom’s Senate Bill 374 which would allow for medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada.

Maryland medical marijuana bill advances to Senate, second MMJ bill dies in committee

By William Breathes on March 25, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

The Maryland House approved and denied medical marijuana bills today, sending one on to the Senate for approval and shooting another down in committee.
A bill that would have allowed medical marijuana in the state, House Bill 302, was given an unfavorable report and was withdrawn by it’s sponsor, Del. Cheryl Glenn earlier today according to the Maryland legislative site.

California activists submit 16,000 signatures to overturn pot ban in Santa Ana

By William Breathes on March 25, 2013 News

Last Wednesday, medical marijuana activists seeking to overturn Santa Ana’s ban on medical marijuana collectives showed up at city hall with 16,000 signatures of city residents who want the pot clubs back in business. The group, which formed in August 2012 and calls itself the Committee to Support Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative, hopes to let voters decide whether to set up a registration process that would allow no less than 22 cannabis clubs to operate, or roughly one per every 15,000 residents.
The OC Weekly has the rest.

Baby chokes on pipe screen in Florida, parents charged with neglect

By William Breathes on March 22, 2013 News, Say what?

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Here’s another argument for giving up that old metal-screen pipe and moving on to a nice piece of blown glass: parents in Bradenton, Florida are being charged with child neglect after their baby choked on their pipe screen according to the Miami Herald

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