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Update: Dec. 6, 8:20 a.m. – Yesterday the Florida Supreme Court began hearing arguments for and against a proposed medical marijuana ballot initiative. Opponents say the language is too vague and would create a free for all for people seeking to use cannabis legally but don’t have a valid medical condition.
The Justices all seemed to take that argument the most seriously, with several agreeing at least in discussion that the measure is written too broadly.

Hey there pot smoker! By chance, do you live in Portland, Maine and have up to 2.5 ounces of pot on your possession right now? You do? Well guess what, that’s legal.
Thanks to a whopping 67 percent vote back on November 5, the entire city has legalized the possession of limited amounts of pot for adults over 21. Smoking it in public is still illegal though, as is selling it, growing it, distributing it, importing it and even smoking it in their apartments is illegal if your landlords are uncool about it.

The headline on a post published around this time last Tuesday — “Marijuana: Denver City Council ban on front-porch smoking looks bound for victory” — reflected the conventional wisdom regarding an addition to the Denver pot ordinance that would have made smoking weed on front porches and front lawns an offense that could have resulted in a $1,000 fine. But conventional wisdom went down the chutes last night, when a rubber stamp turned into a direction reversal. Denver Westword has the full story.

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In just six days on Dec. 5 the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether or not a proposed medical marijuana initiative already in the signature-gathering process will be allowed to move forward.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the language proposed would open the floodgates for rampant abuse of the medical marijuana program. Medical marijuana supporters – including nearly 80 percent of Florida voters – think Bondi is horribly out of touch.

The ongoing effort by the city of Los Angeles to shut down a Westside medical marijuana dispensary before it even opens is pretty much a done deal. The L.A. City Attorney’s office today boasted that a local Superior Court judge slapped a Mar Vista weed store with a temporary restraining order barring it from throwing its doors open.
This, apparently, is what you get when you try to sell medical bud in the age of L.A.’s new dispensary law. LA Weekly has the full story.

Denver City Council has taken the first step towards banning cannabis use on your property if it can be viewed from the street. That pretty much eliminates all toking in front yards and on balconies within the city limits.
As one Denverite so eloquently said at the meeting: “I would rather see police going after serious drug problems than playing security patrol for the Stepford wives.”

Might Denver City Council’s proposed sniff test, which would outlaw residents’ use of marijuana on their porches and balconies if others could see or smell it, give one of Amendment 64’s main proponents nowhere in his hometown to legally smoke?
That’s among the contentions of Mason Tvert, and to dramatize his concerns, he’s holding a press event on the balcony this morning, in advance of the council once again discussing the proposal at a meeting this evening. Denver Westword has the full story.

A bill that would have legalized marijuana in Maine (albeit with some rather heavy restrictions) will not be seeing any action this year in the state legislature.
The ‘Act to Align Maine’s Marijuana Laws with the Guidelines Governing Taxation and Regulation Issued by the Federal Government” last night failed to make it through a ten-member council charged with approving bills for consideration in the coming legislation session.

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration is conducting raids at this writing at multiple marijuana businesses in the Denver area.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver has issued a statement confirming the ongoing operation, which is being conducted by the DEA in collaboration with the Internal Revenue Service and the Denver Police Department. Denver Westword sources tell them it’s likely to continue throughout the day and involves a notable number of targets. Click over to The Latest Word blog for more on this constantly-evolving story.

A proposal for marijuana decriminalization of up to 14 grams of cannabis in Puerto Rico lost any chance of moving forward in 2013 after the lower house adjourned for the session.
While certainly a setback, the bill’s sponsor Senator Miguel Periera says he will reintroduce the legislation next year.The bill, which would have also lowered the penalties for possession of between 14 grams and an ounce to a fine of up to $500 and a maximum of six months in jail, heads to a yet-to-be-determined legislative committee in January.

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