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American Medical Association (still) opposed to marijuana, but slowly coming around

By William Breathes on November 21, 2013 News

In a move that isn’t at all surprising, the American Medical Association remains opposed to marijuana legalization and maintains that marijuana is a “dangerous drug” in a 19-page report titled “A Contemporary View of National Drug Control Policy”. To be fair, the group also finally admits that the war on drugs has been a complete failure.
The AMA committee on Science and Public Health also told the 527-member AMA House of Delegates in their report that they’ll be watching how recreational marijuana sales and legalization for adults over 21 pans out in the long run.

Group asks Obama to pardon man sentenced to 55 years for selling $350 of pot

By William Breathes on November 18, 2013 News, Say what?

Weldon Angelos.

Weldon Angelos has been in prison for nearly ten years on federal charges of selling about $350 worth of pot and he’s got another 45 to go. The heavy sentence comes from the fact that Angelos had guns in the house where he delt the pot, never mind that he never used them, showed them or even mentioned them in the deal.
Think that sounds absurd? So do several prominent politicians, scholars and even an ex-FBI director who are all asking President Barack Obama to set Angelos free.

Feds to allow Wash. and Colo. recreational marijuana stores (so long as they follow state laws)

By William Breathes on August 30, 2013 News

‘Merica.

The federal government will not sue Colorado and Washington to stop laws allowing for the possession sale and (in the case of Colorado) cultivation of cannabis from being enacted, nor will they seek out dispensaries for prosecution so long as the dispensaries are following state laws.
Basically: if dispensaries play by state rules, they most likely won’t be targets of federal prosecution. (Read the entire memo below)

Colorado releases “emergency” recreational marijuana dispensary rules

By William Breathes on July 2, 2013 Legislation, News

Yesterday, the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Marijuana Enforcement Division jointly released emergency rules for the marijuana industry promulgated without any public input or testimony so that the industry can begin being licensed and selling to adults over 21 by January 1, 2014.
The agencies stress that these mandates are temporary, meant only as placeholders until permanent rules are adopted later this year after the public has had a chance to give their input at future rule-making meetings. Denver Westword went over the edicts and pointed out a few of the more interesting tidbits. Click over to Westword to check them out followed by the complete document and a press release from the DOR and the MED.

Federal judge rules that pot mags can’t be treated like porn in Colorado

By William Breathes on June 13, 2013 Follow that story, News

A United States District Court judge officially upheld Colorado’s ban on pot-related magazines unconstitutional Tuesday, putting the matter to the grave once and for all with a permanent injunction.
The ruling came after several parties suing the state reached an agreement with the court that kept the whole issue from going through a lengthy hearing.

Nova Scotia city worker refuses drug test, admits to pot use, keeps job

By William Breathes on June 10, 2013 Global, News, Say what?

Halifax, Nova Scotia.

It may seem counter intuitive to tell your employer “It’s none of your business what I do when I’m not here” when they ask for a drug test. But that’s what an employee with the Halifax Streets Department in Nova Scotia told his boss after his boss says he smelled weed in the city truck in which the employee was a passenger.
The employee, listed only as “Mr. Jeffery” in the ruling, says he is a recreational user of cannabis and that he would have tested positive, but he maintains that there was no evidence of impairment or on-the-job drug use and refused the drug test – and the courts have backed the employee’s decision.

Read the 2013 hemp amendment to the Senate farm bill

By William Breathes on May 24, 2013 Hemp, News

Sen. Ron Wyden.

An Oregon Senator on Monday proposed amending the federal farm bill to include industrial hemp.
The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013, introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, would remove hemp from federal drug laws and allow it to be grown and regulated by the states. Read the entire bill below the jump.

Colorado marijuana regulations passed by state legislature

By William Breathes on May 9, 2013 Legislation, News

Colorado lawmakers yesterday passed what are being considered the first laws in the nation to regulate adult cannabis use and sales. Among that: when and where cannabis can be sold, limiting how much pot out-of-state visitors can purchase, to where pot magazines can be sold.
The rules still have to go before the governor for signing, but for the most part things seem to be set.

Colorado legislature passes THC DUI bill, guv expected to sign into law

By William Breathes on May 7, 2013 Legislation, News

After three years of trying and despite the science to back it up, the Colorado legislature finally passed a bill limiting the amount of THC a person can have in their system to 5 nanograms per-milliliter of blood.
House Bill 1325 received more than two-thirds support earlier today. If signed by the governor, the limit will be set in stone. According to Kristen Wyatt with the Associated Press, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has already asked for the bill so that he can sign it. Hickenlooper had campaigned for setting a limit over the last few months.
(An earlier edition of this post incorrectly stated the nanogram limit and has since been changed)

End The Drug War!

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 29, 2012 Legislation

The Utopianist

By Anthony Martinelli

Communications Director

Sensible Washington

In a recent article published on our website, we explain the key reasons for ending our failed prohibition on cannabis. Doing so would bring untold benefits, and deal a huge blow to our failed war on drugs. However, even if cannabis were legalized, our nation would still be waging the widespread and devastating humans rights violation that our drug war has become.

Even if you don’t condone the use of any drugs, it is difficult to argue that throwing someone into prison alongside murderers and other violent criminals — for simple drug possession, spending taxpayer money along the way — is anything other than bad policy.

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