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Jerry Brown: Marijuana Laws Should Be Decided By States (VIDEO) Posted: 11/11/2012 11:13 am EST Updated: 11/12/2012 11:19 am EST by Elise Foley elise@huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON -- California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said Sunday the federal government should respect states' rights to decide how to regulate marijuana use, in light of votes Tuesday to approve legal use of the drug in Colorado and Washington. "It's time for the Justice Department to recognize the sovereignty of the states," he said on CNN's "State of the Union." His state has legalized medical marijuana use, which is illegal under federal law. Colorado and Washington went even further …

Mon Sep 10, 2012 at 06:00 PM PDT Virginia judge sentenced to 30 days [DAYS!] for growing 41 marijuana plants by xxdr zombiexxFollow for DKos Cannabis Law and Drug War Reform I'd likely have gotten 30 years, my home confiscated and my wife deported. At least that's always my fear. Many have had infamous sentences for growing less than this so this is interesting. This Judge got off pretty easy and I am ok with it largely because he didn't do anything wrong. Attorney and substitute judge James H. Allamong Jr. was sentenced on Monday after the felony charges were knocked down to a misdemeanor. He reported that the plants were solely for his use and he used them to t…

The Fight Over Medical Marijuana’ Published: November 7, 2012 200 Comments By Rebecca Richman Cohen The Fight Over Medical Marijuana: An Op-Doc profiles Chris Williams, a medical marijuana grower in Montana who now faces life in prison. Our federal marijuana policy is increasingly out of step with both the values of American citizens and with state law. The result is a system of justice that is schizophrenic and at times appalling. Though the federal government considers marijuana a Schedule I Controlled Substance and bans its use for medical purposes, a growing number of states feel differently. Today, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical mari…

Marijuana Legalization a Step in the Right Direction for Social Progress, Says United Patients Group PRWeb – Sat, Nov 10, 2012 The ballots have been cast. The people have been heard. But now that the smoke has cleared, how does the medical marijuana community stand on the new cannabis policies in Washington and Colorado, the first two states to ever approve ballot initiatives that legalize recreational marijuana use? United Patients Group explains. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 10, 2012 On Tuesday, both Washington and Colorado became the first states to ever pass measures to legalize recreational marijuana use. Medical marijuana resource UnitedPat…

The American Public Is Doing a 180 on Marijuana Prohibition...How Come the Politicians Aren't? Public opinion on marijuana is moving fast, and pols will eventually follow. November 9, 2012 | The election results this week from Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts and Arkansas demonstrate that public opinion about cannabis has moved much faster than the positions of elected officials. That Massachusetts voters would pass a fairly loosely regulated medical marijuana system isn’t very surprising. But that voters in Arkansas came within a whisker of passing one shows that it isn’t just a hippie-dippie issue anymore. And for Colorado and Washington to take t…

09:02 AM ET How will White House respond to Washington, Colorado votes? By Shannon K. O'Neil, CFR Editor's Note:Shannon K. O'Neil is senior fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. This entry of Latin America's moment first appeared here. The views expressed are her own. As Americans went to the polls to elect their president last week, voters in Colorado and Washington chose to legalize marijuana (by referendum). Not only does this create conflicting state and federal laws, but it also directly challenges the United States’ war on drugs. These initiatives, Colorado’s Amendment 64 and Washington’s Initiative 502, directly c…

Mate sent me this link and thought I would forward it on. The whole site has some good info to sift through. http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881 No probs if Mods have to delete this for some reason.

Southern Oregon is medical pot country Patients, growers flock to pair of counties in unusually high numbers By Associated Press Sunday, November 11, 2012 PORTLAND—- Josephine County is home to the highest concentration of medical marijuana patients in the state, according to an Oregonian newspaper analysis of state marijuana data. Statewide, 15 out of 1,000 Oregonians are medical marijuana patients. Jackson County has more than twice that many, and Josephine County has more than triple the state average, the newspaper reported Sunday. This rural swath of the state is the heart of Oregon marijuana country, known for highly productive cannabis plants that ch…

Some updated news on the Sativex trials http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/cannabis-spray-may-help-severely-ill-cope-with-pain-20121028-28djr.html