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Arkansas Relaxes Marijuana Possession Penalties
It ain't decriminalization, but Arkansas is moving in the right direction when it comes to pot penalties.
State & Local Executive Branches
Citing fear of the feds, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee continues to block dispenary licensing. (image via Wikimedia)
Rhode Island Docs Tell Governor to Okay Marijuana Dispensaries
The Rhode Island Medical Society is calling on Gov. Chafee to quick blocking the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries, but he doesn't appear to be ready yet.
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Few Florida Welfare Applicants Fail Drug Tests So Far
Florida Gov. Rick Scott claimed he could save the state money by making welfare applicants and recipients pass drug tests. He assumed they were a bunch of addicts, but early results are proving him wrong.
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Oklahoma Bill Would End Life Without Parole Drug Sentences [FEATURE]
Oklahoma has long been notorious for its harsh sentencing policies. Now, a legislator is taking aim at one of the harshest: life without parole for nonviolent drug offenses.
Dispensaries are now a no-no in Michigan. (image via Wikimedia)
Michigan Marijuana Dispensaries Illegal, Appeals Court Rules
A Michigan appeals court has shut the door on medical marijuana dispensaries, ruling that sales are not legal, even among patients.
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Portland, ME, Marijuana Initiative Dies⦠For Now
A municipal initiative to make marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority has come up just short in Portland, Maine.
No school in Glaston, Illinois, this week. Teachers struck rather than submit to random drug tests. (Image: IBSD 327)
IL School District Teachers Strike Over Drug Testing
An Illinois school board demands that teachers submit to mandatory random drug testing even as it concedes there is no need for it. As a result, instead of teachers welcoming students to school this week, they're hitting the picket line.
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NJ MS Patient Loses Appeal, Facing Five Years [FEATURE]
Even as medical marijuana distribution centers prepare to open in New Jersey, a Garden State MS patient who grew his own medicine is sadly preparing to spend the next five years in prison.
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Arizona AG Files Suit Against Medical Marijuana Clubs
First the Arizona governor and attorney general filed a federal lawsuit effectively stalling medical marijuana dispensaries. Now they've filed a state lawsuit to go after compassion clubs too.
Feature: With Passage of Medical Marijuana Bill Pending, New Jersey Patient Faces 20 Years for Growing His Medicine
If advocates for medical marijuana in New Jersey needed a poster boy, they've found him in John Ray Wilson. The broke, unemployed, MS patient goes on trial next week for growing his own medicine. He's looking at 20 years in prison for something that might not even be a crime next month.