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Medical Marijuana Update

The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey, and those are just the headlines. There's much more going on, too.

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Initiative Watch

With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front -- but not everywhere. Some campaigns are staying mighty quiet, and that's a strategy that could work for them.

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Colorado Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

That 10-point or so lead that Colorado's Amendment 64 has been holding onto has begun to shrink, according to a new poll, and the measure is now just under 50% with 9% undecided.

Measure 80 aims to reassure parents. (vote80.org)

Oregon's Measure 80 Faces an Uphill Battle [FEATURE]

Oregon's Measure 80 is the most far reaching of this year's legalization initiatives. It is also the longest shot.

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Richard Lee's Mom Wows 'Em at NORML [FEATURE]

The marijuana reform movement has found a most unlikely spokeswoman: A silver-haired octogenarian Texas Republican woman. But Ann Lee isn't just any silver-haired octogenarian Texas Republican woman.

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Initiative Watch

There's less than a month to go, but some initiatives are more active than others.

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Medical Marijuana Update

The big news this week is that Oakland is suing the feds over their efforts to shut down Harborside. Meanwhile, the battles continue at the state and local level in California and beyond.

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Initiative Watch

Just over a month out, medical marijuana and marijuana legalization initiative campaigns are heating up.

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Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections II: The Parties and the Presidential Race [FEATURE]

What role will marijuana play in the presidential election campaign? Look to Colorado.

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Would Romney be Worse for Medical Marijuana Than Obama? Ctd

[inline:DEAraid.jpg align=right]Andrew Sullivan responds to my statement that, regarding medical marijuana, "I honestly doubt Romney could be any worse than [Obama] if he tried."

I don't. The man doesn't even drink coffee. His impulse when seeing a man with muscular dystrophy in desperate need of medical marijuana was to listen, ignore and then walk away. Obama deserves criticism on medical marijuana - but the notion that there would be no difference between his DEA and Romney's strikes me as ... well I can't help remembering how, in 2000, I thought Gore would be no different than Bush.

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