by Steve Mollman. Australia appears set to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use nationwide. A bill introduced to parliament Wednesday (Feb. 10) by the Liberal Party would amend the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967. It looks guaranteed to become law, as the main opposition party immediately pledged support for it. Under the proposal a national ... MORE
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Australia About To Legalize Growing Marijuana Nationwide
by Steve Mollman. Australia appears set to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use nationwide. A bill introduced to parliament Wednesday (Feb. 10) by the Liberal Party would amend the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967. It looks guaranteed to become law, as the main opposition party immediately pledged support for it. Under the proposal a national ... MOREBoston Police Seek Charges Against Marijuana Advocate
by Milton J. Valencia. Boston police are seeking criminal charges against Bill Downing, one of the state’s most vocal marijuana legalization supporters, a move that his lawyer calls retaliation for his criticism of the state’s regulation of the medical marijuana industry. A magistrate judge is scheduled to consider whether to approve a complaint filed by ... MOREColorado Celebrates Marijuana Legalization Anniversary; Massive Drop In Arrests and Millions In Tax Revenue
by Art Way. More than three years have passed since Colorado residents voted to
legalize marijuana, which immediately allowed adults to possess and
cultivate limited amounts of marijuana. This past New Year’s Day marked
the two year anniversary of adults being able to legally buy marijuana in Colorado. The policy is still in its formative stage, ... MOREJohn Stossel: 2015
Terrorism! Crime! Deadly storms! Hillary Clinton! We reporters focus on bad news, but at year's end, let's remember what went right. 2015 was a better time to be alive than most any prior point in history. The rich got richer. Some people think that's a problem, but why? Do rich people sit on their piles of money and cackle about how rich ... MOREChristopher Ingraham: One Of The Biggest Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization Is Falling Apart
Drug use continues a decade-long drop. America's high school students are using drugs and alcohol at or near the lowest levels on record, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2015 Monitoring the Future Survey,
conducted by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA) ... MOREGuess What Marijuana Is Being Blamed For Now
by Sean Willliams. We're less than three weeks away from the calendar ticking over to a new year -- a year that very well could be the most important for the marijuana industry to date. We can certainly look back on some of the milestone events within the marijuana industry over the past two decades and argue that they've been pivotal ... MORE
Going To Pot? Canada Leads Way In Legalizing Marijuana
by Michel Comte. Justin Trudeau raised eyebrows when he admitted to having dabbled in marijuana while a member of parliament, but his pledge as prime minister to legalize pot has been broadly cheered. He said in a policy speech on Friday that his Liberal government would introduce legislation as early as 2016 to legalize marijuana, making Canada ... MOREFlawed Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative Defeated
by Ilya Somin. An anti-marijuana or anti-monopoly vote? Ohio Issue 3 – the seriously flawed marijuana legalization referendum initiative that I nonetheless defended because of its superiority to the status quo, has gone down to defeat. While not all of the votes have yet been counted, it is likely that it will lose by a large margin (currently 65-35, ... MOREHell's Angels Say Canada’s Plans To Legalize Marijuana Will Deal Massive Blow To Their Organized Crime Operations
by Emily Gray Brosious. Canada’s newly elected Liberal government has promised to legalize marijuana “right away,” and that’s not sitting well with thousands of Hells Angels members who say the move would cost the organized crime outfit hundreds of thousands of jobs, as reported by World News Daily. Thousands of members of the organized ... MOREJacob Sullum: Pot Pleasure, Pot Problems
As prohibition collapses, abuse is less likely. It stands to reason that legalizing marijuana, by making it easier, cheaper, and less risky to obtain, would encourage consumption. That is mostly a positive development, since it implies greater consumer satisfaction as more people enjoy a product that prohibition made harder to get. ... MOREPoll Says Marijuana Legalization Support Nears 60%
by Trevor Hughes. More Americans than ever are smoking, eating and drinking marijuana, and they now overwhelmingly support full legalization of the long-banned plant, a new study and poll show. A Gallup poll released Wednesday shows 58% of American adults think marijuana should be legal, up from 51% a year ago, with just 40% believing it ... MORENullification In Effect: Oregonians Defy Feds, Spend Millions On Marijuana In First Week Of Legal Sales
59 Million More Americans Could Access Marijuana In 2016
by Todd Campbell. California and Florida could both be liberated by next year. Marijuana advocates have been gaining momentum in states that have yet to legalize marijuana, but supporters and those interested in the legalization efforts are undeniably watching most closely to see what happens in California and Florida. Those two states have different ... MOREBruce Wright: Marijuana Legalization 2015 - US Pot Arrests Increased In 2014 With 1 Every 45 Seconds, FBI Data Show
Marijuana Legalization: Disaster or Catastrophe?
by Jacob Sullum. Drug warriors are desperate to make repeal of pot prohibition look like a mistake. In 2012 Coloradans approved Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use, by avote of 55 percent to 45 percent. Last February a Quinnipiac University poll found that 58 percent of Colorado voters supported that decision, while 38 ... MOREIan Lovett: California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide
Individuals gain property rights over themselves. In a landmark victory for supporters of assisted suicide, the California State Legislature on Friday gave its final approval to a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont — already allow physicians to ... MORESteve Chapman: Outlawing Prostitution Is A Crime
Laws put sex workers in unnecessary danger. Banning things you don't like has a long history, though not a happy one. Americans have tried banning alcohol, marijuana, pornography and homosexuality. All of them persisted anyway. So we learned to not only tolerate but allow them. Nowadays, you can have a glass of Scotch in a gay bar while ... MORE
These 17 States Could Have Legalized Marijuana Soon
by Kyle Jaeger. A marijuana legalization initiative in Ohio received enough signatures
to get on the November 2015 ballot, Secretary of State Jon Husted
announced on Tuesday, much to the excitement of the measure's pro-pot
supporters. If it passes, Ohio will become the fifth state (plus the
District of Columbia) to allow people 21 or older to ... MORE
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