California introduces bill to end organ transplant denials for medical marijuana patients Paul Marini | February 12, 2015 Oscar Pascual, San Francisco Chronicle In a move to save the lives of many Californians, Assembly member Marc Levine has introduced a bill to prevent medical marijuana patients from being denied organ transplants based solely on their cannabis use. Read more
Big changes could be coming to how Washington state regulates medical pot Paul Marini | February 11, 2015 Jake Thomas, The Inlander The number keeps growing. Nearly 100 bills related to marijuana have been introduced in Olympia so far this legislative session. One of them, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Ann Rivers of La Center, seeks to address... Read more
Judge’s ruling allows Berkeley Patients Group to continue operations Paul Marini | February 10, 2015 Frances Fitzgerald and Logan Goldberg, Daily Californian A judge ruled Friday that Berkeley Patients Group, a well-known marijuana dispensary, will be allowed to continue its operations while an appeal regarding a federal case against the dispensary is settled. Read more
App by Sacramento State graduate brings medical marijuana to your door Paul Marini | February 07, 2015 Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee A Sacramento Web developer is taking online orders for medical marijuana using a new mobile application that he hopes will make purchasing it more convenient. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article9472139.html#storylink=cpy Read more
ACLU to State Legislature: A Mandatory Medical Marijuana Registry Is an Awful Idea and You Should Kill It Paul Marini | February 05, 2015 Heidi Groover, The Stranger Lawmakers in Olympia are currently debating lots of questions about marijuana. Among them: If we believe medical pot should remain cheaper than the recreational stuff in order to allow access for people who are sick and... Read more
State House lawmakers began Monday a two-day session of public hearings on nearly 20 separate bills that would tweak the state’s marijuana laws Paul Marini | February 02, 2015 Joseph O'Sullivan, Seattle Times So many tweaks are needed to reform Washington state’s marijuana laws that state House lawmakers began Monday a two-day session of public hearings on nearly 20 separate bills. Read more
The future of Washington State’s medical marijuana may depend on one rich man and the legislators who support him Paul Marini | February 01, 2015 Bill Conroy, The Daily Beast The state of Washington’s legal marijuana market is at a major crossroads, with its fate to be determined by pending legislation that seeks to address a conflict in the system. Read more
Will Iowa Now Become the Next Battleground for Political Pot? Paul Marini | January 28, 2015 Marguerite Arnold, Main Street In a stunning move that started on the first working day of the new year, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy has now recommended that cannabidiol (or CBD) be classified as a Schedule II substance (with known... Read more
On medical marijuana in Washington Paul Marini | January 26, 2015 By Tom Lauerman for Cannabis Chronicles It’s been a long haul and the good news is my experience of the political energies surrounding the opening of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Patients Lobby Day in Olympia last Thursday, Jan. 22,... Read more
A cosmic shift in pot hearings? Paul Marini | January 24, 2015 Jim Camden, The Spokesman-Review If you live long enough, things that once seemed impossible will become common place. Read more