Connecticut’s medical marijuana users finding high prices Paul Marini | October 04, 2014 Ed Stannard, Register Citizen In October 2013, Barbara paid $150 to have a doctor certify her need for medical marijuana, plus $100 to register with the state Department of Consumer Protection. Read more
Report: California Has 1.9 Million Very Happy Medical Marijuana Users Paul Marini | October 01, 2014 Chris Roberts, SF Weekly Pretty much anyone can access medical marijuana in California, provided they have $40 and 10 minutes to sit with a doctor. And pretty much everyone with a card is getting legitimate medical benefits from cannabis, a... Read more
Is medical marijuana in jeopardy if recreational pot is legal? Some Oregon activists think so Paul Marini | September 30, 2014 Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Alex Pavich is the last person you’d expect to be on the fence about marijuana legalization. Read more
Foe-Turned-Friend of Legalization, Attorney General Eric Holder Resigns Paul Marini | September 25, 2014 David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle First a foe, then a crucial ally in efforts to tax and regulate adult use of cannabis, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will resign, the Justice Department told reporters today. Read more
Fear and loathing in Nevada County over Measure S Paul Marini | September 23, 2014 Patricia Smith, The Union (Op-ed) Politics can get pretty ugly, so no one should be surprised at the campaign against Measure S. From Sheriff Royal’s refusal to openly debate the issue in a neutral setting to the recent arrest of... Read more
Medical marijuana advocates call for more access in Richmond, creation of task force Paul Marini | September 23, 2014 Mike Aldax, Richmond Standard Medical marijuana advocates are calling on the city of Richmond to amend an ordinance to make it easier for dispensaries to open in the city, and to create a task force to monitor them. Read more
NFL Eases Marijuana Restrictions, But Drug Policy Is Still Ridiculous Paul Marini | September 16, 2014 Chris Roberts, SF Weekly The National Football League loves drugs. Just the "right" kind of drugs. Read more
Pot Law Reformers Killed A Slew of Sick Bills This Year in Sacramento Paul Marini | September 09, 2014 David Downs, East Bay Express The California legislative session is over for 2014 without much change in the status of medical cannabis — and that’s kind of a good thing, given what was being proposed. Read more
Medical marijuana users caught in state-federal conflict Paul Marini | September 05, 2014 Steph Sherer, CNN Op-Ed Ten years in prison seems like a life-changing sentence for most people, but for 70-year-old Larry Harvey, it would effectively be a death sentence. Read more
Public can comment on medical marijuana dispensaries next week Paul Marini | September 03, 2014 Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today Should Hawaii follow the lead of some other states and restrict medical marijuana to large state-run dispensaries and massive growing operations? Or should it allow small farmers to obtain licenses to grow enough for... Read more