I just watched the live debate in the U.S. House over the ‘Rohrabacher-Hinchey-Farr-McClintock Amendment.’ The amendment to the 2013 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill in the U.S. House would effectively end funding for medical marijuana raids. An approval of the bill would have been huge for medical marijuana nationwide. Unfortunately, the amendment was voted down by a voice vote, and then later voted down 264-163 in an actual physical count.
I found out about the debate via Russ Belville’s Twitter feed. On his show he stated that it was brought to his attention by some Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) members. You gotta love those SSDP’rs, they are always on the ball! When I started watching the streaming video, Barney Frank was talking. Barney has been a longtime supporter of medical marijuana …
The future of Oaksterdam University, a school offering classes in the cannabis industry, appears shaky in the wake of a federal raid two weeks ago.
Money is tight, Oaksterdam cannot afford to pay the $30,000-a-month rent on its leased building, 45 employees have lost their jobs, and the school’s computers, records and even the curriculum are now in the hands of federal agents.
On April 2, agents from the Internal Revenue Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service raided Oaksterdam and various affiliated businesses and at least one home, all of which were controlled by marijuana legalization advocate Richard Lee. The reasons for the raid remain unclear.
CANNABIS CULTURE – The former U.S. government attorney who helped put pot activist Marc Emery behind bars joined on Wednesday with Emery’s wife Jodie to call for the end of marijuana prohibition.
The press conference (held on April 18, 2012) was organized by Stop the Violence BC, an activist group founded by Dr. Evan Wood that has had major success in acquiring high-profile endorsements for legalization.
“Mexican drug cartels, dangerous gangs operating both in the United States and Canada, are all profiting from the black market that’s created by our failed policy,” McKay told reporters. “What do we do about …
Marijuana activists are filing suit against University of Colorado Boulder for the planned campus shut down on Friday, The Denver Post reports. CU-Boulder has made it clear that it does not want the annual marijuana smoke out held on campus any longer, which has drawn nearly 10,000 people to Norlin Quad to light up on 4/20 in recent years.
Denver attorney Rob Corry, no stranger to marijuana-related lawsuits, is representing the activists and is seeking a hearing this afternoon. Corry recently participated inThe Huffington Post’s Great Marijuana Debate and has defended more medical marijuana criminal cases than any other attorney in Colorado and is the only attorney to win multiple acquittals for defendants facing medical marijuana charges.
“To my knowledge, there has never been a case where a public university has blockaded and shut down its entire campus to squelch free speech activity there,”
I just watched the live debate in the U.S. House over the ‘Rohrabacher-Hinchey-Farr-McClintock Amendment.’ The amendment to the 2013 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill in the U.S. House would effectively end funding for medical marijuana raids. An approval of the bill would have been huge for medical marijuana nationwide. Unfortunately, the amendment was voted down by a voice vote, and then later voted down 264-163 in an actual physical count.
