Cannabis News 2.0

Secretary of State (and former toker) Hillary Clinton Expected To Ignore Only Rational Solution CONTACT: Aaron Houston, MPP director of government relations …… 202-420-1031 or ahouston@mpp.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading a cabinet-level delegation, including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, to Mexico City for a two-day conference that will focus on ways the United States and Mexico can “break the power” of drug-trafficking organizations.Secretary of State Hillary hasn't always been quite so 'Republican' in her views on cannabis.

New Film Teaches Viewers How to Make Smart Decisions When Dealing With Police; Speakers To FollowCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 24, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., will host a free premiere of the new film “10 Rules for Dealing with Police.” Produced by the nonprofit group Flex Your Rights and funded in part by the Marijuana Policy Project, the new documentary discusses the constitutional rights of citizens and the proper protocol for dealing with police. The screening will be followed by comments from Baltimore trial lawyer William “Billy” Murphy, who narrates the film, and retired police detective Neill Franklin, now a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Tim Lynch, the director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice, will moderate.

When incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair, one of the first subjects he said he wished to tackle, was the declassification of cannabis, which happened in 2004. And from this point forth another drug epidemic was on the horizon.Its your fault Gordon, now sort it outInitially it was thought substances such as cocaine and heroin would possibly fill the void as cannabis became harder and more expensive to come by, and directly after then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reclassified cannabis a Class B substance in January 09, there was evidence (in South Wales, Merseyside and the North East), that heroin was available in five pound deals.

When incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair, one of the first subjects he said he wished to tackle, was the declassification of cannabis, which happened in 2004. And from this point forth another drug epidemic was on the horizon.This is your fault GordonInitially it was thought substances such as cocaine and heroin would possibly fill the void as cannabis became harder and more expensive to come by, and directly after then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reclassified cannabis a Class B substance in January 09, there was evidence (in South Wales, Merseyside and the North East), that heroin was available in five pound deals.

SB 627 Would Allow Seriously Ill Patients to Use Medical Marijuana With Doctor’s RecommendationCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND— Tomorrow, on Thursday, March 18, the state Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will receive testimony on SB 627, a bill that would make Maryland the 15th state in the nation to have an effective medical marijuana law.

Rep. Gail Finney Has Proposed a Bill that Would Allow Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana for Seriously Ill PatientsCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgToday, the Kansas House Health and Human Services Committee will hold an informational hearing on a medical marijuana bill proposed by Rep. Gail Finney.

Corporation Fired a Michigan Patient For Using Medical Marijuana Under State Law With a Doctor’s RecommendationCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization called upon shoppers across the country to boycott Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in order to protest the unjust and potentially unlawful firing of Joseph Casias, a 29-year-old medical marijuana patient and sinus cancer survivor who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. Casias’s cancer is in remission, and marijuana alleviates his pain that resulted from it. The Marijuana Policy Project is asking shoppers to demand that Wal-Mart abandon its discriminatory policy of firing employees who are legal medical marijuana patients under state law.

Jury nullification goes back to the very beginning's of the United States as we know it today. It is one of the crucial rights the Founding Fathers wanted to protect. The Fathers themselves wanted juries to be the final bulwark against tyrannical government laws. Which is one of the reasons why they emphasized the right to a jury trial in three of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

Jury nullification goes back to the very beginning's of the United States as we know it today. It is one of the crucial rights the Founding Fathers wanted to protect. The much revered gentlemen themselves wanted juries to be the final bulwark against tyrannical government laws. That’s why they emphasized the right to a jury trial in three of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. graphic by norrisnuvo.co.uk (http://norrisnuvo.co.uk)

Measures to impose a fine for marijuana possession make key advances this month in New Hampshire, Hawaii, and VermontCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …………… 202-905-2030WASHINGTON, DC — With numerous states facing significant budget shortages, legislators and voters across the country this month have been giving overwhelming support to measures that would reduce the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana to a civil fine. Yesterday in New Hampshire, the state House voted 214-137 to pass H.B. 1653, a bill that would reduce the penalty for possession of up to a quarter-ounce of marijuana with a civil fine of up to $200. In Hawaii, the state Senate voted 22 to 3 on March 2 to pass SB 2450.