Month: May 2014

Uruguay Is Getting High as Officials Try to Snuff Out Tobacco

Jeannie Herer

By Rafael Castillo
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Thanks to Uruguay’s recently approved legal marijuana regulations, access to pot will soon be as easy as visiting a corner pharmacy but Uruguayans may now face problems buying tobacco.

While the South American country passed laws to regulate the production, sale and consumption of marijuana, officials are moving forward with stricter regulations on the marketing of tobacco products.

On May 6, the Uruguayan Senate passed a law prohibiting the display of tobacco products in order to decrease consumer’s exposure. That same day, Uruguay President José Mújica, established a law to regulate the consumption of marijuana.

Full Article:

https://news.vice.com/article/uruguay-is-getting-high-as-officials-try-to-snuff-out-tobacco

Australia – Dan Haslan, who is terminally ill, says he will keep using cannabis to relieve his pain. And even his local cop supports him

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Dan Haslan has terminal cancer and his family, and the town of Tamworth are battling to decriminalise cannabis for the terminally ill because it keeps the post chemo nausea at bay. Source: Supplied
 

EVERY week Dan Haslan breaks the law by smoking marijuana and taking cannabis oil. He not only has the approval of his father, an ex-drug squad detective, but also has the blessings of his town’s top cop.

The 24-year-old has terminal cancer, and despite the illegality of cannabis use for medicinal reasons, the entire community, including the police have his back.
“I’ll probably get into trouble but why should we, with people with a terminal illness, create a criminal act for accessing things that relive their pain,” Tamworth Super Intendent Clint Pheeney said.
 
Full Article:
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/dan-haslan-who-is-terminally-ill-says-he-will-keep-using-cannabis-to-relieve-his-pain-and-even-his-local-cop-supports-him/story-fnii5s3x-1226911590106

Oklahomans could soon vote on legalizing marijuana

Jeannie Herer
Reported by: Ian Silver Email: isilver@fox23.com
TULSA, Okla. – After several failed attempts in the state House, Oklahoma voters may soon have a chance to decide whether marijuana should be legal in our state.
Later this month supporters will start collecting signatures on a petition to get the issue on the November ballot.
The initiative would decriminalize marijuana for recreational use, legalize it for medical use, and make it legal for farmers to grow it and export out of state as a cash crop.
Full Article:
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Oklahomans-could-soon-vote-on-legalizing-marijuana/snnGfZ7kikCOPfxNcA2AAQ.cspx

Medical Marijuana: Stories of Hope (Part 2)

Jeannie Herer

Top Stories
 
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CBS 2/FOX 28) – A recent survey shows 81 percent of Iowa voters support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical use. They remain hopeful as the governor decides whether he’ll sign the cannabis oil bill passed by both chambers of the legislature. Proponents are also thankful that the conversation has gotten this far in Iowa. But there’s a question being asked; should Iowa be growing its own marijuana and allowing it for conditions other than epilepsy?


Full Article:
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/medical-marijuana-stories-hope-part-2-26704.shtml

Interactive map shows 206 proposed pot locations – Clark County, Nevada

Jeannie Herer
In a month, the Clark County Commission will decide which of the 109 companies met rigorous standards for operating medical marijuana businesses.
State law passed last year allows for 66 medical pot businesses — cultivation facilities, production plants, testing labs and dispensaries — and 40 are expected to open in Clark County.
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250 Pounds of Hemp Seeds Arrive in Louisville—But Customs Officials Are Leery

Jeannie Herer

By KEVIN WILLIS | KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO
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Hemp seeds.
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A shipment of hemp seeds from Italy has made it to Kentucky—but there’s a problem. U.S. Customs officials in Louisville have so far refused to release the 250 pound shipment to the state Agriculture Department.

While Kentucky law was recently changed to allow the growing of hemp for university-run research projects, federal customs officials are still leery of signing off on the seed shipments.

Full Article:

http://wfpl.org/post/250-pounds-hemp-seeds-arrive-louisville-customs-officials-are-leery

 

Golf – Weed expert recommends different types of pot for different times in your round

Jeannie Herer

By Peter Finch
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Justin Hartfield plays a lot of golf, and when he does, he’s almost invariably high.

He’s the Southern California-based CEO of Weedmaps, an outfit we described as a Yelp! for pot in our recent golf-and-marijuana feature, “Where There’s Smoke.”
Hartfield has a state-issued medical marijuana card, so he can get stoned legally. Although smoking marijuana in public is forbidden, he says he’s never been hassled about it on the course. “Especially at these Southern California courses where you don’t see the group in front
of you or the group behind you, a lot of guys will pull out a bong or a joint and no one is the wiser,” Hartfield says.

 
Full Article:
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/05/weed-expert-recommends-differe.html

Nevada court: Lawyers can give medical pot advice

Jeannie Herer

Associated Press, @ap

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(Photo: Getty Images/file)

The Nevada Supreme Court has amended the state rules of professional conduct for lawyers to allow them to counsel clients on the state’s medical marijuana laws.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, court comment released Wednesday says “a lawyer may counsel a client regarding the validity, scope and meaning of Nevada constitution Article 4, Section 38,” which addresses the voter approved medical marijuana law.

Full Article:

http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/05/08/nevada-court-lawyers-can-give-medical-pot-advice/8837157/

The Nevada Supreme Court has amended the state rules of professional conduct for lawyers to allow them to counsel clients on the state’s medical marijuana laws.(Photo: Getty Images/file)

Stanford’s School of Engineering and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism annouce “Magic Grants” to transform the world of media

Jeannie Herer

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The Magic Grant program funds thinking, creating and speculating on how stories are discovered and told in a networked, digitized world.
 
Cannabis Wire: Cannabis Wire will create a highly visual and interactive data-driven, single-subject news site aiming to simplify the complexities of cannabis legalization and its role in the broader drug war and criminal justice system. The Cannabis Wire team consists of Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian, alumnae of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and co-authors of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition.
 
Full Article:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/may/magic-grants-2014-050614.html