http://www.potlegalization.com Marijuana Legalization News, RSS, Polls, Opinions and more. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:08:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Illinois is one House vote away from becoming the 15th state to legalize medical marijuana. But Rep. Lou Lang, the sponsor of the measure that would enact legalization, is playing it safe. With a subject as sensitive as medical marijuana, he realizes that timing is ... http://www.potlegalization.com/illinois-house-could-legalize-medical-marijuana-with-one-vote/ ABC News reports that the upcoming November ballot initiative to legalize the cultivation, possession, and recreational use of marijuana (the Tax Cannabis Act) is getting support from some unexpected allies. While the fifty-two percent of Americans nationwide who oppose the legalization of marijuana consists ... http://www.potlegalization.com/pot-legalization-a-civil-rights-issue/ Legislation to permit marijuana use by people with severe chronic pain sparked heated Senate debate Thursday between a two-time cancer survivor who supports the bill and a physician who fears doctors would “over-prescribe” the illegal drug. Sen. David R. Brinkley, who survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989 and ... http://www.potlegalization.com/senate-debates-legalizing-medical-marijuana/ The marijuana legalization measure will be on the Nov. 2 ballot as well. California Sen. Barbara Boxer has a message for marijuana law reform activists: Just say no. The liberal senator's position might come as a surprise, but it's no surprise to those who follow California politics: Boxer ... http://www.potlegalization.com/legalizing-pot-could-increase-crime-car-accidents/ If they aren't already, elected officials in the District should be keeping close tabs on this year's election in California. On Wednesday, advocates for legalizing marijuana officially secured enough signatures to put a referendum on the California ballot this November asking voters to legalize and tax pot. And, judging ... http://www.potlegalization.com/if-california-legalizes-pot-will-dc-follow/ You may have heard there's a push to legalize marijuana in California. You may not have heard that it's for real. Voting ballots in California this November will contain an initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate the sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older, and while ... http://www.potlegalization.com/the-push-to-legalize-marijuana-its-real/ The Los Angeles City Council last week finally adopted a medical marijuana ordinance. Though not perfect, it balances the needs of local communities with those of patients who truly need access to medical marijuana. And it will rein in an out-of-control situation in which a federally banned substance has been ... http://www.potlegalization.com/time-for-state-leadership-on-medical-marijuana/ The American Medical Association recently reversed its long-standing position and urged the federal government to loosen the classification of Marijuana and clear the path for more medical marijuana use and clinical research. OK--great--but for real: why isn't pot entirely legal already? Likely because of a Puritanical law-and-order ethos that pervades the generations ... http://www.potlegalization.com/how-is-marijuana-still-illegal/ The British came to DePauw Wednesday night. They weren't opposing independence - just the legalization of marijuana. DePauw's Debate Society took on the British National Debate team at the public debate in Watson Forum. DePauw senior Aaron Dicker and junior Kevin Milne supported the resolution to legalize marijuana. Graduate students from ... http://www.potlegalization.com/legalization-of-marijuana-debated-across-cultures/ Since the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, cannabis, also known as marijuana, has been federally classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning that it has no legally accepted medical use and has the same classification as, for example, heroin. Over the last couple of decades, however, that classification has started ... http://www.potlegalization.com/legalize-medical-marijuana-the-phoenix/ Great news for those in Wisconsin... It is time to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. As one who is recovering from several surgeries, and the accompanying pain that goes with them, marijuana should be available for pain relief under doctor's supervision. For years, doctors were stingy with the amount of pain medication ... http://www.potlegalization.com/wisconsin-looking-to-legalize-medical-marijuana/ No tie-dye was on display at a standing-room only hearing held by a California lawmaker on Wednesday in a bid to get his marijuana legalization bill taken seriously. Instead, suits and sober discussion were the rule at the state Capitol as Assemblyman Tom Ammiano presided over what his office said was ... http://www.potlegalization.com/california-lawmaker-holds-hearing-on-legalizing-pot/ A new poll from Gallup shows that 44 percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, with 54 percent opposed. This is the highest-ever support for legalization in the Gallup poll. The poll comes on the heels of the announcement by the Obama administration yesterday telling federal prosecutors not to focus on ... http://www.potlegalization.com/44-percent-support-marijuana-legalization-in-latest-poll/ By Jim Sanders The Sacramento Bee Legislation to make California the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use lit up a Capitol committee hearing Wednesday with three hours of lively but mellow debate. No joint consensus was reached. Dozens of people crammed into the Assembly Public Safety Committee session to discuss potential impacts ... http://www.potlegalization.com/marijuana-legalization-bill-gets-a-hearing-in-california/ Whenever matters of marijuana policy make their way into the national spotlight, you can count on coming across some really ridiculous analysis from folks who haven’t exactly been paying attention. There are many ways to misunderstand the marijuana debate, my favorite of which might be the theory that -- even ... http://www.potlegalization.com/obama-isnt-plotting-to-legalize-marijuana-but-everyone-else-is/ Two new reader opions today. Thanks you both. If you'd like to have your opinion posted on our website, please send  us your thoughts on our "contact us" page. - Admin "I believe marijuana should be legalized. Consider the fact that alachol kills, cigarettes kill, but have you ever heard of ... http://www.potlegalization.com/marijuana-legalization-readers-thoughts/ Marijuana smokers might be breathing a little easier thanks to a policy switch by the U.S. Justice Department. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that federal prosecutors would not spend limited time and resources on people who use or sell medical marijuana "in strict compliance with state law." Thirteen states have ... http://www.potlegalization.com/is-justice-paving-the-way-for-legalizing-marijuana/ Last week we had numerous federal laws that make possessing and distributing marijuana a crime. This week the laws are still there. Nothing's changed on that front. What has changed is that our U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has directed federal prosecutors not to go after possessors and distributors of marijuana ... http://www.potlegalization.com/did-we-just-legalize-marijuana/ Health and law enforcement officials around the nation are scrambling to figure out how to regulate medical marijuana now that the federal government has decided it will no longer prosecute legal users or providers. For years, since the first medical marijuana laws were passed in the mid-1990s, many local and ... http://www.potlegalization.com/states-pressed-into-new-role-on-medical-marijuana-issues/ Legalizing marijuana in California could generate $1.4 billion a year for the cash-starved state treasury, according to the state Board of Equalization. It's supported by 56 percent of the public, according to a Field Poll in April. But it's not a proposal that any of the five leading candidates for governor ... http://www.potlegalization.com/legalized-pot-a-tough-sell-in-govenors-race/