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Marijuana legalization
expected to go to ballot in California
By
John Byrne
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 — 8:09 am
Opponents of a plan to legalize marijuana for personal possession in California have conceded that supporters of the measure are likely to get their proposal on a statewide ballot, the New York Times revealed in a longer story about possible legalization Wednesday.
California lawmakers are taking up a bill that would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana, a first in the United States. Officials estimate the bill could bring in an additional $1.4 billion a year, a huge sum of money in a state bedeviled by financial woes.
While the “legislature is uncertain, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has indicated he would be open to a “robust debate” on the issue,” the Times wrote.
Perhaps equally important, the paper adds:
California voters are also taking up legalization. Three separate initiatives are being circulated for signatures to appear on the ballot next year, all of which would permit adults to possess marijuana for personal use and allow local governments to tax it. Even opponents of legalization suggest that an initiative is likely to qualify for a statewide vote.
All of us in the movement have had the feeling that we’ve been running into the wind for years,” said James P. Gray, a retired judge in Orange County who has been outspoken in support of legalization. “Now we sense we are running with the wind.”Proponents of the leading ballot initiative have collected nearly 300,000 signatures since late September, supporters say, easily on pace to qualify for the November 2010 general election. Richard Lee, a longtime marijuana activist who is behind the measure, says he has raised nearly $1 million to hire professionals to assist volunteers in gathering the signatures.
“Voters are ripping the petitions out of our hands,” Mr. Lee said.
Despite widespread support, however, the bill would almost certainly run into thorns with federal law, which classifies marijuana as an illegal substance. Some supporters are encouraged, though, by the Obama Administration’s announcement that they will not prosecute those involved in the medical marijuana trade.
Lee, the organizer, says he intends to spend $20 million on a campaign to win passage of the measure.
Numerous states have already decriminalized personal possession of small amounts of marijuana, though none have legalized it.
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US paper seeks
pot correspondent
A US newspaper says it has received well over 100 applicants for the post of marijuana critic – many of whom have offered to work for free.
The alternative Denver newspaper, Westword, is seeking a writer for its weekly review of Colorado’s booming medical marijuana dispensaries.
But there is a catch – candidates must have a medical ailment allowing them to enter a dispensary and use marijuana.
Fourteen US states now allow the sale of some sort of medical cannabis.
‘Stoned’
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 Compensation will be meagre – and no, we can’t expense your purchases 
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“Keep in mind this isn’t about assessing the quality of the medicine on site; it’s about evaluating the quality of the establishment,” says the Westword job posting.
“After all, we can’t have our reviewer be stoned all the time.”
States like Colorado and California, where medical use is legal, have seen an explosion in the number of pot shops – ranging from upmarket clinics to dingy drugs dens.
The dispensaries sell more than a dozen varieties, from White Widow to the less expensive Afghan Gold Seal. Some cost up to $360 (£219) an ounce.
But the writer of Westword’s Mile Highs and Lows column is expected to focus on the dispensaries, not the drugs.
“Compensation will be meagre,” says the posting. It says the paper can’t pay for marijuana purchases, “although that would be pretty cool.”
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kamala
make this the green flag rules for california
as the next attorney general
jerry
support these green flag rules
in your unofficial run for govenor
++++++++++++++++++++++++
amend the 2010 california attorney general
compassionate care guidelines to read:
make all compassionate care participants take
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like this dmv list of schools for car dealer pre-licensing
make all caregivers hold a green flag rules license
like this dmv licensed salesperson required in the car sales industry
make all green flag caregivers post a bond
like this bond requirement for licensed car dealers
make all green flag caregivers submit fingerprints
like this fingerprint requirement for dmv licensed salespersons
make all green flag caregivers obtain local zoning approval
like this property use verification form from the dmv
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plus a whole network of folks
to monitor and teach green flag compliance
as a matter of fact
why not just add it to the dmv with special green flag funding
from obama and holder
a model green flag rules compliance program
for the nation to follow
you might need a willis to see which way this wind will blow
gina
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Libertarians Applaud
Federal Reprieve For Medical Marijuana
October 21st, 2009 ·
From CalFreedom.net:
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday issued new guidelines telling prosecutors they “should not focus federal resources in your States on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” Below is a roundup of reactions from libertarians. At the end is a must-see video from Reason TV in which Drew Carey reports on the ongoing efforts of the Obama Justice Dept. to sentence Californian Charles Lynch to five years in prison for dispensing marijuana to the parents of a teenage cancer victim.
The Libertarian Party: This is a small step in the right direction. The federal government currently wastes tremendous resources in the War on Drugs, creating a huge, vicious, violent black market. This new policy will reduce the damage and destruction, and it will hopefully end some of the unjust prosecution of peaceful medical marijuana providers and patients. The LP has long called for the repeal of laws that criminalize the medicinal or recreational use of drugs.
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MARINA DEL REY, CA — 10/21/09 — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MJNA) is currently offering Informational Seminars in Mendocino County, CA. These one hour seminars will culminate in an initial series of two day paid seminars beginning November 6 &7, 2009 at the Discovery Inn in Ukiah, California hosted by MMI CEO and King of Pot, Bruce Perlowin, who was featured in CNBC’s most watched television documentary “Marijuana Inc.”Among significant topics to be covered are clarification of State, City and County laws and ordinances governing Medical Marijuana collectives in regard to dispensaries and cultivation. This is tied into Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s transparent patent pending Tax Remittance and Closed Loop Inventory Tracking Systems to ensure total compliance. Also discussed are the cottage industries that will sprout from the core medical marijuana industry beyond cultivation and collectives; cannabis kitchens and bottling companies, testing facilities, distribution and logistics, delivery services, security and more.
REVENUE
The seminar series signals a significant new revenue stream for MMI as schedules will expand to the other 13 states where Medical Marijuana use is legal. In addition to the fees earned initially at the 2 day seminar, MJNA will continue to earn income as these attendees go on to open collectives and use the MJNA tax collection and tracking systems.
An additional revenue stream that MMI will offer is turnkey solutions to those interested in going on to the next step. Paramount to the turn key solution is the ability to cultivate. To that end, MMI will offer grow solutions in part or whole including hydroponic and airponic indoor systems and peripherals. MMI’s paid seminar attendees are likely to take advantage of in-house expertise and materials.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA, INC.’S TURNKEY COLLECTIVE SOLUTION
Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s Turnkey Collective Solution ensures that collectives operate within the guidelines of all laws and regulations regarding the tracking of the marijuana from grow cycle to final distribution. By employing Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s closed loop tracking system, it can be shown to authorities and collectives alike that the source of their supply was an active member of the collective. Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s Regulatory Module provides officials with a comprehensive reporting tool that allows them to remotely audit the industry in real time to ensure regulations are being properly followed. This audit function can be performed online and remotely from the regulators desktop anywhere in the world, making the process more efficient and cost effective for governments to monitor and regulate the industry. Medical Marijuana, Inc. believes that tools to regulate the industry and collect tax revenue are necessary to gain nationwide acceptance and legalization of medical marijuana. Further, Medical Marijuana’s Tax Remittance Platform could not only cost-effectively implement the necessary infrastructure to collect on every sale made within city limits by licensed collectives and collect those taxes on a daily basis, but eliminate the cash problem by using a tax remittance, credit, debit, or proprietary card. The POS system automatically recognizes the collective’s tax ID number, state and local tax rates and then provides Automated Clearing House settlement of the taxes and routes the amount to the City’s appointed financial institution. Taxes can be collected on a daily basis, providing an economic windfall for the city of Los Angeles and any other municipality recognizing the advantages of this model.
Tax Collection
The Stored Value Platform System will provide verifiable solutions to manage the difficult task of revenue and taxation collection. The customers of the dispensary are issued a plastic debit card or medical revenue card. The ease of access to certifiably secure transactions lessens the risk of loss at each level of the transaction.
Internal Management
All collectives/dispensaries in the U.S. are cash businesses. This presents a number of challenges. Dispensary owners risk employee theft and possible competition for sales with unsupervised employees. Our stored value system also eliminates the legal and practical risks of carrying cash.
Solutions
Medical Marijuana, Inc. is developing a suite of solutions to deliver an efficient and secure infrastructure for the Medical Marijuana Industry that will provide the tools to industry operators to effectively manage their businesses with the confidence that they are in full compliance.
ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA, INC.
Medical Marijuana, Inc. is the first public company to recognize the vast and unequaled opportunities that exist in the rapidly expanding medical marijuana industry. The scientific recognition of marijuana as a powerful medicine, and as an effective, non-narcotic pain reliever, has brought legalized marijuana use to the forefront of mainstream discussion thus opening the door for safe and lucrative investment opportunities.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(Business Wire)--
Cannabis Science Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS) an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company
is very pleased to announce that has added four prominent attorneys, who
specialized in marijuana-related cases, to its Policy Advisory Board, as medical
marijuana legalization moves closer with President Obama`s New Medical Marijuana
Policies and initiatives.
Cannabis Science Inc., President & CEO, Dr. Robert Melamede Ph.D., stated, "We
will continue to add teams of industry experts to our Company. We are honored
that our Policy Advisory Board is expanding with some of the nation`s top
medical marijuana attorneys. Obviously, we are operating in an area where the
laws are evolving very rapidly, and we are pleased to have so many experienced
attorneys on board, helping steer the company through these complex and evolving
opportunities for us. More professionals will be added who are expert in other
relevant fields, such as FDA procedures and state and federal laws. These new
outstanding additions to the CBIS team will provide the Company with an expanded
base of knowledge to build on. As noted yesterday, the new policy means that
state compliant intrastate research in Colorado, California and other states
with medical marijuana laws are now protected from federal prosecution."
The four new additions to the Cannabis Science Policy Advisory Board
Robert Raich
Robert A. Raich practices law in Oakland, California, and is a graduate of
Harvard University and the University of Texas School of Law. He is one of the
most respected attorneys in the area of medical marijuana. He is General Counsel
of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, and was one of the attorneys in the
U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop. and
another federal medical cannabis case. He is a member of the California Attorney
General's Medical Marijuana Task Force (Chairman, Caregiver Issues
Subcommittee).
Sean T. McAllister
Sean T. McAllister is a public interest attorney with offices in Denver and
Summit County. Sean has been involved with drug policy reform efforts for over a
decade. He serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Sensible Colorado.
Sean is a lifetime member of the NORML Legal Committee. He is a member and Board
member of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar. He helped start the Colorado Bar
Association Criminal Sentencing Project in 2005 to focus on criminal justice and
drug policy reform. Recently, Sean was appointed to the Governor`s Drug Policy
Task Force, which is working on reducing drug-sentencing laws to save the state
money while maintaining public safety. Along with Brian Vicente, Sean recently
founded the Canna-Business Institute designed to educate dispensary owners and
caregivers on how to legally operate medical marijuana businesses in Colorado.
Warren Edson
Warren Edson is an experienced criminal defense lawyer in Colorado, having taken
part in over 1,000 trials. He is also one of the organizers of Colorado's
Medical Marijuana Law, Amendment 20, and is a Lifetime Member, NORML Legal
Committee, and is a member, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, and the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is a Board Member, Colorado NORML.
Robert J. Corry, Jr.
Robert J. Corry, Jr. is a Denver-based civil rights and criminal defense
attorney, specializing in medical marijuana, who has successfully litigated
several high profile cases around the country. He is admitted to the bars of
Colorado, California, and Washington, D.C., federal courts in these
jurisdictions, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Corry earned his law
degree from Stanford University.
About Cannabis Science, Inc.
Cannabis Science, Inc. is at the forefront of medical marijuana research and
development. The Company works with world authorities on phytocannabinoid
science targeting critical illnesses, and adheres to scientific methodologies to
develop, produce, and commercialize phytocannabinoid-based pharmaceutical
products. In sum, we are dedicated to the creation of cannabis-based medicines,
both with and without psychoactive properties, to treat disease and the symptoms
of disease, as well as for general health maintenance.
This Press Release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act
of 1934. A statement containing works such as "anticipate," "seek," intend,"
"believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "project," "plan," or similar phrases
may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some or all of the events or results
anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that
could cause or contribute to such differences include the future U.S. and global
economies, the impact of competition, and the Company's reliance on existing
regulations regarding the use and development of cannabis-based drugs. Cannabis
Science, Inc. does not undertake any duty nor does it intend to update the
results of these forward-looking statements.
Cannabis Science Inc.
Dr. Robert J. Melamede, President & CEO, 1-888-889-0888
info@cannabisscience.com
www.cannabisscience.com
or
Peter Glaser, Investor Relations, 1-954-687-3717
info@cannabisscience.com
www.cannabisscience.com
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Posted on October 22, 2009 by
Lex
The Obama administration threw a bone to the lunatic, fringe left a few days ago. The memo to federal prosecutors in medical marijuana states has garnered hearty applause from Greenwald and the Marijuana Policy Project.
When elected, Obama said that federal raids on state-law legal marijuana cultivation and distribution would end. The didn’t, not by a long shot, and the reasoning was that the feds would continue to prosecute people who violated state and federal laws. That boils down to everyone, no matter their standing under state law. The latest memo simply tells prosecutors that it’s not a good use of their time to bring charges against those abiding by their State’s law.
So hold your applause. This memo amounts to nothing, which is precisely what’s it’s meant to amount to while simultaneously making Obama look like a good guy.
The Department of Justice is committed to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in all States. Congress has determined that marijuana is a dangerous drug, and the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime and provides a significant source of revenue to large-scale criminal enterprises, gangs, and cartels. One timely example underscores the importance of our efforts to prosecute significant marijuana traffickers: marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for the Mexican cartels.
Note the Department’s commitment, “in all States”. I have to wonder what credentials Congress possess that enables it to determine how dangerous any drug is, as if that august body was known for its deep, careful thinkers and scientists. Furthermore, according to everything i’ve ever read, drug scheduling is under the purview of several departments that are all within the executive branch. That’s how Congress established the system when it determined which drugs were dangerous and which drugs weren’t. So the President could order the DEA, HHS and the FDA to review the scheduling of a drug and force Congress to be along for the ride.
Yes, marijuana trafficking is the single largest source of revenue for Mexican drug cartels. That’s because it’s illegal. I thought supply and demand was like the American catechism. Restricting supply only pushes prices, and hence profits, up. This idea that further restricting supply will somehow diminish cartel profits flies in the face of everything Ronald Reagan and common sense taught me…not that the two necessarily intersect.
As a general matter, pursuit of these priorities [catching druggies] should not focus federal resources in your States on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana. …prosecution of commercial enterprises that unlawfully market and sell marijuana for profit continues to be an enforcement priority of the Department. To be sure, claims of compliance with state or local law may mask operations inconsistent with the terms, conditions, or purposes of those laws, and federal law enforcement should not be deterred by such assertions when otherwise pursuing the Department’s core enforcement priorities.
So according to the Obama administration, if you’ve got cancer or aids and your supplier is giving you marijuana for free that’s ok. But just because someone is in full compliance with his State’s law is no protection. In other words, “Hey, don’t make us look like assholes by arresting someone who’s got six months to live.”
The administration produces a list of characteristics that should suggest prosecution. Some of them make sense, but there’s always a catch. “Evidence of money laundering activity” makes the list. As any monetary gain from the sale of marijuana is criminal under federal law, just about any use of marijuana proceeds could be considered money laundering. And if you don’t think that the DEA won’t see that argument, you’re high.
This guidance regarding resource allocation does not “legalize” marijuana or provide a legal defense to a violation of federal law, nor is it intended to create any privileges, benefits, or rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any individual, party or witness in any administrative, civil, or criminal matter. Nor does clear and unambiguous compliance with state law or the absence of one or all of the above factors create a legal defense to a violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
Get the picture?
Nor does this guidance preclude investigation or prosecution, even when there is clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law, in particular circumstances where investigation or prosecution otherwise serves important federal interests.
It should be clear by now that there’s nothing in this memo worthy of applauding. Sure it’s a step in the right direction, but that only deserves the response, “It’s about damned time.”
The administration has the power to start the ball rolling on significant drug reform. Rescheduling would end the entire “debate”. Judging by election in results in states where a marijuana referendum was on the ballot in 2008, dope is a lot more popular than hope. There’s no political risk to Obama at the voter level. The voters who would be angered by the move won’t be voting Democratic before the second coming in any case. There are a at least few million who would probably vote for the politician who reforms marijuana laws regardless of anything else the politician does. The youth vote would basically deify such a politician.
Big time donors like the pharmaceutical industry wouldn’t like it, which might indicate who’s side the President is on, but see above and ask yourself if it would even matter for the one more election he can win.
But there almost certainly won’t be any movement on a relatively simple problem with a pretty straight-forward solution that would have positive benefits in other areas of concern like health care and the economy. With the ability to legally cultivate marijuana there are probably a lot of unemployed American facing foreclosure who might attempt an entrepreneurial response to the death of the American Dream. Places like Southeastern Kentucky would have a valuable cash crop, and they probably wouldn’t need so much tax-funded aid. Hell, folks in those places might even start thinking that Obama ain’t so bad after all.
Never mind the taxation question. Enforcing taxation will be even more difficult than enforcing criminalization. Let the money flow through the real economy and accept that it will trickle up. Smart states will establish retail distribution licensing similar to the existing structure for alcohol. It will raise local and state revenues; keep control over the retail sector; and be subject to sales tax. We’ll just have to take our chances on person-to-person transactions being claimed as miscellaneous income. Regardless, that money will be spent and serve the greater economy.
Plenty of savings can be found by not wasting tax dollars on prosecution and incarceration of marijuana cases. And i’ll bet that law enforcement will still have plenty to do.
The answer is simple and frankly, the question is stupid. So you’ll have to forgive me if i hold my applause until the end…though i might not be able to hold them if some intrepid journalist asks the President if he thinks it would have been better for the nation if he’d been convicted of his youthful indiscretions and never gotten to be President. Clearly you can smoke pot and grow up to be President, you just can’t get caught doing it.
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From Obama,
sanity on marijuana policy
Steve ChapmanOctober 22, 2009
In 1973, Robert Randall was going blind from glaucoma when he discovered that smoking marijuana seemed to help his condition. That didn’t matter to police when they found the Washington, D.C., resident growing cannabis and arrested him. Preferring to keep his sight, Randall sued the federal government, arguing that he was entitled to smoke pot as a “medical necessity.”
It was a far-fetched argument — but it worked. In 1976, a court ruled in Randall’s favor. Before long, the federal government found itself in the strange position of supplying marijuana to him and a handful of other patients under a “compassionate use” program.
The compassion didn’t go very far. President George H.W. Bush stopped the acceptance of new patients into the program in 1992 rather than admit all those annoying AIDS victims, insisting that it sent a dangerous message to young people.
The real danger, of course, was the message that government policy on cannabis was ignorant and irrational. But since then, one president and one drug czar after another has furiously resisted efforts to allow therapeutic use of the drug no matter how helpful it may be to the sick and dying.
Until now. This week, the Justice Department kept a promise made by candidate Barack Obama when it announced that henceforth, “it will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana.”
The change is not only historic but humane and intelligent, two adjectives rarely applied to federal drug policy. Science has established that cannabis has useful properties for the treatment of various diseases, countless physicians have endorsed it, and 14 states have allowed sick people access to marijuana. But for three decades, the people in charge of drug policy in the federal government didn’t give a rat’s bottom.
In 1996, after California voters approved a medical marijuana law, President Bill Clinton‘s administration fought it every step of the way — filing lawsuits to close cannabis buyers clubs, threatening to strip the licenses of doctors who recommended marijuana to patients and denouncing the entire program as “a Cheech and Chong show.”
President George W. Bush‘s administration stuck to the same course. It raided California dispensaries and went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in a successful effort to crush the notion — the conservative notion, come to think of it — that states should have the power to set their own policy on pot.
But before long, the idea had caught on not just in hippy-dippy California but in less fashionable places like Alaska, Maine, Michigan and Montana. Some 75 percent of Americans think doctors should be permitted to prescribe cannabis. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws reports that in 33 state referendums since 1992, voters have embraced liberalization 30 times.
Most of the time, the two major parties are about as different as Coke and Pepsi. But last year, they presented a stark contrast on this issue. Republicans denounced the use of marijuana as medicine, while Democrats lined up to criticize the prevailing federal policy. Obama took a clear position, declaring it “entirely appropriate” for physicians to prescribe cannabis and pledging, “What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue.”
But as opponents of the Iraq war, “don’t ask don’t tell” and Guantanamo know, a promise made by Obama is not exactly money in the bank. This time, though, he deserves full credit for doing what he said he would do, repudiating a bipartisan legacy of pigheaded stupidity.
What’s more, Obama may not stop there. Some reformers expect the administration to agree to let a scientist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst grow cannabis for research on its medical potential — something the Bush administration opposed, lest the research contradict its ideology.
During the campaign, Obama also indicated he favors scrapping a 21-year-old policy that forbids cities from using federal money to finance needle-exchange programs to block the spread of AIDS, and the House voted last summer to lift the ban. The White House drug czar has even solicited advice from critics of the drug war, whom previous drug czars saw as deranged.
Robert Randall, who died in 2001, might have been surprised to hear the federal government admit the possibility that it was wrong about marijuana. He probably wouldn’t have been surprised that it took 33 years.
Steve Chapman is a member of the Tribune’s editorial board and blogs at chicagotribune.com/chapman
schapman@tribune.com
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