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Calif. Medical Marijuana Dispensary Collects 11,000 Pounds of Donated Food
By not in system - AOL NewsSOQUEL, Calif. -- A California medical marijuana dispensary has raked in food donations with a unique offer: free pot. The Granny Purps dispensary in Soquel, about 60 miles southeast of San Francisco, offered a complimentary marijuana cigarette for every four cans of food a patient brought in this holiday season. Each patient was limited to a maximum of three cigarettes a day. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the dispensary took in 11,000 pounds of food and handed out 2,000 marijuana cigarettes between November and Christmas Eve, when the promotion ended. The food was donated to the ...
Marijuana Measure Loses in California; Tax Issues Vary by State
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyCalifornia voters rejected Proposition 19, the measure that would have made the state the first in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana. Well-funded activists fought hard to pass Proposition 19 and end the state's prohibition on pot, but California's political and law enforcement establishment carried the day. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Prop 19 was trailing 53.7 percent to 46.3 percent early Wednesday, leading analysts to declare defeat. Proposition 19 would have allowed possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults over 21, and would have allowed local officials ...
The Politics of Pot: Marijuana Exerts Election-Year Pull on Young Voters
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDude. Whether the pro-marijuana initiatives on four state ballots pass or go up in smoke Tuesday, pot as a sticky political issue isn't going away, as progressives hope to use it to lure young people to the polls in 2012 and beyond. Residents of Arizona, Oregon, and South Dakota will consider medical marijuana measures with varying legal implications, and Californians will vote on a proposition that would fulfill reggae legend Peter Tosh's wish and legalize weed outright. Supporters of all four initiatives have suffered this year from being underfunded and overshadowed by bigger election ...
Legalized Marijuana in California: Polls Now Show a Close Call
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyA landmark California initiative that would legalize marijuana and allow local governments to tax drug proceeds is coming under fire from many sides these days, including some advocates of medical marijuana use. Despite leading in three of four public opinion surveys, the fate of Proposition 19 on the November ballot remains up in the air. The initiative, billed by its advocates as a "common sense" approach to marijuana control, appeared to be sailing to victory in late September when the venerable Field Poll found it leading by 7 percentage points among likely voters. Since then, however, ...
Marijuana and the Elections: What You Need to Know
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe Basics - The elections will constitute a referendum of sorts on the role Americans want legalized marijuana to play in their lives. - Outright legalization and taxation of marijuana will come up for a vote in California. It would allow people to have and/or grow up to an ounce for personal use. The taxes from such a move could raise up to $1 billion for the state's financially starved local jurisdictions and save up to $300 million a year in law enforcement costs. Critics -- including many law enforcement agencies -- say it would put communities at risk. Californians are roughly split on ...
Scientific Shocker! Study Finds Marijuana Is Good for Pain Relief
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- Make sure you're sitting down for this piece of news: A study released today by researchers at the University of Montreal concluded that smoking marijuana greatly reduces chronic pain. While the finding may seem obvious to those familiar with the concept of medical marijuana, the study was important because it adds evidence to the under-researched claim that medical marijuana is an effective pain reliever. Researchers gave 21 patients with neuropathic pain four different strengths of marijuana over 56 days. The drug ranged in potency from 0 percent (a placebo) to 9.4 percent ...
Why the Calif. Chamber of Commerce is Passing on Grass in the Workplace
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 12) -- While today's news out of California focused on Proposition 8, the California Chamber of Commerce weighed in on another proposition: 19 -- aka the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 -- which will be on the ballot in California in November. The chamber said today that it opposes Prop. 19 for three main reasons. 1. Burden of Puff-Puff Proof It will restrict employers from taking "adverse action" against an employee who tests positive for marijuana by forcing the employer to prove that the employee is "actually impaired" and can't do his or her job. Translation: ...
Medical Marijuana Rules Eased for Veterans
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyVeterans will not be punished for using medical marijuana in the 14 states where it is legal, according to new rules announced by the Department of Veteran Affairs. Under the revised policy, veterans who are prescribed and are using medical marijuana will no longer risk being prosecuted or lose government benefits, Reuters reported. Under the new rules, which expire in 2015, VA doctors cannot prescribe medical pot and it cannot be used at any VA facilities. Also, the VA will not pay for pot prescriptions. The department said medical conditions associated with the use of medical marijuana ...
Opinion: America's Dopey Approach to Pot
By not in system - AOL News(July 12) -- The entertainment world was "rocked" last month when "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford was arrested in Texas for possessing an unlit joint, and could face six months in the clink. Yet over in California, the green stuff is virtually legal, and it may become actually legal in November when voters have their say on Proposition 19. Oakland -- once a byword for social deprivation and poverty -- has undergone a total transformation in recent years, fueled by an influx of revenue related to the California's pioneering medical marijuana laws. The change has been so stark that Oakland ...
Calif. Medical Marijuana Workers Vote to Join Union
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(May 29) -- In Oakland, Calif., medical marijuana isn't just legal. It's organized. One hundred workers in the medical marijuana industry voted on Friday to unionize as part of a retail agriculture and community patient care union, a CBS affiliate reported. The workers are employed by Oaksterdam University, which trains people to work in the medical marijuana industry, dispensaries and a medical marijuana gift shop, among other places. Dan Rush, a Local 5 organizer, told CBS that by being in a union, marijuana industry workers "will get the same respect in the community as a police ...
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