According to a recent story in a local paper, on Wednesday February 29 the New York City Council will vote on the resolution I described in a previous post calling upon the state legislature to pass the medical cannabis bill which Assembly Member Richard Gottfried and Senator Thomas Duane (both Manhattan Democrats) have introduced. Gottfried… Read More New York City Council to vote on resolution calling on New York State to pass medical cannabis law

Apparently, this is “Medical Marijuana Week.” I didn’t get the memo but I did see an announcement on the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in NJ site that there will be a protest this coming Thursday outside the Trenton NJ federal building focusing on the DEA’s ruling in July of 2011 that cannabis must stay in… Read More Occupy the DEA – Trenton NJ, Thursday February 16 – while CRC storms the citadel

Is cannabis a medicine or a toxin? The question is the problem. It’s a false dichotomy. The struggle at the local level I was at Camden City Hall on Monday night for a hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The subject was the application by two property owners (under common control and owning adjacent… Read More Cannabis must be radioactive or at least highly toxic