On June 14 the sponsors of the medical cannabis bill in the New York State Assembly and Senate introduced a new version of the bill. This bill is worse than no bill. It would be best if this bill does not pass. Unfortunately, Jeff Klein, the leader of the independent bloc of Senate Democrats who… Read More New York: the new version of the medical cannabis bill is worse than no bill

I am sharing with you a few things I find particularly interesting in the latest version of the medical cannabis law proposed for New York State.  First, this bill now provides for the creation of an advisory committee that will advise the Commissioner of Health in promulgating the regulations that will give effect to the… Read More Comments on the proposed New York State cannabis law

This Saturday is the first Saturday in May and therefore the date of the annual NYC Cannabis Parade (known over the past four decades as “the Pot Parade,”  “May Day is Jay Day,” “Rally to End the Drug War,” “the Million Marijuana March,” and “the Global Marijuana March” among identities). The event site explains the… Read More The Revolution in Consciousness Begins Now

Buford Terrell published another interesting post, this one concerns the reaction of Nebraska to cannabis legalization in Colorado. According to Buford, Nebraska is preparing to sue Colorado. Perhaps the United Nations will join the lawsuit.

I thank Adam Scavone for bringing to my attention two recent articles from Massachusetts again focusing on what I have called in other posts, e.g. Cannabis Invades Massachusetts, the “frontline” in cannabis law: the legality of attempts by local government to ban the operation of the supply-side of the cannabis industry licensed by state law.… Read More Massachusetts Attorney General issues excellent legal ruling – for New York

Following, after a brief introduction, are two comments on the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week in the proceeding captioned Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In its decision the DC Circuit denied a petition by a coalition of drug law reform activists seeking to overturn the DEA’s July 2011… Read More The meaning of the DEA’s recent victory in ASA v DEA

A story titled “Marijuana Prescribed to Kids with ADHD,” posted on AOL on November 24, 2009 [brought to my attention just recently by Eileen via Facebook], starts with the report that doctors in California are recommending cannabis for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It then progresses to its conclusion without identifying any specific doctor who has so recommended… Read More Toxin and therapy in the mind of the bureaucracy

A recent article in the Boston Globe, “Mass. towns, regulators brace for medical marijuana” sets forth neatly the issues of the hour as cannabis continues its spread east and invades the major Northeastern state of Massachusetts – with a major metropolitan area, Boston, almost on the outskirts of the national (civilizational?) capital, New York City. As… Read More Cannabis invades Massachusetts

As discussed with increasing frequency on this blog, land use continues to be a high-activity area in cannabis law. In Washington State, the city of Everett recently declared cannabis gardens to be a nuisance, allowing local government to shut down any such operation as a per se violation of local law. An action to enjoin a… Read More Washington State city begins acting in response to I-502