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Ten Recommendations for the Reform Movement
Thu Dec 15, 2011
The Cannabis Column
It’s the end of the year, when the media focuses on recalling all the great and important developments of the past 12 months. It’s also the time when public interest groups cast about for end-of-year donations, usually by touting their accomplishments. When it comes to the movement to legalize marijuana it’s all about what great progress has been made and how all the activists, interest groups, and leaders have had a real impact on events. It’s about how the drug war is in decline and that success is just around the corner, how great it is that everything is going so well. It’s a time for accolades and self-congratulatory celebration.
That also makes this a good time for a reality check.
There has been good work, there has been progress, and this is reason for optimism. Some of this has been due to hard work …READ MORE
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Support Veterans for Medical Marijuana
Tue Nov 1, 2011
The Cannabis Column
November 11th is Veterans Day, which makes this a good time to rally support for Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access (VMCA). This organization is committed to protecting the rights of Veteran patients and health care professionals to have safe and legal access to medical cannabis for appropriate therapeutic uses and to further encourage research on the use of cannabis as a treatment alternative.Among VMCA’s goals is to ensure that state laws allowing medical cannabis use recognize its value in the treatment of chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The organization recently posted a petition at the web site for the White House in order to “Allow United States disabled veterans access to medical …READ MORE
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Wed Oct 12, 2011
The Cannabis Column
At an October 7 press conference federal prosecutors announced an ambitious and far-reaching crackdown on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries.
In a carefully crafted strategy the federal government is not targeting medical marijuana use or the non-profit supply of marijuana to patients. Instead the focus of federal policy has been placed on what they describe as an abuse of state law in California in order to profitably sell marijuana to the general public both inside and outside the state.
Federal prosecutors argue that people without serious medical conditions are getting certified almost automatically as medical marijuana patients, and that many businesses are exploiting this …READ MORE
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Thu Sep 15, 2011
Marijuana users are often proud adherents of a counterculture. Indeed, to many in the marijuana using community, they represent THE counterculture. The term goes back to the 1960s, and to many even earlier to the Beat Generation which preceded it. The era of the 60s, and the popular understanding of the counterculture, is often characterized by the social movements that developed around opposition to the Vietnam War, support for civil rights, sexual equality, and sensible care for the environment. An integral aspect of the counterculture, though, is a sense of consciousness that shapes one’s sense of values and personal ethics, a sense that in many respects derives from these historic social movements.
The idea, though, was to transform society. Many of the objectives of the counterculture have been achieved, in that many of its values are now mainstream values; particularly when it comes to civil rights, sexual equality, and concern for the …READ MORE
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Rescheduling Cannabis – The Battle Heats Up
Wed Jul 20, 2011
The Cannabis Column
On July 8th the DEA formally rejected an administrative petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). I prepared and filed this petition in 2002 with the support of several advocacy groups and patients, collectively known as the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC). The petition’s rejection, though, is not the end but the beginning of the battle over marijuana’s regulatory status in the United States.
The DEA filed a lengthy report in the Federal Register detailing their reasons for retaining marijuana in the most restrictive schedule of the CSA. In short, they claim that marijuana has the highest potential for abuse when compared to other drugs, that it has no accepted medical use in the United States, and that it is unsafe for use under medical supervision. These claims are ludicrous, both …READ MORE
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Thu May 26, 2011
Marijuana is regulated under federal law by way of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This, however, is a complicated proposition.
First, it may seem odd to many to discover that marijuana is actually regulated under current federal law.
Second, while these federal regulations are exceedingly strict they have not prevented various states from implementing their own regulations, which are sometimes contradictory.
In more simple terms, the medical use of marijuana is prohibited under federal law but permitted under many state laws. Non-medical use of marijuana is prohibited under federal law but tolerated, by way of mild sanctions and/or sentencing policies, in almost every state.
The CSA categorizes controlled substances into five schedules, each with specific provisions regulating a substance’s …READ MORE
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Thu Apr 28, 2011
A lot of attention these days has been devoted to the medical marijuana issue. The advent of state medical marijuana laws has been one of the most visible signs of America's ongoing rejection of marijuana prohibition. The emergence of a multi-million dollar dispensary industry has also captured the attention of the news media, not to mention tax-hungry state governments.
But the movement to legalize marijuana is based on society's obligation to provide justice to all Americans, and all Americans who use marijuana, not just those who have medical reasons to justify legal access to cannabis. This is called equal protection under the law, and marijuana users have just as much right to be free from criminal sanctions as Americans who use alcohol or tobacco.
This is a good time to review the whole issue. Sure, it's about laws, and the actual effects of marijuana, and why it is not as dangerous a drug as claimed by …READ MORE
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Fri Feb 25, 2011
Creating Legalization - What Rules and Why?
The next phase of America's long running debate over marijuana's legalization involves rules and regulations. Under what terms and conditions should one be free from the threat of arrest, sanction, and possible imprisonment for growing, selling, and/or using marijuana?
For several decades the debate only concerned that last matter – what is an appropriate penalty for marijuana possession? Usually the question was framed more narrowly, regarding the penalty for small, personal use amounts of marijuana, in most cases the query was focused on possession of an ounce or less. This debate often concerned the decriminalization of marijuana possession, in which possession of an ounce or less became subject to a fine, frequently $100, and may or may not involve a conviction of a criminal misdemeanor offense. Many jurisdictions adopted a policy of sentencing …READ MORE
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Fri Jan 21, 2011
The Empire Strikes Back: The New Attack on Marijuana Law Reform
It’s been a good couple of years for marijuana law reform, particularly with the advances of state-level medical marijuana laws and the emergence of local dispensaries in several states. The attention and public support received by Prop 19 in California has also stimulated national discussion on marijuana legalization, even though the measure was narrowly defeated. There’s a good case to be made by advocates and reformers that these and other developments indicate significant progress in the long fight to end marijuana prohibition.
Nonetheless, significant opposition to marijuana law reform still exists throughout the country, and powerful opposition at that. Significant, powerful, and influential opposition has, is, and will be a formidable obstacle to marijuana’s legalization. And it’s not …READ MORE
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Fri Nov 12, 2010
Voting for Change
Do you want marijuana legalized? Are you registered to Vote?
Look, this is not complicated. If you want politicians to listen to you, you have to be registered to vote and you have to vote on election day.
Everybody knows by now that most marijuana users are young adults, and also that most young adults support marijuana's legalization whether they use it or not. The problem, politically, is that young people aren't registered to vote and/or young adults don't vote.
Young voters …READ MORE
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Wed Oct 13, 2010
Voters in California, Oregon, and Arizona will consider historic referendums this November and have a historic impact on marijuana's legalization in the United States. Win or lose, each of these initiatives will further advance debate over the nation's marijuana laws and contribute momentum to the cause of marijuana law reform.
• In Arizona Proposition 203 would legalize the medical use of marijuana in the state and allow qualifying patients to purchase marijuana from regulated clinics.
• In Oregon Measure 74 would create a statewide dispensary system for medical marijuana patients.
• In California Proposition 19 would control and tax marijuana like alcohol, effectively legalizing …READ MORE
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Tue May 11, 2010
Rescheduling - The Medical Marijuana Solution
The Obama Administration is reviewing marijuana’s status under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in order to determine if there are grounds for removing cannabis from Schedule I (the list of prohibited drugs).
The Administration is responding to a petition filed by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC) in 2002 presenting evidence that marijuana has an accepted medical use in the United States, is safe for use under medical supervision, and has a lower potential for abuse than other Schedule I drugs such as heroin. By law, recognizing these characteristics requires the government to effectively end marijuana prohibition by moving cannabis into a different classification under the CSA in recognition of its accepted medical use and lower abuse …READ MORE
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Mon Jan 25, 2010
The DEA on Marijuana: Still Out of Date
The US Department of Justice sent a memorandum to US Attorneys throughout the country on October 19, 2009 providing instructions regarding the investigation and prosecution of medical marijuana related offenses where such activity is authorized under state law.
Authored by David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General, the memo reaffirms the government’s commitment to disrupt illegal drug trafficking but stresses that “as a general matter, pursuit of these priorities 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.”
Now, three months later, it is clear that the DEA must be having a hard time …READ MORE
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Mon Dec 14, 2009
Reality Check – The Long Road to Legalization
Reform advocates are excited about the progress of medical marijuana – and there’s good reason for this enthusiasm. The Obama Administration has adopted a hands-off policy regarding state level reforms. Colorado has joined California in allowing over-the-counter access to medical marijuana in storefront dispensaries. Congress appears ready to finally allow a decade old medical marijuana initiative passed by the voters of the District of Columbia to take effect as a matter of home rule for the capital city’s residents. Along with the passage of a medical marijuana initiative in Michigan and of decriminalization of possession of an ounce of marijuana in Massachusetts in the last election, these developments are the source of great optimism in the reform movement.
While these accomplishments are good news, especially for patients that …READ MORE
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Fri Nov 6, 2009
Jon Gettman is a long time contributor to HIGH TIMES. A former National Director of NORML, Jon has a Ph.D. in public policy and regional economic development and consults with attorneys, advocates, and non-profits on cannabis related research and public policy issues. On October 8, 2002, along with a coalition of organizations, he filed a new petition to have cannabis rescheduled under federal law. This column will track that petition's progress. Marijuana in the United States: Still Busted After All These Years
This may come as a shock, but marijuana is illegal in the United States, marijuana laws remain relatively harsh in most parts of the country, and marijuana arrests have nearly doubled since 1991. …READ MORE
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