Month: March 2014

Strong support for medical cannabis in Iowa; No personal use, Quinnipiac Poll shows

Posted by | Mar 18, 2014 | |

A poll released by Quinnipiac University Monday indicates that voters in Iowa are strongly in favor of allowing medical cannabis use in their state when recommended by a doctor. Conducted from March 5-10, the university questioned 1,411 registered voters about whether they support or oppose allowing adults to use cannabis for medical purposes. The survey found that an overwhelming 81% support medical cannabis. When broken down, the lowest level of support across party lines, genders and age groups was Republicans with 68% support. The highest approval comes from Democrats with 89% in favor; Independents were slightly lower at 82% support. On the other hand, Iowans oppose allowing recreational use by adults. According to the poll, 55% oppose cannabis for personal use, while 41% think it should be allowed. Other questions show what Iowans think of The Great Cannabis Experiment in Colorado with a 54-28% saying that they think it has hurt Colorado’s national image. (Source: Quinnipiac...

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Colorado NORML hosts comedy night, raises $4500 for the cause

Posted by | Mar 18, 2014 | , , |

Activism- Colorado Last Wednesday, Colorado NORML held an event at ComedyWorks, a popular comedy club in downtown Denver. Headlining the night was popular cannabis comedian, Hippieman. Rachel K. Gillette, Executive Director of Colorado NORML, reports by email that there around 300 people came out and the group raised over $4,500. Advertisement for Fundraiser “The Comedy Event was great.” Gillette said. “The comedians were absolutely hilarious.” With cannabis and cannabis users being the butt of many good-natured, often self-directed jokes, Hippieman and other comedians had the crowd laughing all night and people walked away with some fun t-shirts and a couple of vaporizers as door prizes. The organization’s next event will be a concert at the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, April 17. The headliners of the show have yet to be announced, but Gillette promises, “It will be...

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Maryland senate votes to decriminalize, but state won’t legalize

Posted by | Mar 18, 2014 | |

The question of full legalization is off the table in Maryland for this election cycle with no such bills garnering enough votes to make it out of committee. Maryland has laws allowing cannabis for medical use and granting the ability to raise a medical necessity defense in court, but lawmakers are not ready to pull the trigger on recreational cannabis just yet. On March 14, a bill proposing decriminalization passed easily in the Senate by a vote of 36-8. S.B. 364, which would remove criminal penalties for possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis, is now in the hands of the House Judiciary Committee. Similar legislation stalled in the same committee during the last legislative...

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Maryland Senate Votes to Decriminalize, But State Won’t Legalize

Posted by | Mar 18, 2014 | |

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The question of full legalization is off the table in Maryland for this election cycle with no such bills garnering enough votes to make it out of committee. Maryland has laws allowing cannabis for medical use and granting the ability to raise a medical necessity defense in court, but lawmakers are not ready to pull the trigger on recreational cannabis just yet.

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Colorado NORML Hosts Comedy Night, Raises $4500 for the Cause

Posted by | Mar 18, 2014 | |

Activism- Colorado

Last Wednesday, Colorado NORML held an event at ComedyWorks, a popular comedy club in downtown Denver. Headlining the night was popular cannabis comedian, Hippieman. Rachel K. Gillette, Executive Director of Colorado NORML, reports by email that there around 300 people came out and the group raised over $4,500.

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“The Comedy Event was great.”

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