U.S.: New Sentencing Guidelines Could Shorten Drug Sentences For Thousands In...
U.S. Sentencing Commission Reforms Take Effect on SaturdayChange is Latest Step to Reduce Mass Incarceration and Scale Back Failed Drug WarChanges to federal drug sentencing guidelines take effect on...
View ArticleD.C.: Council Holds Hearing On Marijuana Legalization In Nation's Capital
Policy Experts and Advocates Testify in Favor of Directing Proceeds from Taxation to Communities Harmed by War on DrugsHearing Occurs Just Days Before Voters Decide on Marijuana Legalization at Ballot...
View ArticleU.S.: Law Enforcement Officials Tour States To Lend A Hand To Drug Policy...
As the midterm election approaches, representatives of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) are hard at work educating voters about the need for drug policy reform in states with relevant...
View ArticleU.S.: Hemp Public Relations Launched; Specializes In Marketing For Marijuana...
Hemp Public Relations, LLC ( www.hemppublicrelations.com ) is a new firm that says it will help individuals & businesses in the legal marijuana industry to achieve greater visibility in the public...
View ArticleChile: Government Approves Planting 850 Marijuana Plants For Cancer Patients
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Chilean government has granted permission to a nonprofit organization to grow 850 marijuana plants in a residential area of the capital city of Santiago.The cannabis,...
View ArticleOregon: Marijuana Legalization Measure 91 Endorsed By Colorado Congressman...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsColorado Congressman Jared Polis on Friday gave a ringing endorsement to Measure 91, the ballot initiative which would legalize recreational marijuana in Oregon. Voters will...
View ArticleU.S.: G FarmaLabs Strikes Deal With MedMen To Bring Marijuana Products To New...
Both Companies to Exhibit at the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas from Nov. 12 to 14G FarmaLabs, a producer and processor of cannabis products, on Friday announced that is has entered into a...
View ArticleNevada: DigiPath Gets State Approval For Cannabis Testing Lab In Las Vegas
DigiPath, Inc., an independent cannabis testing and media firm, on Thursday announced that it has received approval from the state of Nevada for its DigiPath Labs subsidiary to open and operate a...
View ArticleU.S.: Sixth Annual Hemp History Week Set For June 1-7, 2015
The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and Vote Hemp have announced that the sixth annual Hemp History Week will be held June 1-7, 2015. Surging with momentum following a monumental year in 2014,...
View ArticleU.S.: Majority of Americans Still Support Marijuana Legalization, According...
Poll Conducted Weeks Before Oregon, Alaska and D.C. Voters Decide to Legalize MarijuanaA new Gallup poll has found that a majority of Americans still support the legalization of marijuana. The Gallup...
View ArticleU.S.: CannaBranders Launches Web and Branding Services For Marijuana Industry
Cannabis is big business and CannaBranders, announcing the launch of their website this week, is positioning itself to be a leader in the medical marijuana branding and web services market.The web and...
View ArticleU.S.: Marijuana Legalization Puts Military In Awkward Position
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsWith the number of states where marijuana is now legal reaching four (plus the District of Columbia), the United States military is still trying to enforce 20th Century drug...
View ArticleVermont: Public Hearing On Marijuana Legalization Scheduled For Wednesday
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA public hearing on the legalization of marijuana in Vermont is scheduled for Wednesday. The hearing will be held statewide via Vermont Interactive Television.Earlier this...
View ArticleU.S.: FBI Reports 693,000 Arrests For Marijuana Offenses In 2013
More than 87% were for simple possessionAn estimated 693,481 arrests were made nationwide for marijuana in 2013, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report. More...
View ArticleNevada: Backers Say They Have Signatures To Put Marijuana Legalization On...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsSupporters of an initiative petition to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Nevada on Friday said they have collected far more than the required number of signatures...
View ArticleU.S.: Willie Nelson Says Obama 'May Be Happy' About DC Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsPresident Obama "may be happy" that D.C. voters legalized marijuana in the nation's capital, according to country music legend and stalwart cannabis supporter Willie...
View ArticleOregon: Portland Hempstalk Festival Already Denied Permit For 2015
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsWhen this reporter attended September's Hempstalk Festival in Portland, I saw a well-organized, orderly event, where plenty of information about the cannabis hemp plant and...
View ArticleNevada: Cannabix Releases Renderings and Video of Marijuana Breathalyzer
Cannabix says its hand-held THC marijuana breathalyzer is being developed to give law enforcement and employers the ability to test for recent consumption of the THC component of marijuana -- and...
View ArticleOregon: Multnomah County D.A. Dismisses Low-Level Marijuana Cases
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsIn the wake of the approval of marijuana legalization initiative Measure 91 in Oregon, the Multnomah County District Attorney's office announced it will dismiss low-level...
View ArticleWashington: Marr Announces He's Leaving (Marijuana) Liquor Board
Washington State Liquor Control Board (LCB) member and former State Senator Chris Marr will leave the regulatory panel in January 2015, the former Spokane auto dealer has announced.In a prepared...
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